London postal area

[fluffybunnykins]

'snot meaningless. 'slondon.
maybe you could put in the river as an impassable border... maybe the motorways...

[Pedronicus]

Good idea. Have the thames running through it and put in the london bridges

[fluffybunnykins]

other impassable borders to scatter round the board in an arbitrary fashion (think to myself "what would stop a postman getting round..."):-
fierce dogs
broken glass (bike-tyre punctures)
too many stairs to be bothered
an inviting cafe
finding something valuable in a letter (how would you display this on the map, though?)
Obviously most postpersons are really, really great, though. Especially ours ;o)
any more?
Phil

[Pedronicus]

Walthamstow Reservoirs make it hard to get from E4 to N9 & N18 in the real world. so theres 2 blocked paths

[rocksolid]

Man, FBkins is all about digging deep in the foundry archives...

Suggestion: a lot of the maps that get people really passionate are not just geographical, but themed geographical. One way to hot up a London map would be to make a Sherlock Holmes London map. Though a decent London map could certainly stand on its own. Not so sure about the whole postal code side of things though - there's something kind of unsexy about mailboxes.

I'm not working on a map at all, but people like pictures to shape their suggestions, so for those of us who don't know what you guys are talking about:

http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~e.tedeschi/ma ... on.map.gif

[fluffybunnykins]

digging... it's what bunnies do

[Pedronicus]

If i had as well as the ignore list, A friends list - Fluffy would be in there straight away

[fluffybunnykins]

most flattered
likewise

[Pedronicus]

Ooooh look.. i've found a new way of making the map easier to play. I've found a mountain we can add to the map (and it's connected to the map title)


http://www.boilerbill.freeuk.com/mountpleasant.html[/url]

[fluffybunnykins]

oh, now I've got to add that to the underground map...
http://www.boilerbill.freeuk.com/mailrail.html

[howie]

Remember the River Thames you could use that to seperate parts, and it only connects where theres a bridge

[Pedronicus]

so far we have got for barriers: the thames (+ London bridges) and mount pleasant, and the walthamstow reservoirs.

Anymore?

[Pedronicus]

If one of this sites best players has endorsed this map, why is it that it seems to of been dropped?

I really really like this map idea, it might bomb, but I think it could take off in a big way. Yes cards are going to be less relevant, but I dont think that is a big problem, in a 3 player game you are going to be getting large amounts of armies just for the number of territories held.

ok, I suppose I am inclined to think it might not work, but I think it is definately worth a try!

[Marvaddin]

Im one of the best players here too, and I say "drop it".

Hmmm, not really... but I would like if you could choose: this map, or underground map... because 2 London poor graphics maps is too much, isnt it?