LOST

by **Victor Sullivan** on Fri May 20, 2011 2:58 pm

I always thought the LOST island would make a good map:

Click image to enlarge.

Do something fun with the D.H.A.R.M.A. stations, maybe?

-Sully

by **No Risk No Fun** on Fri May 20, 2011 3:06 pm

Cool. How does it work?

by **Victor Sullivan** on Fri May 20, 2011 3:17 pm

Well, the image isn't mine :-$

It was merely an idea.

-Sully

by **natty dread** on Fri May 20, 2011 3:41 pm

I'm pretty sure this is copyrighted material

by **Victor Sullivan** on Fri May 20, 2011 3:44 pm

natty_dread wrote:I'm pretty sure this is copyrighted material

Well, no dip. The names would be changed.

-Sully Knows Da Rules

by **natty dread** on Fri May 20, 2011 5:06 pm

Changed to what?

It's just that it runs into the same issue a lot of these "copy-cat ideas" run into IMO... namely, that the recognizable names are a large part of the theme. If you remove the "Lost" from the "Lost island" you're left with "island", and then you have a map about "some island"...

But, hey, 99% of the worth of an idea is in the execution, so...

by **sannemanrobinson** on Fri May 20, 2011 5:48 pm

Its a cool source of inspiration. Also the old temple with the smoke monster, healing pool and time machine could play a role.

For the names we would need a recognizable alternative like in Midgart
Lost = Nowhereland
darma initiative = karma foundation
the Pearl = Monitoring Station
the Swan = Timeloop station
four toed statue = the foot
Black Rock = Black Stone (Black Pearl is Pirates of the Caribbean [c])
Ruseau's Camp = Jean-Jacques

by **Victor Sullivan** on Fri May 20, 2011 6:48 pm

I think even if it's just named "The Island" people will get it and it doesn't infringe on copyright (since it was just called "the island" anyway).

-Sully

by **The Bison King** on Sat May 21, 2011 12:39 pm

Th only way a lost map would work is if you never knew how much your bonus would be worth, and whenever you think you're going to find out the rules suddenly change. Also armies die for no reason, certain turns you take happen earlier in the game but don't change events later in the game, nothing makes sense, and when the game finally ends no one is satisfied.

by **Victor Sullivan** on Sat May 21, 2011 12:56 pm

The Bison King wrote:Th only way a lost map would work is if you never knew how much your bonus would be worth, and whenever you think you're going to find out the rules suddenly change. Also armies die for no reason, certain turns you take happen earlier in the game but don't change events later in the game, nothing makes sense, and when the game finally ends no one is satisfied.

If only...

-Sully

by **40kguy** on Sat May 21, 2011 2:31 pm

The Bison King wrote:Th only way a lost map would work is if you never knew how much your bonus would be worth, and whenever you think you're going to find out the rules suddenly change. Also armies die for no reason, certain turns you take happen earlier in the game but don't change events later in the game, nothing makes sense, and when the game finally ends no one is satisfied.

sully could just put in killer netruals placeses.

by **sannemanrobinson** on Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:34 am

Some elements from lost could be integrated in Marooned: (http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=583&t=146086)

Elements that are generic for marooned islands:

by **ironsij0287** on Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:09 pm

Instead of LOST you could call it DISORIENTED.

by **AndyDufresne** on Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:52 am

Or maybe 'UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ONE'S POSITION' ---that'd be a great title.

--Andy

by **whitestazn88** on Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:48 pm

Um... where's the other island? The station (forget it's name right now) where Kate and Sawyer were held captive, where the polar bears came from? I noticed that little bit of trash in the ocean connected by the dotted line, but that's not substantial enough to be the other island.

And also, if you wanted to do a lost inspired map, just do a map of whichever hawaiian island it was on, rather than some oddly shaped mass of land in the water. I think it was on Oahu.