Viking map

[bonobo`s son]

Me and my brother (lone.prophet) came up with the idea of making a viking map.

Every player begins with 1 citadel.
Around the citadel there are regions which give you bonus (they start out neutral)
There are raidlands (uk and the netherlands) which also give you a bonus if you kept them, The raidlands you own will become neutral at the beginning of your turn.
The 2 tradeposts (falkland and poland) will also give bonuses to the one who keeps them.

This is what we got so far:



Please tell what you think of this idea and tell if you got other ideas for this map.

[Lone.prophet]

Go vikings just reporting in that my brother does indeed have my support

[naxus]

Seems like a ok idea.What kind of graphics were you gonna do?

any idea on how many citadels and the bonus structure?

[Lone.prophet]

we were going for 6 cities and bonus structure we dont really know yet but ill get started on basic layout and territory placement and see where it goes from there

[snufkin]

the geographical area is way too small.. Iceland, Ireland and Normandy?
Those were important viking areas.

a little more research before you decide what geographical area to cover, please..
you are also missing parts of Norway and Denmark - Those were the countries most associated with viking raids so you should include all of their lands at the time.
Hedeby was perhaps the most powerful viking town of all and it´s not even playable?

[Industrial Helix]

Based on the pre-map, it looks like it accommodates only 6 players and all maps have to accommodate 8.

I dunno, i like the idea in general, but I think the gameplay needs some more development.

[Lone.prophet]

the geographical area is way too small.. Iceland, Ireland and Normandy?
Those were important viking areas.

a little more research before you decide what geographical area to cover, please..
you are also missing parts of Norway and Denmark - Those were the countries most associated with viking raids so you should include all of their lands at the time.
Hedeby was perhaps the most powerful viking town of all and it´s not even playable?

ofcourse you are right about this but if you go back some centuries than the vikings didnt occupie ireland yet, dont go that offensive man its just about the idea for now

[cairnswk]

Did you check out the Danelaw map in Recycling Bin for any information you can use?

[Lone.prophet]

nope but will do any more tips or link are wildly appreciated

[snufkin]

ofcourse you are right about this but if you go back some centuries than the vikings didnt occupie ireland yet, dont go that offensive man its just about the idea for now

I am only being blunt so that you wont miss crucial things.. just trying to provide helpful facts really. I kind of like the idea.
Denmark needs to be larger. Haithabu/hedeby was further south in what is now Germany.
It was pretty much THE viking capital during all of the "viking age.
If I wanted to see you fail with this idea I wouldn´t provide helful info.

[ender516]

Is it possible to give a bonus for the raidlands AND have them be killer neutrals as well? I suppose it depends on the order of processing. I think this question came up somewhere before but I don't quite recall where, perhaps in the Foundry Tips & Discussions forum.

[natty dread]

Is it possible to give a bonus for the raidlands AND have them be killer neutrals as well?

Nope. I asked the same question a while ago. Not possible...

[naxus]

Specificly what age of the viking era were you thinking?

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=77403&start=0

Heres the Danelaw link if interested.Was coming along but I lost my graphics guy

[Lone.prophet]

the start beleive it was like 8 or 9th century

thnx for the link will be a nice indicator, btw where did you find your resources?

[naxus]

mostly the web but a few maps/info were from books

[MrBenn]

Specificly what age of the viking era were you thinking?

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=77403&start=0

Heres the Danelaw link if interested.Was coming along but I lost my graphics guy

I was going to suggest checking out this map, but it looks like others beat me to it