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Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:35 pm
by combatsauce
Hey I'm new here, and I was wondering if anyone has ever tried making a space map? :? :?: :?

Planets = Countries
Solar Systems = Continents
Galaxies = special bonus (maybe)
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I think there could also be some kind of special rules to how the game is played. Taking into consideration the distances in space, maybe it could take a certain amount of turns to reach a different galaxy or solar system. There could be space ships or something like that and i dont know...

I'm just wondering if this has been done/can be done/people think itd be cool if it were done?

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Thanks,

combatsauce

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:49 pm
by isaiah40
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Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:23 pm
by General Brock II
A Space map is available already, but I myself have been thinking along the lines of a space battle map... Perhaps with ships? Something like a great space battle (such as the one featured here: http://www.awn.com/articles/people/john ... d/page/2,1), but without obvious indicators that it is "Star Wars" or "Battlestar Galactica".

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:38 pm
by combatsauce
General Brock II wrote: "Star Wars" or "Battlestar Galactica".


that sounds sweet. I would be down to do some research/map crafting. Though it would be my first try...

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:28 pm
by kengyin
star trek is even better, for one thing the total amount of content from 6 tv series totalling 30 seasons, 11 movies and over 500 books plus comics means that it is very well mapped out. i could tell you most of the important locations off the top of my head, and the cool thing is that it takes place in this galaxy unlike star wars because if you have to rip off star wars then it isnt really star wars nor real stuff, at least the premise for trek is real (just not the detailed stuff)

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:00 pm
by combatsauce
yeah thats pretty sweet too. what about stargate? eh? and have random encounters where gates dont work and the ability to fly to planets/use stargate?
need resources to power stargate and you have to collect resources?

just throwin ideas out there :-)

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:38 pm
by General Brock II
The only reason I mentioned Star Wars was due to the fact that many of the ships are marvelous and majestic. I've only seen a few Star Trek, but I do recall that certain classes of ships were pretty spiffing (primarily the Jem' Hadar Class Battlecruiser). Nothing of the magnitude of a Super Star Destroyer, Mon Calamari Star Cruiser or Seperatist Trade Federation Cruiser (such as the Invisible Hand).

I wouldn't recommend adding planets from these places, due to copyright issues, but one could closely parallel them. ie. Christophsus could be "Christophus." :P

I wouldn't do the Stargates idea, as it would make the map complicated and confusing. lol Heavy attack ships should be able to bombard planets, though. :P

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:49 am
by kengyin
star trek ships are way cooler, i like the curves in the federation ships the massive bird like ships of klingons and romulans and the insect like dominion ships, borg cubes are quite menacing too. ISDs look like massive wedges, not sure whats so cool about that, the only cool thing about star wars ships is they have tons of weapons, but they rather suck compared to star trek ships, if there was a battle it would be basically quality vs quantity. some ships
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Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:55 am
by WILLIAMS5232
I'd much rather be hit by a disrupter cannon than a torpedo launcher. :geek:

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:38 am
by kengyin
hey either way you will be instantly vapourised

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:43 pm
by General Brock II
So, is anybody going to take the helm? I would, but I think I'm going to be rather busy, this summer... Nor do I have the programs for it.

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:17 am
by combatsauce
I am totally going to write a Stargate themed map this summer. I dont have anything to do and I miss the hell out of programin. :ugeek:

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:36 am
by natty dread
combatsauce wrote:I am totally going to write a Stargate themed map this summer. I dont have anything to do and I miss the hell out of programin. :ugeek:


Firstly... There's no programming involved in mapmaking. You don't "write" a map, you draw it, with a graphics software. I recommend GIMP.

Secondly... Stargate is copyrighted, so if you want to make a "stargate" map, you need to change all names etc.

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:54 am
by combatsauce
[/quote] Secondly... Stargate is copyrighted, so if you want to make a "stargate" map, you need to change all names etc.[/quote]

of course of course

Re: Space Map?

PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2011 12:13 pm
by combatsauce
Ok check out some attached pictures I have. This is my brainstorming stuff... let me know what you guys think :-)

heres the link to photobucket and the album... http://s1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb478/combatsauce/