Haiti [Quenched]

[Unit_2]

Move the names: Baie de Henne into the territory and move the army circle down, move the army circle for bainet over to the way left and move the name into the territory and mone the army circle for Cotes de Fer down a bit and put the name in the territory.

Other then that it looks good.


-U2

[whitestazn88]

match the legend colors with the ones on the map or vice versa

[edbeard]

one thing I've been thinking about is adjusting the continents a bit



those are the districts. One idea I had early on was to make the north a true north combining 7,5,6

If I did that, I'd also combine Fort-Liberte with Brouillard. Then, with the extra territory, I'd chop up Gonaives and make that area less linear with both territories touching Port-de-Paix.

In the south, I'd match up the Ouest territory more with how it is in real life. Those south three territories plus Leogane would be another continent.



In short the continents would essentially be

1. Districts 7, 5, 6

2. District 1

3. District 2

4. District 8

5. Districts 3, 4, 10

6. District 9

[CatfishJohnson]

sounds good either way to me i disagree with the mili guy or whatever. not every map has to have random shit exploding after the round is over i like strightforwardness, but i love the idea either way u decide to exacute it

[edbeard]

v2
v1

What you need to know:

1. 28 territories
2. 6 continents

Changes in this update
1. alternate version of continents
2. territories changed in a couple places to make this more feasible.
3. legend changed to reflect changes and order switched to more normal north-south order.

To Do:

1. Gameplay / Bonus Discussion
2. switch places of sud and sud-est in the legend

[edbeard]

also, regarding the legend colours, I don't see the problem. We want the legend to be a little bit prettier than the map. The dull colours don't work there but they look nice on the map itself. There's no way people are going to be confused about which colour matches what.

[mibi]

It's based on looking like a map you'd see in a textbook.

um... boring!

I disagree

Where is the life an energy here? There seems no REASON for this map to exist. It's like you threw a dart at a globe and hacked out a map for a school project. Map from a textbook? Where is the fun in that? Actually, its not a map from a textbook, as any textbook that covered Haiti would have a little more relevance to it that this map. What you have here ebeard is a map that you would see in an atlas, and that sir, is the definition of boring.

Haiti has a rich history and incredibly vibrant culture, Carnival anyone? What you have done here is reduced a complex and passionate nation into Fisher Price level study of colors, shapes, and numbers.

Seriously, is there a reason why you chose Haiti? You probably should have chose a territory deserving of your bland palate like North Dakota or Micronesia.

[edbeard]

I chose it because I thought it would make for a good game of risk. The main reason for maps is to play risk on them, obviously.

There's no big reason ANY map needs to be made. Do we need a Portugal map? Do we need a San Francisco map? We don't need any of them. We're making them first and foremost to have a good unique game.

Period maps are good. Oaktown's Berlin being the most prominent in my mind. I don't want to make a period map.

We don't want every map to be 'bland' but a few more simple maps are not going to hurt anyone. There is a standard CC wants for maps and I think the direction of this map does and will fit those standards.

I've seen plenty of people asking for geographical maps around the forum and I'm making one.

thanks for your comments mibi.

[mibi]

I chose it because I thought it would make for a good game of risk. The main reason for maps is to play risk on them, obviously.

There's no big reason ANY map needs to be made. Do we need a Portugal map? Do we need a San Francisco map? We don't need any of them. We're making them first and foremost to have a good unique game.

Period maps are good. Oaktown's Berlin being the most prominent in my mind. I don't want to make a period map.

We don't want every map to be 'bland' but a few more simple maps are not going to hurt anyone. There is a standard CC wants for maps and I think the direction of this map does and will fit those standards.

I've seen plenty of people asking for geographical maps around the forum and I'm making one.

thanks for your comments mibi.

I dunno ed, sounds like a cop-out for a lack luster performance. This map may fit the minimum specs for development but it isn't striving to be anything more than what it is, an atlas scrap thats been Riskafied. It doesn't have to be a period map to have indigenous flavor to it. I predict this map will be just like Iberia, just sliding through the foundry with no one making any big fuss because no one is really all that interested because all you are bringing to the table here is just some random playable geography and nothing more. This map has no passion and no life, which unfortunately is not required to quench.

And that is all I will say about it.

[gimil]

Im going to [Adv. Idea] this one. Some more dicsussion is needed before we move you out to the main foundry.

[edbeard]

see I like the Iberia map. we've just got different opinions obviously.

I'm not saying, "Oh. I'm totally done with everything and it's perfect." Just because it's simple doesn't mean things can be improved and details added.

I don't see what's wrong with 'random playable geography' either. These are the maps I like the most. They definitely provide unique gameplay.

I've also made a relatively small territory map of which CC doesn't have many.

[Riazor]

I chose it because I thought it would make for a good game of risk. The main reason for maps is to play risk on them, obviously.

This is very true and i cannot do anything else than agree with it. Of course, the nicer it looks, the more fun it is to play on. But if i want to play a simple map, on a different risk board, this might just be exactly what i want.

My personal preferences are maps around the size of classic with no real gimmicks. That actually means classic in any other shape

Keep up the good work

[CatfishJohnson]

150% agree with the lizard up dare

[graulenst]

I really like this map. The one thing that bothers me as i look at it is how flat the ocean is. The land having texture and the ocean not having any bothers me.

Great idea and i look forward to seeing this map develop.

[gimil]

For the ocean issues, could you make the sea darker at bit to represent differnt depth. Might give it that extra umph that it needs.