Viking map

by **bonobo`s son** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:34 pm

Me and my brother (lone.prophet) came up with the idea of making a viking map.

Every player begins with 1 citadel.
Around the citadel there are regions which give you bonus (they start out neutral)
There are raidlands (uk and the netherlands) which also give you a bonus if you kept them, The raidlands you own will become neutral at the beginning of your turn.
The 2 tradeposts (falkland and poland) will also give bonuses to the one who keeps them.

This is what we got so far:

Please tell what you think of this idea and tell if you got other ideas for this map.

by **Lone.prophet** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:00 pm

Go vikings

just reporting in that my brother does indeed have my support

by **naxus** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:16 pm

Seems like a ok idea.What kind of graphics were you gonna do?

any idea on how many citadels and the bonus structure?

by **Lone.prophet** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:45 pm

we were going for 6 cities and bonus structure we dont really know yet but ill get started on basic layout and territory placement and see where it goes from there

by **snufkin** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:36 pm

the geographical area is way too small.. Iceland, Ireland and Normandy?
Those were important viking areas.

a little more research before you decide what geographical area to cover, please..
you are also missing parts of Norway and Denmark - Those were the countries most associated with viking raids so you should include all of their lands at the time.
Hedeby was perhaps the most powerful viking town of all and it´s not even playable?

by **Industrial Helix** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:13 pm

Based on the pre-map, it looks like it accommodates only 6 players and all maps have to accommodate 8.

I dunno, i like the idea in general, but I think the gameplay needs some more development.

by **Lone.prophet** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:20 am

snufkin wrote:the geographical area is way too small.. Iceland, Ireland and Normandy?
Those were important viking areas.

a little more research before you decide what geographical area to cover, please..
you are also missing parts of Norway and Denmark - Those were the countries most associated with viking raids so you should include all of their lands at the time.
Hedeby was perhaps the most powerful viking town of all and it´s not even playable?

ofcourse you are right about this but if you go back some centuries than the vikings didnt occupie ireland yet, dont go that offensive man its just about the idea for now

by **cairnswk** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:22 am

Did you check out the Danelaw map in Recycling Bin for any information you can use?

by **Lone.prophet** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:03 am

nope but will do any more tips or link are wildly appreciated

by **snufkin** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:34 pm

Lone.prophet wrote:ofcourse you are right about this but if you go back some centuries than the vikings didnt occupie ireland yet, dont go that offensive man its just about the idea for now

I am only being blunt so that you wont miss crucial things.. just trying to provide helpful facts really. I kind of like the idea.
Denmark needs to be larger. Haithabu/hedeby was further south in what is now Germany.
It was pretty much THE viking capital during all of the "viking age.
If I wanted to see you fail with this idea I wouldn´t provide helful info.

by **ender516** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:13 pm

Is it possible to give a bonus for the raidlands AND have them be killer neutrals as well? I suppose it depends on the order of processing. I think this question came up somewhere before but I don't quite recall where, perhaps in the Foundry Tips & Discussions forum.

by **natty dread** on Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:28 pm

ender516 wrote:Is it possible to give a bonus for the raidlands AND have them be killer neutrals as well?

Nope. I asked the same question a while ago. Not possible...

by **naxus** on Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:34 pm

Specificly what age of the viking era were you thinking?

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=77403&start=0

Heres the Danelaw link if interested.Was coming along but I lost my graphics guy :cry:

by **Lone.prophet** on Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:10 am

the start beleive it was like 8 or 9th century

thnx for the link will be a nice indicator, btw where did you find your resources?

by **naxus** on Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:57 am

mostly the web but a few maps/info were from books

by **MrBenn** on Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:29 pm

naxus wrote:Specificly what age of the viking era were you thinking?

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=77403&start=0

Heres the Danelaw link if interested.Was coming along but I lost my graphics guy

I was going to suggest checking out this map, but it looks like others beat me to it ;-)