Forum

by **isaiah40** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:01 pm

Map Name:USA 2.1
Mapmaker(s):isaiah40; XML by Gilligan
Number of Territories:240
Number of Bonuses: 52 - 50 States, Capitol and Cities along Interstates
Special Features:Airports and ferries allow you to get to the other side of the map easier.
What Makes This Map Worthy of Being Made: Take all of the USA map packs with the bonus structure of them and combine them into one huge map, and this is what you get.

Other bonuses:
- D.C.: +3 autodeploy
- Capital: +1 for every 2
- Capital override: Hold all Capitals +7 except for Great Lakes which is Hold all Capitals +14
- Interstate Cities: +3 for 5 consecutive

Killer Neutrals:
- Calgary resets to 1 neutral

Starting Neutrals:
- All Capital cities: 5
- D.C.: 5
- Airports: 5

Starting Positions:
- Non-capitals with a max of 22
- underlying neutrals of 2

6 Airports to enable cross map attacks
2 sets of airports that can only attack each other - Seattle/Anchorage and Honolulu/Los Angeles

Map Image:
Large:

Click image to enlarge.

Small:

Click image to enlarge.

show: Previous Small Versions

show: Previous Large Versions

show: Starting Neutrals

by **koontz1973** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:13 pm

Yes, yes, and double yes. This pack has always seemed not finished and this might just do it.

by **grifftron** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:23 pm

well you got WM OK.. give it a go, sounds great! excited to see it develop.

-griff

by **DiM** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:39 am

let's take a bunch of poor maps and combine them in one poor HUGE map. YAY!
oh it's a brilliant idea because it's about the USA :roll:

by **greenoaks** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:00 am

do the 6 map pack maps cover all of mainland USA ?

by **koontz1973** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:19 am

DiM wrote:let's take a bunch of poor maps and combine them in one poor HUGE map. YAY!
oh it's a brilliant idea because it's about the USA

Thats the thing though, they are poor because something has been missing. By combining the maps together they bring a completely new game to the boards.

greenoaks wrote:do the 6 map pack maps cover all of mainland USA ?

No they do not. Adding some new territs would be good and also make this one unique and not a copy.

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:27 am

koontz1973 wrote:
DiM wrote:let's take a bunch of poor maps and combine them in one poor HUGE map. YAY!
oh it's a brilliant idea because it's about the USA

Thats the thing though, they are poor because something has been missing. By combining the maps together they bring a completely new game to the boards.

greenoaks wrote:do the 6 map pack maps cover all of mainland USA ?

No they do not. Adding some new territs would be good and also make this one unique and not a copy.

All 6 cover all the Mainland USA. Yes.

by **koontz1973** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:49 am

Which one covers Alaska?

by **greenoaks** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:01 am

koontz1973 wrote:Which one covers Alaska?

Alaska is not a part of the main land area of the USA.

by **koontz1973** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:19 am

greenoaks wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:Which one covers Alaska?

Alaska is not a part of the main land area of the USA.

Fine, it is not connected to the main part of the USA, but it is no less part of the USA. I should be included if this goes ahead. Hawaii is arguable on whether it should be included.

by **cairnswk** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:33 am

DiM wrote:let's take a bunch of poor maps and combine them in one poor HUGE map. YAY!
oh it's a brilliant idea because it's about the USA

Guys, i'm kinda with Dim on this one...how many maps of the USA do we have to have?
T'would be nice for someone to explore some other themes/countries.
I hate to be questioning this, but...

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:51 am

Personally I like this if all the original spots can be kept. Talk about a serious mess! I say go with it. USA has most all the CC users, and 1 more map will not hurt it.

by **isaiah40** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:10 am

koontz1973 wrote:
greenoaks wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:Which one covers Alaska?

Alaska is not a part of the main land area of the USA.

Fine, it is not connected to the main part of the USA, but it is no less part of the USA. I should be included if this goes ahead. Hawaii is arguable on whether it should be included.

I would love to put Alaska and Hawaii on here, but unfortunately there probably won't be room - who knows I might be able to do it. It would be the connections that would need serious consideration. I will consider this as I think it would add another dimension to this!

Bruceswar wrote:Personally I like this if all the original spots can be kept. Talk about a serious mess! I say go with it. USA has most all the CC users, and 1 more map will not hurt it.

All the original spots, though with a few name changes will have to be made due to size restraints (funny I say this because this is going to be at the max size for both maps)!