District of Alaska - v14.1 [2015-25-05] pg16 [QUENCHED]

[Seamus76]

Playing this map after long time... and get surprised, all ports are not conected?? if not, what ports are conected?

No all of the ports do not connect, only the middle two ports connect to all of them. The top two only connect to the middle two, and the bottom three only connect to the middle two.

[jcmagno]

Playing this map after long time... and get surprised, all ports are not conected?? if not, what ports are conected?

No all of the ports do not connect, only the middle two ports connect to all of them. The top two only connect to the middle two, and the bottom three only connect to the middle two.

thank you seamus!

[zen330]

A very nice looking map. Apparently Seamus hasn't been here for about seven years, hopefully someone can answer some questions for me that others playing this map for the first time can also come here to get answers to in one place.

If the small ships revert to 2N(eutral) each turn does this make the big ships useless in trench warfare games, or do they act as ice shelves do on the Antarctica map and allow people to pass through in one turn before reverting back?

What are the starting neutral army sizes of the BC (eg. BC-A) territories?

Are all inland territories aside from perhaps the BC- territories 1N, or is there perhaps some other formula for them? Related starting out I see some ocean-bordering territories at 1, 2, and 3-neutral starts, is there some preset structure for those?

Aside from the equal amount of staring big ships are the rest of the territories also distributed evenly or randomly? Am I right in assuming that nobody starts with a Port under their control at the beginning of the game?

And regarding the initial posts made by the mapmakers on the forums here, are they updated as the map changes to put all the final map information in one place or do people need to go through the later posts by the mapmaker to find all the changes?

[Kexor]

If the small ships revert to 2N(eutral) each turn does this make the big ships useless in trench warfare games, or do they act as ice shelves do on the Antarctica map and allow people to pass through in one turn before reverting back?

Small ships are exempt from the trench rule, and you can attack to and from them in the same turn. They will revert to neutral on the start of your next turn.

What are the starting neutral army sizes of the BC (eg. BC-A) territories?

All BC start as neutral 3.

Are all inland territories aside from perhaps the BC- territories 1N, or is there perhaps some other formula for them? Related starting out I see some ocean-bordering territories at 1, 2, and 3-neutral starts, is there some preset structure for those?

All Expedition Routes territories (along the dotted lines starting from the BCs) start as neutral 1, except for Port Heiden which is a neutral 2.

Aside from the equal amount of staring big ships are the rest of the territories also distributed evenly or randomly? Am I right in assuming that nobody starts with a Port under their control at the beginning of the game?

Ports, BCs, Expedition routes (dotted lines) start neutral, the rest of the mainland territories are distributed evenly and randomly. Depending on number of players some of these will be neutral 3.

Hope I didn't miss anything and it helps clear things up.

[zen330]

If the small ships revert to 2N(eutral) each turn does this make the big ships useless in trench warfare games, or do they act as ice shelves do on the Antarctica map and allow people to pass through in one turn before reverting back?

Small ships are exempt from the trench rule, and you can attack to and from them in the same turn. They will revert to neutral on the start of your next turn.

What are the starting neutral army sizes of the BC (eg. BC-A) territories?

All BC start as neutral 3.

Are all inland territories aside from perhaps the BC- territories 1N, or is there perhaps some other formula for them? Related starting out I see some ocean-bordering territories at 1, 2, and 3-neutral starts, is there some preset structure for those?

All Expedition Routes territories (along the dotted lines starting from the BCs) start as neutral 1, except for Port Heiden which is a neutral 2.

Aside from the equal amount of staring big ships are the rest of the territories also distributed evenly or randomly? Am I right in assuming that nobody starts with a Port under their control at the beginning of the game?

Ports, BCs, Expedition routes (dotted lines) start neutral, the rest of the mainland territories are distributed evenly and randomly. Depending on number of players some of these will be neutral 3.

Hope I didn't miss anything and it helps clear things up.

Yes very useful, thanks.
(quoted your entire response so that it will be the first thing people see if the go to the last comment here)

[iancanton]

thanks, Kexor, for the quick response.

And regarding the initial posts made by the mapmakers on the forums here, are they updated as the map changes to put all the final map information in one place or do people need to go through the later posts by the mapmaker to find all the changes?

the initial post is updated to contain the final map image and other information.

ian.