Fractured America [Quenched]

[isaiah40]

Working on a update, but somehow some of the files went missing

Will get one uploaded as soon as I can.

[Ace Rimmer]

Isaiah, this looks great for a first draft, and I agree with MP that it will be great for 8 players.

I think that the graphics make it hard to tell which state/terit is with which bonus. Maybe you could do something between the bonus areas to distinguish them better (separated like the USA map or some kind of bolder/larger/different color border).

Is S Ontario part of New France or Canada? I can't tell by looking. Also, the CNHR appears to be pretty much just in Canada - so by holding canada and everything inside of them you get +8 AND +6, that's unbalanced. I think the CHNR doesn't fit, personally.

The states that are part of the democratic socialist party are not typically considered democratic states at all. Other than Colorado (which went R 3/4 past elections) they have all gone R in 4 of the last 4. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states). Maybe make MT/ID/WY the Swine states? Having UT and maybe CO or someone join them as the Mormon Empire ( ) would be a good idea.

Iroquois nation is a bad choice IMHO. I think you should add MD/VA to them as suggested (they certainly aren't considered the bible belt) and make it something else, possibly democratic socialist (again, see wikipedia). VA is split with the SW part being very rural and religious - maybe join that to WV to show the split in the state? Bible Belt is a good name for the south, sorry colton. Dixie would also work, thanks DIM.

I won't get into the islamic states - your call there.

Why is MS called Jackson instead of Mississippi? That doesn't make sense to me since most other ones are the state name.

My thoughts for now

Jake

[isaiah40]

I thank everyone for their thoughts. I will be taking them all into serious thought for the second draft.

[barterer2002]

I have a bit of a problem looking and figuring out which continent is where. For instance, the new British colonies aren't really that clear on the map-at least to me. I'm assuming its mostly New England based but it doesn't look clear and at first glance the difference between the "Republican and "Democratic Socialist" doesn't jump out.

[Optimus Prime]

Looks awesome man, but I was wondering shouldn't there be a Mormon bonus region centered around Utah????.....I mean this would be a highly feasible region in what you are describing.

They are going in, I'm doing research on Mormon flags. Unfortunately, so far none are in public domain. I might have to create my own.

That would be because the Mormons don't have a flag.

If you want a symbol indicative of the Mormon culture I would suggest the beehive, the Salt Lake City temple, or the angel Moroni (found at the top of each Mormon temple).

[owenshooter]

Looks awesome man, but I was wondering shouldn't there be a Mormon bonus region centered around Utah????.....I mean this would be a highly feasible region in what you are describing.

They are going in, I'm doing research on Mormon flags. Unfortunately, so far none are in public domain. I might have to create my own.

That would be because the Mormons don't have a flag.

If you want a symbol indicative of the Mormon culture I would suggest the beehive, the Salt Lake City temple, or the angel Moroni (found at the top of each Mormon temple).

yeah, i was going to also suggest a beehive... nice call OP...-0

[danfrank]

.. Nice MAP.. I wouldn`t even call it a draft.. It would be nice to see one of the foundry members chime in to move it to the next stage. Just by briefly scanning i see only a few changes that may have to be made. Like the 2 the way at newmexico arizona colorado and the other state. plus there another one just further north . Its your story and your thoughts i wouldn`t let the political morons steer you different... GREAT JOB

[sinctheassasin]

.. Nice MAP.. I wouldn`t even call it a draft.. It would be nice to see one of the foundry members chime in to move it to the next stage. Just by briefly scanning i see only a few changes that may have to be made. Like the 2 the way at newmexico arizona colorado and the other state. plus there another one just further north . Its your story and your thoughts i wouldn`t let the political morons steer you different... GREAT JOB

The draft room process takes a lot longer than this, my friend... The fastest sticky I've seen was for dawn of ages (approx 1 month) and it isn't even outta here yet. Maps usually take months to get outta this stingy place ( my map took 6 before I gave up)

This map is far from playable... I didn't want to completely thrash the map so early in development, but here goes:

the continents can be very hard to distinguish, especially as we move to the right. Maybe an outer glow or outline with corresponding colors in the key would make it easier to understand at a glance.....

There needs to be wayyyyy more impassibles, that are randomly scattered out. If a territory is surrounded by eight others... Is it worth capturing?

The map looks very messy... Now I don't know how the hell you will clean this up, whether it be less territs, or a complete redesign, I don't care, but nobodybwouldbplay such a busy map.

