InkL0sed wrote:Hmm. It's just occurred to me that it was probably Northern India that needed the +1, not Eastern. I'd like some discussion on those bonuses please.
the most important lines on any political map, of which this is one, are international boundaries, so u must ensure that u respect these where possible. it's not possible on classic because the number of territories is lower than the number of countries. on this map, however, it's just as easy to make it right as to make it wrong.
in this respect, the eastern india continent is wrong. bangladesh is not part of india, so u need to exclude it from any indian bonus. in other words, let bangladesh be in a different continent and have a bonus of +0, like world 2.1's antarctica territories.
similarly, kashmir is a disputed territory which is currently divided among india, pakistan and china, so it needs to be removed from the normal part of the northern india continent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/s ... efault.stmi suggest that kashmir is part of both the pakistan continent and the northern india continent, so that the pakistan bonus is awarded only if kashmir is held in addition to the normal territories in pakistan and the northern india bonus is awarded only if kashmir is held in addition to the normal territories in northern india. to show this on the map, kashmir can be given magenta and blue diagonal stripes instead of a single solid colour, so that its disputed status is immediately obvious at first glance.
add haryana to northern india to reduce the chance of the first player receiving the northern india bonus from the drop. this is especially important in a 2-player game, where the advantage of playing first can be exaggerated and easily become permanent, purely because of a lucky drop.
is there a reason why the small version is so small, causing space issues on one or two of the smaller territories? why not resize it to 600 x 600, move the thumbnail to the bottom left to balance the bonus legend and move the title slightly downward to the right? the playable area can then be resized again to fill as much as possible of the 600 x 600.
i think the current bold indian colours match this map perfectly.
InkL0sed wrote:OK guys, I guess I'll have to give in on this one -- I'll add a sea-route between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.
no need. just draw in the chain of small islands called adam's bridge and it'll become obvious.
http://www.ourlanka.com/maps/sri_lanka_pol01.jpgInkL0sed wrote:I don't like the idea of adding islands -- I don't like what that would do to Southern India
agreed. i also think it would detract from the main part of the map by forcing it to be smaller.
ian.