Jamaica

[cairnswk]

What is the "gold" that it talks about in the bonus description. It doesn't mention it in the resourse descriptions. Either that or I'm pretty stupid and it is probably just right there on the map, but if it is, please tell me.

Cobs?

[cairnswk]

Maybe in the legend make it instead of 1 slave + 1 cattle
1 +1 =+5 bonus or something along those lines to incorporate the symbols.

OK that is a graphic thing, can you remind me about it later please.

Spain would have a major advantage do to the fact it is the farthest from the other starting positions. Maybe try and equalize the distance a little or increase the size of the neutrals in between them.

Not sure what you mean here.

I am not sure where London connects to because in the legend for Port Royal it is not mentioned.

Fixed on version 10

I would also like to see an auto deploy on each ship and maybe some other auto deploy bonuses.

Can you explain why please.

I would like to see the river color match the water color. ... Maybe more mountains?

Graphic thing...please remind me again later.

Suggestion: ports do not connect

Why would I go for a bonus if the person right next to me will simply take me along with that bonus?

This would mean that there are simply more territories between people and that people would actually venture into the map without the fear that the people on their sides will take them out after you weaken yourself on neutrals.

In a sense I agree, the starting positions in my opinion are to easily reached from one another

Between port routes removed in version 10.
I'm not really happy with this as it makes sense that ships can move between the ports.
I guess now also, the notation that forts can attack pirates will have to be removed, because the pirates can only attack their home ports.
Also, pirates not being able to attack the colonials doesn't make sense.

Suggestion: What if we put all the port routes back and the pirate/fort attack routes, and made the home ports starting positions also, so that on your very first turn, nobody can attack you anyways, and you get a chance to fort to your home port from your ship to give you extra armies when someone tries to attack you.

We could also have any tert that is not a coastal one start in random drop.

Anyways, version 10 is below to show what the map looks like without the port-port attack routes.

[sailorseal]

Spain would have a major advantage do to the fact it is the farthest from the other starting positions. Maybe try and equalize the distance a little or increase the size of the neutrals in between them.

Not sure what you mean here.
Spain has the most number of territs in between it and the other ships. This gives the player a bigger shield of nuetrals and they can spread out further with less worry of attack

I would also like to see an auto deploy on each ship and maybe some other auto deploy bonuses.

Can you explain why please.
If all the territories start neutral, like The Age of realms Maps and Feudal War I think it should also have an auto deploy because the ship is sort of each players "home base" and it should be the hardest thing to take from them

[cairnswk]

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Spain has the most number of territs in between it and the other ships. This gives the player a bigger shield of nuetrals and they can spread out further with less worry of attack

OK let's analyse this after the sea routes have been taken away.

Spain to Henry Morgan: 8
Spain to Calico Jack: 6
Spain to Liverpool: 7
Spain to Blackbeard: 7
Spain to Bristol: 10
Spain to France: 10
Spain to London: 13
Liverpool to Henry Morgan: 7
Liverpool to Calico Jack: 6
Liverpool to Blackbeard: 5
Liverpool to London: 10
Liverpool to Bristol: 6
Liverpool to France: 6
France to London: 7
France to Blackbeard: 7
France to Calico Jack: 9
France to Henry Morgan: 11
London to Henry Morgan: 15

From the above data, Spain is only as close as her nearest neighbours, but LIverpool to Blackbeard is closest going across the island. I wouldn't say Spain has any more advantage begin far distant from certain terts than they are from others.

I would also like to see an auto deploy on each ship and maybe some other auto deploy bonuses.

Can you explain why please.
If all the territories start neutral, like The Age of realms Maps and Feudal War I think it should also have an auto deploy because the ship is sort of each players "home base" and it should be the hardest thing to take from them

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OK, let's see what others think of this also.

[DJ Teflon]

Forgive me if this has been clariied earlier but, do players gain the ordinary +3 per turn (minimum)? Is it envisaged that players take a port on their second turn (unless they try their luck with 6 against 7)? I think this is where the ship auto-deploy might be worth considering perhaps?

Regarding London's position, it looks to have a mix of advantages and disadvantages - further to attack other players which also means other players have to go further to attack London, although there seem to be more slaves able to attack London, so, in the short term, easy to defend, in the long term, harder to defend. Differences are valid anyway: in spread 'drop' games, different drops give different advantages and in many starting position games, each have different geography (e.g.New World). Having perfectly equal starting points might appeal to feudal war-sters but is not necessary for a good game. Looking at the above analysis, London's position is different and any advantage/disadvantage is minor.