That's all I have for this version. Can't wait for the update

[isaiah40]

the continents can be very hard to distinguish, especially as we move to the right. Maybe an outer glow or outline with corresponding colors in the key would make it easier to understand at a glance.....

There needs to be wayyyyy more impassibles, that are randomly scattered out. If a territory is surrounded by eight others... Is it worth capturing?

The map looks very messy... Now I don't know how the hell you will clean this up, whether it be less territs, or a complete redesign, I don't care, but nobodybwouldbplay such a busy map.

That's all I have for this version. Can't wait for the update [/quote]

Thank you. As I read all the comments, I took a hard look at it and decided to completely redesign it, while still having the same basic bonuses. I will be deleting some territ's, while expanding a couple of bonuses. There will also be a few more impassables using the natural landscape of the land, like for instance rivers such as the snake, mississippi, missouri, hudson etc. So please have patience with me as I completely redo it. Hopefully if all goes well, I should have the 2nd draft by Sept 8th.

We'll see you all then

[sinctheassasin]

the continents can be very hard to distinguish, especially as we move to the right. Maybe an outer glow or outline with corresponding colors in the key would make it easier to understand at a glance.....

There needs to be wayyyyy more impassibles, that are randomly scattered out. If a territory is surrounded by eight others... Is it worth capturing?

The map looks very messy... Now I don't know how the hell you will clean this up, whether it be less territs, or a complete redesign, I don't care, but nobodybwouldbplay such a busy map.

That's all I have for this version. Can't wait for the update

Thank you. As I read all the comments, I took a hard look at it and decided to completely redesign it, while still having the same basic bonuses. I will be deleting some territ's, while expanding a couple of bonuses. There will also be a few more impassables using the natural landscape of the land, like for instance rivers such as the snake, mississippi, missouri, hudson etc. So please have patience with me as I completely redo it. Hopefully if all goes well, I should have the 2nd draft by Sept 8th.

We'll see you all then

sounds great! can't wait!

[Danyael]

this is a great idea and draft
can wait to see an update
and please don't include Winnipeg with ND I'd rather not have that association jk
actually the Metis group makes perfect sense

[captainwalrus]

The draft room process takes a lot longer than this, my friend... The fastest sticky I've seen was for dawn of ages (approx 1 month) and it isn't even outta here yet. Maps usually take months to get outta this stingy place ( my map took 6 before I gave up)

How fast was greenland? That seemed to fly through.

But anyways, the best thing is to just get updates done fast while you have all of this support. If you wait to ling people will loose interest. Try to get version 2 up there as soon as you can.

[isaiah40]

Ok, here is the 2nd draft not complete. are the Bonuses easier to see between each other? Any thing else that can be done with the map?


By isaiah40trucking at 2009-09-06

I'll be putting in the territory name and that later. There will also be some mountains between the Mormon territories and the Freemen and Republican party.

- Added in Cuba.
- Reduced Territories in New England
- Made Newfoundland part of Parti Quebecois
- Took out Iroquois Nation
- Combined Washington with Canada

Any other ideas I'm all ears ... er I mean eyes

[sinctheassasin]

Hmm, it is easier to tell the bonuses apart. What I'm worried about, is when youbput the territory names and army circles, will you still be able to read it ????

Here is an idea. Keep the textures of the continenets the same, removed the text, and add a colored outline to each continent. On the side, write the continenets names and bonuses, an put an outer glow on it if the same color.

Don't forget to put the secret government society around southern Maryland, dc, and northern va.


For the swine flu thing, a four territory square with negative autodeploy would be great, but what if the territs could attack major cities? Maybe just bombard would be better.

Good work so far

[isaiah40]

Version 2 here!

- Added bonus Structure
- Added Impassable mountains
- Changed Nuevo Florida to Cuba and added Cuba
- Reduced Territories down to 89 with 11 bonuses to make it less cluttered
- Totally dropped CNHR as it did create an unfair advantage to whomever held all of Canada and CNHR
- Added Mormon territories
- Moved Democratic Socialist Party to where the democrats normally are
- Moved the Republican party to where they normally are

Game Play:
- Added capitals which can bombard each other which start out as neutral so no one gets a bonus for the capitals right off the bat
- Also capitals are needed for the bonus
- Other than that, just straight game play



Hope you like it!

I'm still open to suggestions.