5 maps that confuse you the most

[wacicha]

Classic is the only non confusing map

All the others Dim beats me on!!!

lol

[DiM]

Classic is the only non confusing map

All the others Dim beats me on!!!

lol

from 16 games we've played you won 5 i won 3 and the rest were won by others so i'd say you're doing ok

of course you could start 50 public games on AoM instead of classic so i could get my points back

[Wisse]

1. USApocalypse
2. AoM

all the rest are clear to me

[cena-rules]

Aom
Pearl Harbour

[Rocketry]

i dont get Pearl Harbor

AoM isnt hard to understand lol!

Rocketry

[CrabNebula]

1. USA Rail Road
2. Battle for Australia
3. Crossword

[BeakerWMA]

RailUSA
USApocalypse

[nagerous]

add Battle of Actium to that list

[Frigidus]

My 5 Maps:

AoM: It's just so damn different from other maps
Pearl Harbor: Not really confusing, there's just way too much going on for my taste
Rail USA: There are enough colors that bonuses are easy to confuse
USApocalypse: Constantly checking radiation can be annoying
Doodle Earth: Because Wit isn't a real name

[wacicha]

Classic is the only non confusing map

All the others Dim beats me on!!!

lol

from 16 games we've played you won 5 i won 3 and the rest were won by others so i'd say you're doing ok

of course you could start 50 public games on AoM instead of classic so i could get my points back

wow that might be fun .... I got something happening in oct, that is why I have so few games running now. But when done I might do this Might...

but do not want to be a PFC again

[reverend_kyle]

Age of Merchants is the only map I don't understand.

[jbmyer]

I am really surprised to see the number of people who have issues with AOM. I have just started playing but it is by far my favorite. I like that there is more strategy to getting the bonus troops than just number of territories and whole sections. So far I have stayed away from anything that is not close to a traditional land map. The others scare me.

[richardgarr]

The railroad map is the hardest one as far as deployment and knowing exactly where your men are attacking or going....It needs to be clarified as far as rail line names go....maybe a # designation of some sort ....it is not user friendly...but maybe it is just me....only map that I have problems with ...for now....lol

[jako]

rail USA

USapocalypse

and great lakes, all the rest are okay

[borox0]

I think the top 5 confusing maps are:

5- 8 Thoughts
4- Rail USA
3- Crossword
2- Valley of kings
1- Pearl Harbor

What are the maps that confuse you the most?

These are the most confusing for me too. I don't understand them at all so I just don't play them.

[RobinJ]

I am afraid that I found Pearl Harbour utterly impossible first time round. Rail USA is close behind, especially the drop downs. AoM confused me a lot at first but then I realized that it was actually very clever. Still, I would rather have just ordinary continents.

So, is it just me, or are our more recent maps becoming increasingly abstract?

[Kugelblitz22]

This makes me feel better sometimes I think I am the only one that thinks Rail USA makes zero sense.

Also
Crosswords
Pearl Harbor (I understand Pearl Harbor it just takes twenty minutes of staring at the map to figure out whats going on)

[Coleman]

So, is it just me, or are our more recent maps becoming increasingly abstract?

It seems to be so. We just quenched a couple geography maps, Portugal and Italy off the top of my head, so that should help balance things a bit again. France is coming soon as well.

[mr. incrediball]

OMG! i just started a pearl harbour game and... ouch

[Coleman]

OMG! i just started a pearl harbour game and... ouch

It is just information overload. The actual game play should be relatively straight forward.

[RobinJ]

So, is it just me, or are our more recent maps becoming increasingly abstract?

It seems to be so. We just quenched a couple geography maps, Portugal and Italy off the top of my head, so that should help balance things a bit again. France is coming soon as well.

Yeh there are a few more great maps coming through. I can't wait to play D-Day and I look forward to another one of qwert's WWII maps (Western Front), even though it is relatively early in development - we're nowhere near 100 pages yet!

[ParadiceCity9]

1.) Crossword
2.) Age of Merchants
3.) Pearl Harbor
4.) Rail USA (though I have yet to play it...i'm not playing it because it looks confusing)
5.) 8 Thoughts

[RiskTycoon]

come on guys, a map is a map....you may dislike one but does that mean it confuses you? just read the instructions and follow along !

[pancakemix]

I don't see why everyone thinks RailUSA is so confusing. It's actually really simple. Especially with the guide on the right side of the map.

[Aerial Attack]

I thought the guide for Rail USA was on top of the map.

This is the one map where it would be nice if the drop down (BOB or site) had the option to show the colors of the bonus groups rather than the players who own them (switch between settings?).

I mean, all the Chicago stations [eg. CHI Chicago (CAL), CHI Chicago (CAR), and CHI Chicago (CIT)] are next to each other in the drop down - but only somewhat adjacent in actual location.

So, if a blue player owns CHI Chicago CAR - you may think you are correctly attacking the blue bonus (which is actually CHI Chicago CAL).

As long as you take your time to read the abbreviations and compare the colors of the rails going into/out of each station, you should be fine. Therein lies a small problem (it's not always easy to differentiate bonus colors) - from the legend to the map [seeing as how there's 2 blues, 1 bluish green, and 3 greens, especially since the greens partially overlap]

I personally like all the "confusing" maps. Well, except for Crossword !!!

EDIT: pink, purple, and red partially overlap as well [at NYP New York (LAK, CAR, and SIL) and at WAS Washington (CAR and SIL)]