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I think it would be best to do so if you can fit it. But I don't think it is a pressing issue if you didn't include it.natty_dread wrote:One thing btw... should I mention it somewhere on the map that the African territories give no bonus? I figure it shouldn't be too hard to figure out since there's no mention of them in the bonus legend, but maybe it'd be easier to just mention it anyway so people won't have to spend time looking for them on the map...?
Top Score:2403natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
Thought as much.natty_dread wrote:
Left the layer on by accident.
That is exactly. It's not about Nepal/Bangladesh, but about Assam/Central India; they shall share bordernatty_dread wrote:Although...
I could perhaps add a strip of land to connect Assam to Central India, separating Nepal/Bangladesh, but doing the accurate borders would be impossible, as the borders of the 2 countries are so close to each other it'd be too hard to see...
In a six- or seven player game the BI would be the ideal place to start your conquest (if drop allows it). It's a small bonus at the edge of the map and it connect directly to two of the top four, early bonuses on the map, of which neither has a shared region.natty_dread wrote:How is it "very strong"?
exactly.ndrs wrote:In a six- or seven player game the BI would be the ideal place to start your conquest (if drop allows it). It's a small bonus at the edge of the map and it connect directly to two of the top four, early bonuses on the map, of which neither has a shared region.natty_dread wrote:How is it "very strong"?
classic oceania has no way to reduce border count either. increasing the number of regions in the british isles bonus to 4 will be a good move.natty_dread wrote:Either way, it only gives you +2. It has 2 borders to defend, and 3 territories, and no way to reduce border count easily. +2 is not that much on a map where you get +5 at the start of a 6 player game just from the territory bonus.
You can expand from it to other bonuses, but then that's true of pretty much any bonus on this map.
I don't think so, I've already reduced the amount of 3-region bonuses a lot on this map. Adding another region to Britain would also make it really cluttered and messy, and it wouldn't really do that much - it'd just be one extra territory to take. However, if this really is an issue, I can add a sea route between Ireland and France. This way whoever takes Britain will have to also take France to cut the border count to 2, so it's effectively the same thing as adding another region.iancanton wrote:classic oceania has no way to reduce border count either. increasing the number of regions in the british isles bonus to 4 will be a good move.
Not all the areas on the map need to be attractive though. There can be some hard bonuses, I think. Besides the changes you suggest don't reduce the borders of the area, and wouldn't make it any easier to defend.iancanton wrote:near east will benefit from reunified turkey and iran regions. middle east is probably the least attractive bonus on the board because of the number of potential hostile neighbours, so reducing the number of regions makes sense.
EU-membership isn't a factor in deciding the bonus divisions. Turkey is negotiating for EU membership as well and I still wouldn't make it part of Europe. Also, adding Cyprus to Mediterranean would mean I'd have to connect it to Greece and it would mean one extra border for Middle East.iancanton wrote:cyprus is part of the european union and therefore ought to be part of the mediterranean bonus.
I can do this.iancanton wrote:corsica belongs to france, not italy. if u don't want it to be a separate region, then just colour it dark green and don't mention it (just as majorca is unnamed).