Overall, it looks like the gameplay has a nice blend of starting position strategy and resource-bonuses.

I like the incorporation of the political and economic features, the map is certainly more than the link suggested above.

[tlane]

I have not read anything yet so people may have said this.

1. can you make the swords less blurry.
2. Could you make the coffee on "Gordon town" bigger, it is hard to see
3. Could you clear up the numbers on Gealoon Harbor, i realize it is that 4 but could you maybe move it closer to the land.

Those are my quick observations, but i will be back soon to comment on gameplay.

tlane

[cairnswk]

Forgive me if this has been clariied earlier but, do players gain the ordinary +3 per turn (minimum)? Is it envisaged that players take a port on their second turn (unless they try their luck with 6 against 7)? I think this is where the ship auto-deploy might be worth considering perhaps?

OK, what do others think about this? It could be worthwhile

....Overall, it looks like the gameplay has a nice blend of starting position strategy and resource-bonuses.
I like the incorporation of the political and economic features, the map is certainly more than the link suggested above.

Yes, something a little different yet again.

[cairnswk]

I have not read anything yet so people may have said this.

1. can you make the swords less blurry.
2. Could you make the coffee on "Gordon town" bigger, it is hard to see
3. Could you clear up the numbers on Gealoon Harbor, i realize it is that 4 but could you maybe move it closer to the land.

Those are my quick observations, but i will be back soon to comment on gameplay.

tlane

The imagery cxan be attended to, but still waiting on your gameplay observations

[TaCktiX]

I think that the 7 neutral is completely unnecessary. Everyone has to break it to hit the Island by my understanding (I read the map), which coincidentally holds all bonuses. If the neutral is knocked down to something reasonable considering that that is every player's gateway to the map, then an autodeploy will be rendered unnecessary as well.

[sailorseal]

I think that the 7 neutral is completely unnecessary. Everyone has to break it to hit the Island by my understanding (I read the map), which coincidentally holds all bonuses. If the neutral is knocked down to something reasonable considering that that is every player's gateway to the map, then an autodeploy will be rendered unnecessary as well.

I think the auto depoy evens it out and "Do I go for it or do I wait to keep getting the auto?" is a fun question to have to ask yourself during the game

[TaCktiX]

I think the auto depoy evens it out and "Do I go for it or do I wait to keep getting the auto?" is a fun question to have to ask yourself during the game

The problem is that you have to make that decision from Round 1, which really isn't much fun at all.

[iancanton]

I think the auto depoy evens it out and "Do I go for it or do I wait to keep getting the auto?" is a fun question to have to ask yourself during the game

The problem is that you have to make that decision from Round 1, which really isn't much fun at all.

true in unlimited forts, but the decision must be made every turn in adjacent forts.

two further observations: port morant seems to have no function at all, now that the ports don't connect, and i'd reduce the neutrals on the non-strategic non-important territories like st albans to only 1, since there's virtually no reason to take them otherwise.

What is the "gold" that it talks about in the bonus description. It doesn't mention it in the resourse descriptions. Either that or I'm pretty stupid and it is probably just right there on the map, but if it is, please tell me.

Cobs?

not everyone will associate cobs with gold (except by elimination), unless u call them gold cobs.

ian.

[cairnswk]

Forgive me if this has been clariied earlier but, do players gain the ordinary +3 per turn (minimum)? Is it envisaged that players take a port on their second turn (unless they try their luck with 6 against 7)? I think this is where the ship auto-deploy might be worth considering perhaps?

OK seems as though people are in favour of auto-deploy on the ships.

.... London's position is different and any advantage/disadvantage is minor.
Overall, it looks like the gameplay has a nice blend of starting position strategy and resource-bonuses.
I like the incorporation of the political and economic features, the map is certainly more than the link suggested above.

Thanks DJ Teflon

[cairnswk]

Where is Port Royal located? And why do some ports have 7 and some have 4/0? Just wondering as I try to understand.

Port Royal is the area between Fort Rupert and Warehouses.
7 was the neutral amount allocated to the port, but this being reduced to 5.

[cairnswk]

I think that the 7 neutral is completely unnecessary. Everyone has to break it to hit the Island by my understanding (I read the map), which coincidentally holds all bonuses. If the neutral is knocked down to something reasonable considering that that is every player's gateway to the map, then an autodeploy will be rendered unnecessary as well.

OK, how about we make it 5 neutrals.