Conquer Club

Vinland

Vital info:

Map Title: Vinland
Mapmaker: crosseout
6 Regions
39 territories
Bonuses: +15(regions) and -2 (Hostile territories (baku and vinland))
Gameplay: Take all territories along the conquestroute; baku and vinland are negative; else as standard.
Size: Large 800px × 667px; Small 630px × 525px (12% difference)

setting:
The vikings raid through europe using their awesome shallow ships. From Norway, Sweden and Denmark they pillage all the way to Newfoundland and Constantinople (Istanbul).

objective:
capture every territory on the viking trade/pillaging routes (marked with dots).

neutrals:
Baku and Vinland have 6 neutrals. Every other territory has 1-3.

features
Vinland and Baku are hostile territories. They have a -1 bonus, and 6 neutrals.
Armies that are past Iceland (due west) cannot return to iceland.
more?

Work:

- Changed from cities to territories.
- Added a bunch of territories
- Changed the routes
- Added legend
- Added kraken and viking ships(;
- Added bonus legend
- Fixed boarders and bonus region colors
- More coming at your request:D

current version:


original map:



v1: http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/11/16 ... landv1.jpg
v2: http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/11/16 ... landv2.jpg

crosseout wrote:Does this have potential?

The map is based on the routes the vikings used to pillage europe, with some minor addons for playability...
Very uncertain about the city-conquering style though, perhaps I should go with normal boarders?

Click image to enlarge.

Vikings got all the way out to Baku??? Wow. Yes it happened.
I'd be interested to see your referencing articles.
And yes it does have potential.

cairnswk wrote:

crosseout wrote:Does this have potential?

The map is based on the routes the vikings used to pillage europe, with some minor addons for playability...
Very uncertain about the city-conquering style though, perhaps I should go with normal boarders?

Vikings got all the way out to Baku??? Wow. Yes it happened.
I'd be interested to see your referencing articles.
And yes it does have potential.

ya, I looked at some maps showing that the swedes went there, and I followed it up with some more research; nothing definite, but it seems to be what happened...
http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazi ... oming.html
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Azerbaij ... -1170.html


Do you think I should keep territories city-based, or country/county based?

I love the background image

I think cities could work - there are maps like that already - but I think I'd prefer territories.

ZeakCytho wrote:I love the background image

I think cities could work - there are maps like that already - but I think I'd prefer territories.

yeah, I think i am going to go with territories instead of cities. But some of the routes will still apply(;

I like the idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Version 2 is here:
Based on the suggestions I did some changes (see post 1 for change log)

I definitely like the map, but it is almost completely illegible. I definitely like the old raggedy map style that you used, but as for names, I can barely read them. Also, it's hard to tell which areas are territories and which are non-playable areas. Could you clear it up a bit, maybe make the colors a bit bolder?

Overall, I think this map has great potential, you just have to fix it up a bit.

Mr. Squirrel wrote:I definitely like the map, but it is almost completely illegible. I definitely like the old raggedy map style that you used, but as for names, I can barely read them. Also, it's hard to tell which areas are territories and which are non-playable areas. Could you clear it up a bit, maybe make the colors a bit bolder?

Overall, I think this map has great potential, you just have to fix it up a bit.

I saturated the colors more to make them more visible, easier to distinguish between territories and continents now?
Should I change the font entirely, or just size it up a bit?

Good idea

I like the effect you have going and you should stick with it. Increase the opacity of the colors identifying the bonuses. Can you make the whole map a little more defined but leave the surrounding area the way it is.

This map looks visually stunning!

I preferred the look of v2 to v3 - the region areas look better as if they have been painted on rather than outline-painted. It's really difficult to see how things connect - the dotted lines are too heavy. There's also a lot of empty space, that you could utilise to tell the 'Vinland' story?

MrBenn wrote:This map looks visually stunning!

I preferred the look of v2 to v3 - the region areas look better as if they have been painted on rather than outline-painted. It's really difficult to see how things connect - the dotted lines are too heavy. There's also a lot of empty space, that you could utilise to tell the 'Vinland' story?

thank you very much; will do.

Isn't the Black Sea missing?

Dont call it Stockholm. Its from 1252.
It should be Birka or Sigtuna

the map looks too dark I think

I think the map looks too dark

[Moved]

It would appear that development of this map has stalled. If the mapmaker wants to continue with the map, then one of the CAs will be able to help put the thread back into the Foundry system, after an update has been made.

Mr B