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Author:scaponig
Posted:Jan 13, 2009 at 10:26 am
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Sure, why not?
I can post it to DipWiki later on tonight, when I get home.
Isn't a big, flat plain good for Diplomacy? Other than Switzerland, mountains don't matter...
I thought that at first too, but with the DuPage River, the Fox River, and the Canals, along with a couple of lakes that I made a little bigger than actual size, it is legit option to build fleets. In the Soutwest and West suburbs, fleets aren't necessarily the greatest, but in the Northern Suburbs, I think fleets are necessary for conquest, not to mention the probably SC-rich City coastal neighborhoods.
Plus, I figure that in Mandate of Heaven, the setup is similar, and in 1873, there are no fleets.
Oh, and something I forgot before, and probably no one ill be able to help me out on this until I post the map, but I'm thinking the spaces in Lake Michigan may be too large.
I had also thought about putting a SC in the lake, to enduce fleets. II'm not sure what it would be, though. Fishing zone? Isn't there a pipe that they have to extend every once in a while to pump in fresh water that's not polluted? Maybe that can be a SC? I'd like ideas on that, too.

This message is in reply to post 8485:

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

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