Not posted any updates on this for a long time, here is the latest image for this...any comments?


[bigimg]http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/mydodgypics/GTGames/backgammon-2.jpg[/bigimg]

I've added attack routes to the image to show what can attack what...

Hey dave. I would've posted earlier, but I'm afraid I don't know anything about backgammon Despite that, I do see some flaws:

Ok

1. You can't make it so one player can only attack clockwise and another player can only attack counterclockwise.
Red counters can attack white and visa-versa ...

Graphics have been improved as that was the only comment regarding the map...are there no other opinions regarding this ...good, bad, ugly, waste of time, can't wait to test it, don't understand what can attack, suggest changes, etc etc

New image uploaded and attached on the first post...any more thoughts...opinions?

Graphics can always be improved on.

Bonuses can be for all counters per colour in the same section, all counters per section, all counters per colour on the board, all counters per colour in the tray.

Continuing what Victor Sullivan said...adding more Wild West regions would help it along, my suggestions would be to add;

Jails - bonus for holding X amount of outlaws plus a jail
Banks - Bonus same as above
Allow lawmen to have a better attack...maybe 2 regions away

A few people don't like my Colourful map because it has no theme, although I like it as a game map...

So I had an idea to create a Backgammon themed map and this is what I came up with...

Regions are the counters (including the 30 that are in the tray).
Black move Clockwise, white move anti ...

Updated image on the first post ...


47 territories is one of the "golden" territory numbers because no matter how many players are playing the map, each person won't get a multiple of 3 territories, so the first person to play can't get an extra +1 over the later players that he takes a territory ...

Ah, ok, I did change the outer glow on some but I'll review it again and repost.

I thought of a classic arcade map and thought of frogger...searching the forum I found a thread from 2006.

Anyone think it could be worth pursuing?

[bigimg]http://videogamersoasis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/frogger_game_arcade.png[/bigimg]

Obviously update the graphics etc...any thoughts?

1. Not sure if "Center and overlapping regions can attack each other" is clear enough. Can Blue 1-Cyan 2 attack Cyan 1-Cyan 2? Can Blue 2-Magenta 1 and Magenta 2 attack each other? I suggest attack route lines. You could set the opacity really low, so it's not distracting.
Added lines with 20 ...

I've posted in the sticky post but no response as yet, not sure if I'll get a PM, post on here...or ignored if rubbish...

Anyway, I've updated the image in the first post and also created xml

Capture the white circle, only 6 regions per colour are used during initial deployment (ie the triangle ...

I had a Spot The Ball web site and thought I'd change the code to display coords for map makers to use so they can create the XML coords easier...

http://www.fixitdave.hostcell.net/coords/

But when I came here to post this message, I noticed there is already quite a few already here

Anyway, it's here if you need it

1. Change the "Light" areas to just "3's" (i.e. instead of "Light Cyan", just have "Cyan 3"). Just a personal preference there.
I'll make the changes and see what it's like but would probably look better.

2. Could you explain the bonuses to me? I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure what you mean ...

Apologies for no response on the map as of late, had PC issues which resulted in having to purchase a new laptop

Anyway, updated 1st post with new image...

I was thinking the same thing, I'll keep the inward one way attacks to help with the objective of capturing the central White circle.

What's everybodys thoughts on the single small White circle as the goal or the large coloured White circle with 7 regions as the goal?

I've updated the first post with the latest version...comments?

I'll make some changes as suggested and try to upload a new map later tonight...

Thanks for you input, I'll think about the one way attacks.

The namings will be "Red1" for center region of red1 and "Red1-Magenta2" for the region between red1 and magenta2, LightRed-Red1, LightRed-LightYellow, etc etc.

The coloured set bonus is on top of the circle bonus so if you own a full set ...

I started to create one of these but with a blue print type of look...

How does this look?

I've added some pipes in and also names on the outside circle...
[bigimg]http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/mydodgypics/colours-1.jpg[/bigimg]

Just remove the IF...hold a bank, +2...hold 2 banks, +2 on each

My bad, but does that mean you approve the changes?

I didn't quite understand the "wheel" suggestions so I made changes to show a type of wheel, this creates more continents and regions, but still keeps the original concept of simplicity...

3 neutral on regions around the white circle, random placements of rest...any comments?
http://i288&#46 ...