by ZawBanjito on Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:20 am
Will there be a connection from one side of the map to the other?
Those are the Maritimes that are light blue, and are there five territories (ridings?) to it? The problem I see is that you have one, Labrador, with borders on two continents, with a second, New Brunswick (?) also bordering Quebec. So that's two access points, one of which will have to fend off the bonuses from two continents. (There's another if you add a cross-board connection)
Then there's the NW Territories, which not only has an extra territory, but have four access countries, one of which, again, needs to hold off two continents.
It seems like way too much work for only two extra armies. In contrast Quebec has only 8 territories and borders three continents, two of which only provide 2 army bonuses that will be severely stretched in defense. In fact, owning Quebec would easily give you the Maritimes, which are simple to conquer because an invasion could basically advance one territory at a time. So that's 9 armies and defense at only five points and facing two continents (unless there's a cross-board connection, which still would only border a 2 army continent.)
With nine armies, plus territory bonus, only having to defend against NW Territory, Ontario is easy picking, especially since, it being so narrow, you can advance gradually without significantly spreading your offensive front out.
How about reducing Quebec and Praries by an army and giving another to Maritimes and NW? Also, I'd like to see one of the territories in that Ontario peninsula vanish, and another get added somewhere in the middle to spread the a defensive line there across three territories. The same thing with the Maritimes. They need to be completely redesigned in my opinion.
It's looking pretty good. Those islands might need to be made bigger though?
[EDIT] I sound way harsh... I totally applaud you for this effort, and I want to see it succeed.
[EDIT] On further though, NW Territories needs more than three armies. It needs at least five, or a reduction of its border with Praries to a single territory and a severing of its border with Maritimes.