Formerly the Map Ideas Thread, now CLOSED

[bob the pirate]

Frank Herbert's DUNE

I haven't made a map before, and I don't have a lot of time right now, but that would be fantastic.

[Jagwar]

Why only a yes and a Maybe? I vote No

[pancakemix]

About copyrights, I saw you mentioned them.

If you don't get a response from Blizzard, then you've got the green light, but you can only use original artwork. If they say no, then no. I think they've said no before though. Not sure.

[Stoney229]

Well I own the real LOTR map and the cc one is not completly accurate.

Actually the Hasbro Middle-Earth Risk map is the one that's not very accurate. The conquerclub Middle Earth Map much more resembles the maps you can find in the books.

[The Random One]

There's no need for another LoTR maps, as it's a fictional map, and I strongly feel that fictional worlds don't need more than a single map.

I'd like to link you all to the post in the strangemaps blog that places locations in the LoTR books in Europe, which would be the real Middle Earth, but unfortunately I am ridiculously lazy.

[The Random One]

I'd prefer a Heaven vs. Hell map with something in between them (Earth?). I'd be willing to help. If there's a small world map in between Heaven and Hell it could be to Classic what USApocalypse is to USA.

Listen to this man speak, for he is full of awesome.

Maybe if not a small world map, a map of a real world location (which would be the setting of Apocalypse). I think it'd be great (but it'd be hard to pull off without it getting too complicate).

[jasnostj]

With all borders and bonuses included, see above.
So what do you guys think?

[yeti_c]

Love the idea - colours and legend need some work - but I really like the idea...

C.

[d.gishman]

Wow, great idea (especially love the Chechnya independence, creative). The graphics need work, but it looks like a cool map in terms of number of territories and such

One question: is Iran part of the caucasus?

[Impact]

Well I was thinking, I think it be cool if there was a old west map!

[Impact]

Like New York, Chicago, LA, Las Vegas even (Though that last one would be intresting do to copyrights of all the buildings)

[gimil]

oh how i hate threads like tihs

[Impact]

Sorry I never posted, and I thought the point of this was to say you wanted some type of map!

[gimil]

yeah but u need to post an image, draft, gameplay. Just by saying "this would make a cool map" get no feedback that is of any use.

produce a draft and ill leave good feedback

[Impact]

Oh, well I'm not to good with drawings. But I was thinking of a map that would look like how the western US looked back in the 1800s.
With some landmarks as well.

[gimil]

post an image from google of somewehre and lets take a look

[Impact]

Here is one image, but its hard to see:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/23193 ... 7a.jpg?v=0

I'll try to find a better one.

[Impact]

From 1876:

[gimil]

it woyld just end up like another USA map. it needs something special about it gameplay wise to open it up.

[Impact]

Well I'm thinking of just the western part. But oh well.
We could also do Mexico or California possibly.

[gimil]

well if its jsut the wetern part get a map of only that part.

[Vace Cooper]

yeah now i wana see it.

[jasnostj]

Thanks for the compliments! Indeed the graphics still need the skills of a master, this is only a sketch.

The Caucasus region, around the Greater Caucasus range (on the map) and the Lesser Caucasus range (not on the map: the eastern edge of the Armenian highland, roughly coinciding with the republic of Armenia and southern Georgia) includes southern Russia, north western Iran and eastern Turkey, not only geographically (with bordering highlands), but also ethnically and historically (with Armenians previously and Azerbaijanians still living in a much wider area than their respective republics).

I thought it was cool to include Kurdistan as well, which overlaps with Greater Armenia and borders Iranian Azerbaijan (in fact the provinces that I call Orumiyeh - in majority inhabited by Kurds - and Tabriz - in majority inhabited by Azerbaijanians - are in reality called Western and Eastern Azerbaijan; the (northern) Republic of Azerbaijan adopted the name following the first independence in 1918 because of the linguistic kinship with the people of Iran's Eastern Azerbaijan, but is historically named Arran or Albania - no relation with Albania in Europe).

Any specific feedback concerning bonuses, borders, etc.?

[Impact]

I posted a topic yesterday not knowing that you can do this, but I would like to see a Old West Map.
Of what the western USA looked like in the 1800s. (Like how Oklahoma was Indian terortory)
We could also have landmarks of the time like OK Corral and stuff!

[snufkin]

The Old World

Description: A map of the old world, circa Roman/Han/Mauryan times, spanninf the eurasian landmass. Apart from the empires there would be a region where russia is now that are barbarian lands(Steppe Raiders and such)

I am working on a highly detailed draft.. around 475- 525 ce

I´m including most of africa and stuff south of asia as well.. don´t hold your breath though - it will probably take a while until I have anything good to show.

sub-saharan africa requires about ten times as much research as the rest of the map... luckily I find it interesting.