*[Abandoned] Feudal England and Wales

[The Bison King]

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Nice sea now.
Towns are nicely placed, well done, but I think a better symbol can be found. Try two houses next to each other with the tower behind then, a slightly different colour to break it up. Get you symbols into the legend. Sea routes also. Remove Wales from the title. It may of been a separate country at times, but like a lot of the UK, it was classed as England at a lot of times.

TBK, are you happy with this? I am. Get these minor things done and be on your way to gameplay.

I will work on the town symbol later on.

Symbols on the legend. I think listing sea routes on the legend is obvious. I've never done it in the past, and it's never been a problem.

As you wished, removed Wales from the title.

I am happy with this and ready to be on my way.

[koontz1973]

Two days henceforth you will be knighted into the realm of main foundry. Arise Sir bison.

[koontz1973]

TBK, my last official act in the drafting room is this stamp.

Well done and good luck with the rest.

koontz.

Game play time, and what do you know, me again.

Have you decided on this yet?

To be determined:
Should players start randomly while Castle are protected by neutrals?
or
Should players start on the Castles and have to expand to the surrounding farmland that'll be neutral?

To be honest, whilst I do not like the feudal game play, it might be better for this map. So castle starts and rest of the map neutral.

[The Bison King]

TBK, my last official act in the drafting room is this stamp.

Well done and good luck with the rest.

koontz.

Game play time, and what do you know, me again.

Have you decided on this yet?

To be determined:
Should players start randomly while Castle are protected by neutrals?
or
Should players start on the Castles and have to expand to the surrounding farmland that'll be neutral?

To be honest, whilst I do not like the feudal game play, it might be better for this map. So castle starts and rest of the map neutral.

Actually I'll be taking a queue from the new Baltic Crusades map and do the reverse of that. So players will start randomly and Castles will be protected by neutrals.

[koontz1973]

Actually I'll be taking a queue from the new Baltic Crusades map and do the reverse of that. So players will start randomly and Castles will be protected by neutrals.

Fine with me as I like that over feudal. Can you do the starting list for the 8 game sizes and bung it in the first post for me.

Will look at the map tonight and think about neutrals for you.

[Teflon Kris]

In the South-East, I believe Rochester was a significant castle? Arundel in W Sussex? Lindsfarne in the far N.East (Lothian)? Cardiff = Caerphilly castle?


Possibly useful for medieval region names:

http://www.timeref.com/map3.htm

http://research.uvu.edu/mcdonald/anglo-saxon/wife%27slament/wifemaps&images.html

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art ... n-kingdoms

http://www.edmaps.com/anglo-saxon_kingdoms.jpg

[koontz1973]

OP needs updating with the starting regions.
Castles need to go to a 5 neutral. All need to start neutral or bonuses will be dropped for small games if a player starts with a castle like York or Oxford. Towns can be a 2 or 3 neutral.

[The Bison King]

OP needs updating with the starting regions.
Castles need to go to a 5 neutral. All need to start neutral or bonuses will be dropped for small games if a player starts with a castle like York or Oxford. Towns can be a 2 or 3 neutral.

I know I know I've taken a real lackadaisical approach to the whole map making process lately.

I'm think 5 is a little high for castles. I'm thing 3 on castles and 2 on towns.

In the South-East, I believe Rochester was a significant castle? Arundel in W Sussex? Lindsfarne in the far N.East (Lothian)? Cardiff = Caerphilly castle?


Possibly useful for medieval region names:

http://www.timeref.com/map3.htm

http://research.uvu.edu/mcdonald/anglo-saxon/wife%27slament/wifemaps&images.html

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art ... n-kingdoms

http://www.edmaps.com/anglo-saxon_kingdoms.jpg

These are awesome thank you.

[koontz1973]

I'm think 5 is a little high for castles. I'm thing 3 on castles and 2 on towns.

2 for towns is fine as you need three of them. The reason for the 5 on the castles is to make players think twice over taking them. You get a good drop in one of the larger areas, you can take a castle in round one (3n) easily for a bonus of 1/2. Making the neutral 5, players will have to work for it if they want it. Also, you have to consider you are giving an auto deploy as well to the castles.

[The Bison King]

I'm think 5 is a little high for castles. I'm thing 3 on castles and 2 on towns.

2 for towns is fine as you need three of them. The reason for the 5 on the castles is to make players think twice over taking them. You get a good drop in one of the larger areas, you can take a castle in round one (3n) easily for a bonus of 1/2. Making the neutral 5, players will have to work for it if they want it. Also, you have to consider you are giving an auto deploy as well to the castles.

hmm interesting point.

[koontz1973]

I'm think 5 is a little high for castles. I'm thing 3 on castles and 2 on towns.

2 for towns is fine as you need three of them. The reason for the 5 on the castles is to make players think twice over taking them. You get a good drop in one of the larger areas, you can take a castle in round one (3n) easily for a bonus of 1/2. Making the neutral 5, players will have to work for it if they want it. Also, you have to consider you are giving an auto deploy as well to the castles.

hmm interesting point.

Well, I am not just a pretty face.

[The Bison King]

update soon I promise

[koontz1973]

update soon I promise

Sooner is better than later. TBK, a few days then on holiday you will go.

[koontz1973]

[Moved]

It would appear that development of this map has stalled. The map is moved to the Recycling Box and put into Vacation status for the next 6 months. If the mapmaker wants to continue with the map, then one of the Cartographer Assistants will be able to help put the thread back into the Foundry system, after an update has been made.

koontz

[Neato Missile]

This map has real potential, BK. I hope you get a chance to update it in the near future.

[isaiah40]

The six months of vacation has expired, for this reason this topic is now labeled as [Abandoned]. An action, as stated in our Abandoned map policy has been taken. If the original mapmaker wants to continue this map project it's fine but a real update must provided. From this moment anyone else is free to continue this project without the original mapmaker permission, but it has to be started from the scratch.

[The Bison King]

Thinking about maybe bringing this back. A quick note to self, would be to combine the 3 bonus areas in the South east into 2. Give Kent and Surrey to the bonus area associated with London (Essex), and all others to the Southern bonus area (Sussex/Kent). Also I would convert Dover into a town.

[The Bison King]

Yes I think I want to put this back into production. What would you need to see to get this back on it's way.

[The Bison King]

HEY HEY HEY! I'm very interested in bringing this map into production.

[The Bison King]

Hello hello hello... Is there anybody in there?

[degaston]

Hello hello hello... Is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

[The Bison King]

God this is sad... are there any mods here? Does anyone still check this part of the site?

[degaston]

The foundry is pretty dead, but if you make an XML and become a beta tester, then you can probably get it uploaded to the beta site where you can play it with the bots or other beta testers.

I don't know if there's still any path to getting a map to be a beta on the main site. Though if they're never going to improve the map browser, then adding more maps just adds to the confusion.

[Dukasaur]

Hello hello hello... Is there anybody in there?

Ian still looks in from time to time, and ManB also.

Ian is currently travelling, but he will be back.

Go ahead and post an update. You will need to post an update to qualify for having your thread returned to the Main Foundry, anyway.

[jigger1986]

HEY HEY HEY! I'm very interested in bringing this map into production.

Awesome, I always thought this was a good looking map. Excited for the chance to play it some day