Originally Posted by Tichy (Post 642970)

I played some turns on it. It's odd. There's something interesting about not knowing where anything else is at first (no 'world map' feel to it), but it gets a bit grating when you have to click through your own territory to remember what connects to what, especially since a lot of the connections are counter intuitive. (I'm guessing the connections are intended to evoke strands and follicles?)

A balance problem: if you make the "tips" of the hair wasteland, farmland up top, then start points will be all out of whack. Whoever gets placed in the top is at a great advantage, income-wise, and whoever's so unfortunate to end up at the bottom probably doesn't stand a chance, because all their land is worthless.

I do think you would have gotten a better reception if you introduced these maps as something unusual and different, instead of a replacement for traditional maps that disappointed you.

I'm not convinced by these, but the idea's interesting enough to try to make in a better balanced, more user-friendly form.