Conquer Club

I created a new tournament recently based on european countries. And I was disappointed to see that most of those countries doesn't have their own map yet.

So I will try to fill that empty zone in Conquer Club.

First drop is SWITZERLAND

MAP 2.7

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New title
Passage throught Vals darker.

MAP 2.6

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TERRITORIES

• 39 territories in total
• 1 starts neutral (Bern)
• 17 have a specific language (other are germanic)
• also 4 access to Bern (From Lower Valais, Freibourg, Obwald and Soleure).
• Passage from Val Meso to Val Bregaglia

BONUSES

• REGIONS = 8 regions in total (bonuses +2 to +4)
• LANGUAGES = 3 different languages (6 bonuses in total: +1 to +3)

STARTING POINTS
38 territories can be starting points (not Bern). But a player can hold maximum 14 territs after the drop. That avoid a big starting bonus in singles

• 2 = 14 territories
• 3 = 12 territories
• 4 = 9 territories
• 5 = 7 territories
• 6 = 6 territories
• 7 = 5 territories
• 8 = 4 territories

NOTE
B-J = Bernesse-Jura
Bâle C & V = Bâle-Campagne & Bâle-Ville
Obe. = Oberchalbstein

As request, this is a new draw without the army circles.

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Industrial Helix wrote:... you're making a cheeses of Switzerland map?

League wrote:I'm no expert but I feel like a lot of those little lakes can probably go. They don't even look like they are a part of the game like an impassible or something.

mr. CD wrote:I think some people from Switzerland may disagree on Switzerland being just Cheese and chocolate. Do like the bonuses though.

grifftron wrote:Don't the swiss make sweet watches? you could add that to the cheese and choco bonuses

Yes and I could add also banks and ski towns but I think it's enough for now.

ender516 wrote:A very interesting idea, but I think you have gone overboard on the bonuses. There are so many, it will be difficult to know what to take first. Also, trying to balance this map (so that initially everyone has a fairly even starting position) will take a lot of study. Finally, it is difficult to see which territories belong to which language group, because the crosshatch lines are very thin, and the colours in the mini-map do not correspond to the colours on the main map, so it is hard to see at a glance whether, for example, Zoug is part of the +5 or the +2. By the way, is the unlabelled region between Uri, Surselva, and Ticino another territory or a miscoloured lake?
How many territories are there in total? A text listing all the territories, and the bonuses that they are part of, would be very helpful.

1) yes, I added cheeses and chocolate but I can forget about it and just do a geographical map if needed. But I think many maps are full of bonuses and we like to play it anyway. (Waterloo, Middle ages...)
2) about languages, I'll make it less thin on next map.
3) I know about colors in minimap but on main map, colors are differents for a same region so I had to change colours in minimap
4)Zoug is part of +5 and if you see forms of bonuses, u can easily know
5)The unlabelled region is part of Graubunden. also, west of URI is a little part of Obwald so Obwald can attack URI Nidwald can attack Schwyz and Lucerne because of the two little pieces. Fribourg has also some little pieces but that doesn't change anything. Same for Soleure, genève, Schaffhouse, and Appenzell RI.
6) Look, on my other maps in drafting room, I did it that way and people told me to include bonuses directly on map.

Riskismy wrote:I think it's quite funny and not least different. We have plenty of impassable mountains around, after all.
I like it!

CJ Lues wrote:Isn’t it true that Switzerland never had a war in its history???

DJENRE wrote:

CJ Lues wrote:Isn’t it true that Switzerland never had a war in its history???

wrong!

During the middle age.

ANd also later but it was civil war

DJENRE wrote:

ender516 wrote:A very interesting idea, but I think you have gone overboard on the bonuses. There are so many, it will be difficult to know what to take first. Also, trying to balance this map (so that initially everyone has a fairly even starting position) will take a lot of study. Finally, it is difficult to see which territories belong to which language group, because the crosshatch lines are very thin, and the colours in the mini-map do not correspond to the colours on the main map, so it is hard to see at a glance whether, for example, Zoug is part of the +5 or the +2. By the way, is the unlabelled region between Uri, Surselva, and Ticino another territory or a miscoloured lake?
How many territories are there in total? A text listing all the territories, and the bonuses that they are part of, would be very helpful.

1) yes, I added cheeses and chocolate but I can forget about it and just do a geographical map if needed. But I think many maps are full of bonuses and we like to play it anyway. (Waterloo, Middle ages...)
2) about languages, I'll make it less thin on next map.
3) I know about colors in minimap but on main map, colors are differents for a same region so I had to change colours in minimap

4)Zoug is part of +5 and if you see forms of bonuses, u can easily know

5)The unlabelled region is part of Graubunden. also, west of URI is a little part of Obwald so Obwald can attack URI Nidwald can attack Schwyz and Lucerne because of the two little pieces. Fribourg has also some little pieces but that doesn't change anything. Same for Soleure, genève, Schaffhouse, and Appenzell RI.

6) Look, on my other maps in drafting room, I did it that way and people told me to include bonuses directly on map.

thenobodies80 wrote:Has Pamoa seen this map ?

thenobodies80 wrote:Seriously I think you should get rid of that cheese / chocolate thing.
Certainly I like the idea of a Swiss map but in my mind is something really different from this...

rdsrds2120 wrote:I would really like to see a Switzerland map...but one of classic geographical gameplay first
It just seems like you're trying too hard to add more onto it than what should be.
-rd

natty_dread wrote:It's good that you have lots of ideas. It's good that you throw your ideas out there boldly. However when multiple people point out to you that a certain idea is not necessarily the best one, you should maybe consider that they may be on to something.

natty_dread wrote:Where are the cuckoo clocks?

Seriously... I kinda wonder why there has to be cheeses and chocolates on the map. Like... what do cheeses and chocolates have to do with war? Why would players want to conquer cheeses and chocolates? Why does owning cheese and chocolate factories give you more armies?

natty_dread wrote:Because the mapmaker never finished it.

Now, about your map...

You have lots of very small territories, where it will be hard/impossible to fit army numbers. The territory labels overlapping with the borders are a problem, as well.

You also have lots of wasted space here.

I would suggest starting over and redesigning the layout of the map. Go look at my mapmaking tutorial, it gives you an easy method of creating nice looking geographical maps.

Also, save your map images as PNG:s. The JPEG looks fuzzy.