WWI Ottoman Empire [Quenched]

[Ogrecrusher]

I've played 2 flat rate double games on this map and they've both gone the same way. Someone grabs Russian Territories Early, the players in the middle attack them, and then the colony players come through to win. From this, having been in both positions, we won the second game, it's clear that it's really hard to get to the bottom of the map from the top. This weakens Russian Territories enough in my eyes, I doubt another attack route into it is needed.

[Gilligan]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the Medina Akbah connection is hardly noticeable (I didn't know until someone used it on me)

[cairnswk]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the Medina Akbah connection is hardly noticeable (I didn't know until someone used it on me)

You normally follow my maps, why didn't you this time??

[Ogrecrusher]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the Medina Akbah connection is hardly noticeable (I didn't know until someone used it on me)

You normally follow my maps, why didn't you this time??

I didn't even know there was a connection there to make clearer!
You could move the crown or draw and arrow surely?

[Gilligan]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the Medina Akbah connection is hardly noticeable (I didn't know until someone used it on me)

You normally follow my maps, why didn't you this time??

Normally... Except maybe Forbidden City and your Poison Rome...

But I didn't even see a connection, and got attacked at Medina from Akbah.

[Ruben Cassar]

Cairns...the neutral region below Italian Abyssinia, shouldn't it be called Abyssinia instead of Abyssina?

[cairnswk]

Nice map, cairnswk

Just one thing. I don't know if this has been discussed before because I didn't read the whole 23 pages.
But the one thing that really caught my eye was the lower left corner. The placement of the soldiers' image and the symbol legend doesn't seem right to me. My feeling tells me the soldiers should be moved up and left a bit in that grid, and maybe the text should be centered with the symbol above it.
But that's just my feeling. Maybe you can understand, it seems a bit randomly placed in an otherwise so well-balanced map.
My 2 cents

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the Medina Akbah connection is hardly noticeable (I didn't know until someone used it on me)

You normally follow my maps, why didn't you this time??

I didn't even know there was a connection there to make clearer!
You could move the crown or draw and arrow surely?

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the Medina Akbah connection is hardly noticeable (I didn't know until someone used it on me)

You normally follow my maps, why didn't you this time??

Normally... Except maybe Forbidden City and your Poison Rome...

But I didn't even see a connection, and got attacked at Medina from Akbah.

Cairns...the neutral region below Italian Abyssinia, shouldn't it be called Abyssinia instead of Abyssina?

How is this guys.

Click image to enlarge.

[saaimen]

Nice map, cairnswk

Just one thing. I don't know if this has been discussed before because I didn't read the whole 23 pages.
But the one thing that really caught my eye was the lower left corner. The placement of the soldiers' image and the symbol legend doesn't seem right to me. My feeling tells me the soldiers should be moved up and left a bit in that grid, and maybe the text should be centered with the symbol above it.
But that's just my feeling. Maybe you can understand, it seems a bit randomly placed in an otherwise so well-balanced map.
My 2 cents

How is this guys.

Well... It's better already But still I think the soldiers (with the now better centered text) should be moved up and left. It just looks a bit weird.
I'm guessing maybe the whole soldiers-on-the-grid thing is one image and you can't change their relative positions? In that case, you might zoom in a bit, align the right and bottom side, and cut away on the left and the top.

Or am I being naggy ?

[cairnswk]

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Well... It's better already But still I think the soldiers (with the now better centered text) should be moved up and left. It just looks a bit weird.
I'm guessing maybe the whole soldiers-on-the-grid thing is one image and you can't change their relative positions? In that case, you might zoom in a bit, align the right and bottom side, and cut away on the left and the top.

Or am I being naggy ?

the later i think. I have deliverately placed this so that the guns don't overlap.
Next time, please attend the map beforeit goes to final forge for these adjustments. Thanks.

[Ruben Cassar]

Baghdad is spelt wrongly as well...I'm amazed no one noticed those 2 spelling mistakes before.

[cairnswk]

Baghdad is spelt wrongly as well...I'm amazed no one noticed those 2 spelling mistakes before.

Ruben, it'll have to wait again now. I'm in the middle of studying for uni exams. Thanks.

[Ruben Cassar]

Baghdad is spelt wrongly as well...I'm amazed no one noticed those 2 spelling mistakes before.

Ruben, it'll have to wait again now. I'm in the middle of studying for uni exams. Thanks.

Good luck for your exams!

[Ogrecrusher]

Love the update.

[cairnswk]

Baghdad is spelt wrongly as well...I'm amazed no one noticed those 2 spelling mistakes before.

Ruben, it'll have to wait again now. I'm in the middle of studying for uni exams. Thanks.

Good luck for your exams!

Thanks Ruben, very kind of you. I think i did OK.

Love the update.

Excellent.

[oaktown]

it's been two weeks since the last concern, and that was just spelling. if there are no objections I think this map can be promoted out of beta.

[captainwalrus]

Does anyone else notice that the british colony bonus when combined with the italian and french colonies is way to big? It is 3 territories to defend and it is worth +9! I would lower british colonies to +6 if it were me.


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[el-presidente]

That does seem a little unfair, british colonies should be 6.

[Gilligan]

Does anyone else notice that the british colony bonus when combined with the italian and french colonies is way to big? It is 3 territories to defend and it is worth +9! I would lower british colonies to +6 if it were me.


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It has 6 to defend.

[captainwalrus]

the problem is only when it is paired with the Italian and french colonies. You could start by taking those and expand out into the british territories. I noticed the problem when I won a game. After I has one bonus to support my invasion it was easy to take the french italian, and then british colonies.
Game 4636445

[TaCktiX]

I'm going to have to agree. The game of WWI: Ottoman I won was because I held Italy/France first, then expanded to Britain and from there the rest of the map was easy to defeat.

[MrBenn]

This map is now in full Live Play.

Nice job Cairns

[GoldBomber]

The map is great, but I would change "Hussein of Mecca" to "The Hejaz". That's what the region was (and still sometimes is) called. Sharif Hussein was merely the guardian of the holy sites in Mecca and Medina (Yathrib).

[Hatchman]

I love this map. One of my favourites. Nice job!

[Incandenza]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I'm playing on the map for the first time, and I just saw that "Bahgdad" should be "Baghdad".

[cairnswk]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I'm playing on the map for the first time, and I just saw that "Bahgdad" should be "Baghdad".

Yes Inca....it has been mentioned, but i simply haven't bothered changing it yet.