60 territory map?

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:47 pm

I don't really have time to do this myself. actually im just too lazy But I think a 60 territory map might make the game a little more challenging, and then no matter what 3,4,5, or 6 players the map can have all of them without nuetral territories.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:12 pm

use the sticky.

--Andy

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:21 pm

Well I wanted to have a poll for it.

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:27 pm

Great idea, I may give it a shot. Any suggestions on a map that could accomodate 60 territories?

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:32 pm

Not really maybe a Georgia map? See this is why Im not doing it myself.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:38 pm

People can voice their opinions about it in the thread...where such ideas belong, especially if you don't plan on making it.

--Andy

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:40 pm

Okay but can you keep this thread alive so people can use the poll?

Ectomancer · Post by **Ectomancer** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:54 pm

Sure, there are 16 moons around Jupiter. Some are very large, some rather small. There is also 4 rings at varying distances from the Planet.

Picking and choosing, you could create some moons with many areas, and other small ones. I dont know if the rings should be used or not, but they are available if you have connection issues.

That should give you 60 territories easily, even just using north pole, south pole and eastern/western hemispheres.

Your main problem would be in naming areas of the moons, though the major features of the largest are named.

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/jupiter.htm#moons

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:58 pm

could work. Any other suggestions?

Marvaddin · Post by **Marvaddin** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:59 pm

Hmmm, I believe North America map has 60 countries...

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:00 pm

Does it? I haven't played that map.

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:02 pm

still maybe another map that has 60?

DublinDoogey · Post by **DublinDoogey** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:06 pm

Marvaddin wrote:Hmmm, I believe North America map has 60 countries...

Marv, you would be correct

Ectomancer · Post by **Ectomancer** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:25 pm

Here's a link to a map with around 60 different areas. I would probably find a different way to splitup the southeast, or make the bonuses far more lucrative, but this is a decent map to play with:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/geo/pics/txphysio.jpg

Texas map.

onbekende · Post by **onbekende** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:26 pm

Is a good idea, but I don't have an idea for it now

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:30 pm

DublinDoogey wrote:
Marvaddin wrote:Hmmm, I believe North America map has 60 countries...

Marv, you would be correct

YAY! Let's endorse all maps made by Wisconsinites!

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:08 pm

with a little editing a periodic table map could have 60 territories, two elements = a territory, I may give that a shot...

maritovw · Post by **maritovw** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:21 pm

i've had an idea for a 60 territory map for much time, but i want to finish with the Caribbean Sea first... thing is, i've been really short of time....

perchorin · Post by **perchorin** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:42 am

I have an interesting idea--the Chinese Zodiac, as anyone who's eaten at one of their tasty buffets knows, is divided up into 12 animal signs--rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. What is lesser known in the west is that these animals are further divided up into five elemental varieties: metal, wood, fire, water and earth into a--you guessed it--sixty year cycle. For example, being born in 1975 makes me a wood rabbit! Anyway, I have not the faintest inkling of how to actually make a map, but I think this idea has some cool asian-themed possibilites, perhaps arranged around a yin-yang? For more info (and to see where I got my more specific details) look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac
I'd gladly collaborate with anyone interested in taking this further, thanks!

oh, I forgot to mention that the animals are also grouped together by characteristics they're said to impart to the person born in their year (as you can read about on the wiki page) further lending themselves to being grouped into nice even "continents" ^^

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:13 pm

perchorin wrote:I have an interesting idea--the Chinese Zodiac, as anyone who's eaten at one of their tasty buffets knows, is divided up into 12 animal signs--rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. What is lesser known in the west is that these animals are further divided up into five elemental varieties: metal, wood, fire, water and earth into a--you guessed it--sixty year cycle. For example, being born in 1975 makes me a wood rabbit! Anyway, I have not the faintest inkling of how to actually make a map, but I think this idea has some cool asian-themed possibilites, perhaps arranged around a yin-yang? For more info (and to see where I got my more specific details) look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac
I'd gladly collaborate with anyone interested in taking this further, thanks!

oh, I forgot to mention that the animals are also grouped together by characteristics they're said to impart to the person born in their year (as you can read about on the wiki page) further lending themselves to being grouped into nice even "continents" ^^

I like that idea. I was born in 1989. What kind of snake would that make me?

perchorin · Post by **perchorin** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:48 pm

I like that idea. I was born in 1989. What kind of snake would that make me?

There's a chart on that wiki page that shows exactly what everyone is by year, but for you strike wolf, i'll look it up myself ^^

Strike Wolf is the dreaded and evil earth snake--watch out!

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:58 pm

I looked at the site. It's amazing how many of those things I possess.

perchorin · Post by **perchorin** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:41 pm

yeah, they're bound to be true for somebody

I've though of a cool albeit somewhat obvious name for the map:
"The Year of the Conquer Club"

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:32 pm

My only problem would be the deal with the continents. Maybe make it like Circus maximus without any?

perchorin · Post by **perchorin** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:18 pm

My only problem would be the deal with the continents. Maybe make it like Circus maximus without any?

I'm not sure about that, Circus Maximus doesn't seem to be very popular. I don't think the continents would be hard to come up with at all, the difficult part will be making them interesting due to the extreme balance of the philosophy. Originally I thought of grouping them by element around a yin-yang, but that makes 5 12-territory continents and not very compelling gameplay. If we get real arbitrary we could group them together by some more random means, but I haven't come up with anything yet. Any ideas?

60 territory map?

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60 territory map?