i was watching saving private ryan, and the captain was listing a ton of places, when i got this idea. im not really sure if we already have the map here, as i dont know shit about europe, and i havent played a lot of europe specific maps. if it IS here, then maybe we can make this a 2.0?
gameplay:
since it's based on spr, you can make the objective of the game to find private ryan (or kill off all of your enemies).
the map will always be fog of war, cuz like in the movie, you have no damn idea where ryan is.
each time you play, the location of ryan will be randomized. the territory that ryan is at will have a lot of neutrals (like i know sanctuary of aor2 has).
a few territories will act as private ryan decoys. in the movie, there are several places they visit where they hope ryan might be, but it usually ends up being wrong. like, theres a time when they find james FREDERICK ryan, instead of james FRANCIS ryan. if you conquer the place, you get an immediate 5 or so bonus. but every turn after that, you lose two units. this is cuz when they first find a place where ryan might be, they get all excited and happy, thus morale boost. but when they find out he isnt there, they get all depressed and mopy, causing morale to go down.
some territories have a sniper (with symbols to represent it). the sniper can then kill units up to 2 territories away. so if the map looked like this: A(*)-B-C, with A bordering B, B bordering and A and C, and C bordering B, A can kill C because A is the sniper. its like the knight from waterloo, if you still dont understand what im saying.
there's also artillery. artillery has its own symbol, and it can attack up to five spaces away. as a result, this also means there's less artillery on the map than snipers. after artillery completely wipes out the enemy territory, it becomes neutral. this is just standard bombardment.
another special thing is the medic. the symbol for this is a red cross. if you own this territory, you get an extra bonus, since the medic saves lives.
there should also be one dropzone territory. if you own this territory, the closest three territories that belong to you get one army on it. you can think of this as the airtrooper drops, since in the movie, most of the people miss their drop zones and end up scattered around.
...i cant think of any more ideas for the map right now...
id love to hear your opinions on this.
