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Well I am really humbled to see how many of you all like Napoleonic Europe. I still have the first draft, drawn by hand, on a piece of paper, and am amazed what Kab and ender managed to do with it to arrive at the final version. Biased or not, my vote goes to it - but I must say that, from an artistic point of view, I truly love Japan - its simplicity, balance and fidelity to its theme are a model of design and execution. However, from a purely creative point of view, Dawn of Ages is truly a work of art - its hand-drawn black ink on old parchment is simply masterful, and so is it adaptation of various folk legends into a coherent whole.

All in all, rather than just one map, my vote for this year goes to Kab as 2010's outstanding mapmaker - and given his King's Court and Fall of Roman Empire, it will be hard to supplant him in 2011... Thanks for everything Kab! Working with you was both a pleasure and a privilege...

Their are 4 maps on here that are favorites. All for different reason. How about you give us more than 1 vote.

I agree with more votes

My two were:

Monsters
Woodboro

I like many of the other ones but these two were my favorites

Voted woodboro but I could've went with Nordic countries or the world cup map or lunar war.

It was a great year in the foundry, I'm looking forward to what 2011 will bring with some quality betas already out there.

I had to vote for Napoleonic Europe.
Honorable mention to 13 Colonies, Stalingrad (still haven't figured that one out) Thyseneal, Nordic Countries, and Christmas.

dawn of Ages

None of the above

If I was to decide in terms of the gameplay no doubt I'll pick Stalingrad.
Graphically I'd have to declare a tie among at least 5 maps (like Flanders, Cyprus, Napoleonic, etc.).
Great production last year. Even though I still miss WidowMakers and Qwert

I have started playing Fractured America and the panel says thumbs up

Lunar war hands down!

More like the best map that is and is to come baby!

Napoleonic Europe 1812

Remarkable much popularity of the Napoleontic map. I like the theme but never really get the map, should play a bit more on it than. Was a very nice year and fun to have an own map in this top (Flanders 1302)
I loved for gameplay Nordic, woodboro and Dawn of ages. Graphically i like South America, Celtics (yes, finally hand drawn maps!), Mexico and Japan, but my favorite is a great map in any way, Fractured America. Love the graphics, the gameplay, objectives, even the storyline. Thumbs up!!!

South Africa 2010 World Cup - Limited Edition..........
and then Napoleonic Europe.......... and then Good Morning Woodboro
and then..........

It was a tough choice for me, between Macedonia and Japan...but I went with Macedonia. But Japan gets an honorable mention in my post.


--Andy

stalingrad...........I like it so much that I have played it over 500 times!

It would be interesting to have a run-off vote between the top 5 or so maps

Stalingrad

It's a real pity the remade "Classic" isn't on here - that's the most beautiful map on CC.

I didn't try all these maps, but Napoleonic is really nice !

I can't believe Fractured America has more votes than Stalingrad. Also, Thyseneal has just one vote. Poor Bison King...

Master Fenrir wrote:I can't believe Fractured America has more votes than Stalingrad. Also, Thyseneal has just one vote. Poor Bison King...

Mexico has only 2 votes (neither of them mine), so the race for last place could be close

Master Fenrir wrote:I can't believe Fractured America has more votes than Stalingrad.

Either can I! So I am honored to be able to be in 3rd for my first map on CC

If I add together all the votes for my maps, I can barely take 4th place

Well, the poll has finished, and it looks like Napoleonic Europe has come out on top.

I have taken the liberty of sorting the poll results in order of votes:

show: What is your favorite new map of 2010

I have also taken the liberty of producing some alternative stats, which are based on a crude measure based on the total number of games and the date of quench:

show: Average number of games per day

Interesting, huh?

Hell yeah, 13 Colonies is up towards the top!! But then again, it's been around since January 2010 and maybe developed a following. But look where Napoleonic Europe is and hits been around a lot less longer. But over all, it seems the limited edition maps are quite popular.