So I got this idea a couple of weeks ago to create a Diplomacy game based on the map of Chicago and its suburbs-each Suburb or neighborhood in the city would have its own space, people would play as one of the 'burbs or 'hoods.
I finished the map. I haven't assigned SCs or starting zones yet, but it's pretty big (290 Land Spaces, 31 Sea Spaces), so I would like some feedback. I'm thinking Chaos builds, and having each person just start with 1 SC.
1. Would anyone be interested in playing it when it's set?
2. How many players/SCs would be needed? I saw an article on DC a while ago about the ratio of spaces:SCs, but I can't find it now.
3. Would anyone want to look over the map, and see if there are any glaring deficiencies? (This is my first attempt at Variant design, so I don't see any, but who knows...)
4. I'll also probably be taking suggestions for which should be SCs. I live in the NW suburbs, so I know which of those are important enough to have SCs, but the North and South, and some in the City I don't know as well, and I don't want to have the board imbalanced, just because I know one area better.

Thanks!

Steve Caponigri