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edbeard wrote:very interesting. I think the majority bonus system is quite a good idea.
One thing I don't like is the number of starting territories.
14 russian + 5 french + 11 american + 9 british = 39 - 4 neutral = 35
possibly add 1 more for a nice round number? of 36 to start?
Gnome wrote:Well I think all map suffers from a 'No feedback'
Gnome wrote:You added a layer over all territories and I don't really like the lines and stuff... You see, the first one was far more better to overlook, the names were easier to read and it just looked better...that's what I think, I like your map idea but I think the plain greyish tints with the outer glow was better...
Gnome wrote:And the border of Kreuzberg with friedrichshain crosses the water...maybe this has geographical explenations but can't you make the river the border so moving the black line under the river? I think it will look better
Gnome wrote:Oh and maybe you can try to remove the outerglow of the river ends...so it's like the river doesnt end there...
Incandenza wrote:You use the term 'airlift', yet the actual Berlin Airlift went down in 1948-49.
Incandenza wrote:I'm also not wild about the textures. I'm sure they're authentic, but they look a little too much like the sorts of textures a young Incandenza would mess around with on a Mac Classic in 1991. Perhaps a better way would be to have the continents in various shades of gray with heavier borders and add continent watermarks...
Incandenza wrote:I dig the new bonus system and the overall theme, tho. Keep going with the map. I like your style, but chinese checkers drivers me nuts!
oaktown wrote:This is the latest version of the map... please check the latest posts for my thoughts, hopes, and dreams.
The basics:
40 territories.
4 territories begin neutral: Mitte and the three airfields (Tegel, Tempelhoff, Gatow)
Wall (currently shown as a black line) and river are unpassable borders, except where I've dropped arrows (I'll work on something that looks better)
Current size: 800 x 600.
Bonuses awarded for:
• holding any airfield
• holding all western checkpoints
• holding all russian checkpoints
• holding a MAJORITY of territories within a Sector
I like the idea of giving a bonus for holding the majority of a sector rather than the entire thing because:
1. it allows me to stay with the four historically accurate sectors,
2. it will make for more open play, as players can be creative about putting their own "continent" together
3. it encourages players to actively fight over one sector, as just one territory can mean the difference between a bonus or nothing,
4. it would make for interesting doubles play, as partners could work together to secure a sector and still receive a bonus for the player with the majority of zones, and
5. it's never been done.
Graphics are slowly coming along... I'm trying to make it look like a map that could've been printed in 1962.
Tear it apart!!
cairnswk wrote:Oaktown...nice going! Like the map a lot.
Did you think of adding perhaps the most famous landmark after the wall and the Brandenburg Gates....Checkpoint Charlie
hulmey wrote:I like the way this map is progressing. I think you have found the right road for this map. Congrats.
hulmey wrote:The Russian sector is going to be so hard to get and iots going to become a dead zone with all the players going for the soldiers or the continent with 5 countries....
You could slip the russian army zone in 2 or move the airefields over to the russian side?!?!
hulmey wrote:Plus if you hold the french quarter and move out to hold the soldiers then you have a bonus of 12 with 4 borders. This is hugely biased in favour of a small part of the map.
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