Mapmaker(s): me and whoever wants to help
Number of Territories: 61 minimum (52 cards + 9-10 starting spots)
Special Features: Auto-deploy starting spots
What Makes This Map Worthy of Being Made: Poker map is fun... Conquest maps are fun... Combine the fun for more fun!!!
This still needs a LOT of thought put into it to make it balanced but the basic Idea:
Each seat/chair is the starting spot(s) for each Player. A standard poker table usually seats 9-10 players. We could add more territories if we wanted multiple ways (ex: Jokers = 2-4 more terts... a Drink next to each starting spot = 9 new terts.... The Dealer (1 tert) = Win Condition or other bonus or bombarding??)
My first thought was there would be 2 different "Boards" in the middle of the table (10 cards that are not territories) and the rest are scattered around the table... Just like in Texas Hold'em or Omaha, these "boards" would be community cards and when you have collected 2 cards from the remaining scattered cards, you will then have a 5 card hand from the Legend. A quicker way to get a bonus compared to the original map.... but maybe not since I would need to figure out how no player can get the bigger bonuses faster than another player. (I am working on the design/layout but maybe a higher neutral count on specific cards might be needed too?)
Rough draft picture...
https://gemini.google.com/share/a95a03111cb5
Would be completely fine with just the layout of the original map on the table and we would just need to figure out how to balance the "routes" from the starting points towards/into the 52 cards.
