I have not designed any new maps in a very long time. I had some great success with WW4 and NWO and my Explore! game took all of my design time the past few years but since playing the new game Turtledoves War Room 2 an "Aberration Variant" it got me to thinking of a new game theme/design (and that's half the battle!)
What if I took a map of Europe and made it really big, allowing me to put a whole slew of new centers and provinces and sea spaces on. Then load it up with as many European powers I could think of past and present. Kind of taking Aberration and adding the standard powers (plus maybe a few more) maybe a 15-20 player game or so?
We are all familiar with Europe, we all know the basic shape works well with this game of Diplomacy, we are all familiar with these nations of the past and present, I'm thinking this is a good idea. I have done absolutely ZERO work on this, heck the idea came to me as I was typing this. Even if I get this going, my computer is in BAD shape, I can do some work on my old machine but damn, I need a new one. I can afford it, I just have trouble buying something I really only need for diplomacy variants and burning a few CD's. (yes, I still burn cd's and mp3's)
Any ideas, let me have them. So far it's a blank slate with NOTHING in mind for the most part
maybe the Romans, Venetians, Carthaginians,some bible powers? Vikings are cool, Saxons, Moors?
What if I took a map of Europe and made it really big, allowing me to put a whole slew of new centers and provinces and sea spaces on. Then load it up with as many European powers I could think of past and present. Kind of taking Aberration and adding the standard powers (plus maybe a few more) maybe a 15-20 player game or so?
We are all familiar with Europe, we all know the basic shape works well with this game of Diplomacy, we are all familiar with these nations of the past and present, I'm thinking this is a good idea. I have done absolutely ZERO work on this, heck the idea came to me as I was typing this. Even if I get this going, my computer is in BAD shape, I can do some work on my old machine but damn, I need a new one. I can afford it, I just have trouble buying something I really only need for diplomacy variants and burning a few CD's. (yes, I still burn cd's and mp3's)
Any ideas, let me have them. So far it's a blank slate with NOTHING in mind for the most part
maybe the Romans, Venetians, Carthaginians,some bible powers? Vikings are cool, Saxons, Moors?