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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 1:21 pm
by qeee1
In fairness France has seen more wars than almost any other country, 100 years war, Napoleonic wars, Franco-Prussian war, WW1, WW2. It could be a very interesting map. And raising the white flag is hardly their favoured tactic overall.

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:24 pm
by fluffybunnykins
I'd vote for the french names for the regions. adds some flavour. some distinctnessivity

is this any use??? maybe it's where you got your info anyway...
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/france_admin91.jpg

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:48 pm
by Marvaddin
Pedronicus wrote:who really wants to fight for control of a country whos favourite war technique is running up the white flag?


I really want. This would be a really really easy fight :lol:

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:51 pm
by PainBrain
This should be the one map with a surrender button. :D

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:05 pm
by Pedronicus
the last time we lost a war was 1066.

I'll be 98 when we celebrate 1000 years of no surrender and no defeat

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:16 pm
by Scorba
Pedronicus wrote:the last time we lost a war was 1066.

I'll be 98 when we celebrate 1000 years of no surrender and no defeat


No, that was the last time we were invaded. We lost several wars in the colonies.

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:17 pm
by Banana Stomper
*Cough* American Revolution *Cough*

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:24 pm
by haha
hey and we saved ur ass in world war one and 2 and we went in after u made a mess in vitnom

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:26 pm
by haha
Banana Stomper wrote:*Cough* American Revolution *Cough*

the us and the french won that war
and thats why we saved them in world war 1 and 2

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:55 pm
by Banana Stomper
Um, lets see...

First off, the american revolution thing was in response to Mr Pedro up there saying something ridiculous about not losing a war in 1000 years..

And i'm not even going to bother arguing about how we saved your ass in world war 2. *cough* lend-lease act *cough* But seriously lets see, let me quote your beloved Winston Churchill..."No American will think it wrong of me if I proclaim that to have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy. I could not fortell the course of events. I do not pretend to have measured accurately the martial might of Japan, but now at this very moment I knew the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all! ... Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to powder."

I think this argument is closed.

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:45 pm
by Marvaddin
In fact, allies would lose WW2... but Hitler attacked USSR. THIS sealed his fate.

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:05 pm
by haha
im american
and im say that we saved there asses

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:06 pm
by haha
the stupied french went to nomb made a mess and we went in to fixe thing

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:07 pm
by AndyDufresne
Isn't this thread about a RISK map of France? Oh yeah...yeah... it is. It must've got lost in the shuffle of babble above. ;)

--Andy

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:27 pm
by Banana Stomper
This is true.

back to the topic.

No one wants to play a france map. If you want to conquer france just go do it in real life. Its not very difficult. Hell, i've done it three times this week!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:47 pm
by zorba_ca
1. Why is the "Right Arm" on the left?
2. Why are there 7 continents on the board but only 6 in the legend? (EDIT: I see you recognized this, so treat this as a reminder)
3. Until there are more natural boundaries and fewer borders this map is completely unplayable.
4. I agree with RockSolid about the names.
5. I doubt that BananaStomper conquered France 3 times this week since: a) it even took the Germans 5 weeks, and b) control of the country, as far as I know, still rests firmly in the hands of the unions and their underemployed members.
6. I propose that in addition to "attacking", a player may opt to place his forces "on strike" thereby rendering enemy forces in adjacent territories unable to function. In keeping with the theme, though, a player may only be able to place his forces "on strike" 90% of the time.
7. To reduce the number of territories you could merge all the territories in the southeast area of the map into one continent called "Vichy". I read that this large region once existed in French history and could add to the realism. (EDIT: Of course the "bonus" for this continent should be "0" and if a player controls all areas outside of this region he/she is immediately awarded the map in its entirety.)

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:53 am
by Pedronicus
ok then, my history / above statement was a bit wrong.

About the France map.

Can you make the french flag with a line of red stitching down one side and a line of blue stitching down the other, so that its predominatley white.

Can you also have the following options:

When attacking in this map for the defender to simply 'Shrug his shoulders, with arms being halfway raised from waist height' (Classic Galic response to most situations)

Halfway through the game, the game stops as the french farmers have blockaded all the ports.

During the hours of 13:00 - to 14:30, nothing happens as all the froggies are having lunch in outside terraces in bistros, bars and resturants and smoking Camel cigarettes.

During the hours of 17:30 - 20:45 nothing happens as the whole of France jumps into a renault clio, and rushes across town to have an illicit affair with someone half their age whilst listening to Sasha Distel on an eight track.

During the summer months, the french air traffic controllers go on strike and no one can move.

During autumn, the french truckers drive in convoy on all major roads at 20 Kph in protest at the new tax imposed on wearing sandals, and each go then takes 45 minutes.

Every now and then I want random outbreaks of student riots where your car is torched and your unable to move out of Paris.

Untill all of the above are implimented, the French map will bear no resemblence to the real France, and will be a fake.

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:52 am
by Haydena
In fact, allies would lose WW2... but Hitler attacked USSR. THIS sealed his fate.


Maybe Hitler thought the USSR had a set of mixed cards to trade in and wanted to attack them to take away their continent bonus before they traded them in... Turned out to be the wrong move and infact the Brits and USA had some cards and wiped him out...

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On topic again... I think that this wouldn't make a bad map, it has potential... Just take out a few countries and then the graphics (especially the legend) will need tweaking... Good work! Nice to see you putting something into this game... A bit like Community service lol :)

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:06 pm
by onbekende
nice with the cards, and Belgium is the place of a harch defeat of Napoleon, by us, in Waterloo

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:12 pm
by haha
Banana Stomper wrote:This is true.

back to the topic.

No one wants to play a france map. If you want to conquer france just go do it in real life. Its not very difficult. Hell, i've done it three times this week!


are you one of those people who riited there

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:33 pm
by qeee1
So anyway asides from retarded macho nationalism (nationalism blows by the way) and xenophobia... does anyone have anything to say about the map? How's it coming along anyway? Ignore the people who've posted stupid crap, just look at the poll.

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:47 pm
by haha
hey it cant hert to have another map

Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 2:47 pm
by Pedronicus
i didnt post stupid crap

The french are tossers

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:28 pm
by reverend_kyle
zorba_ca wrote:1. Why is the "Right Arm" on the left?
if i were facing you your right arm would be on my left.

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:29 pm
by fluffybunnykins
I think Breton or Bretagne or even Brittany would be better...