New map by Jason Lutes

[Tenryu]

Jason,
Nice, very nice map, noted one minor thing ... not sure if it's intended or not. Area 90 has a name listed as Randomized. Since you named everything else, either you missed this one or it's "delibrate imperfection". Either is just fine, only thought I'd note it in case it was unintended.

Thanks for the excellent map.

[Stormbinder]

Interesting, I haven't played any beutifull maps since Karan.

How big is this map? (surface/underwater)

[E. Albright]

A beautiful map created by Jason Lutes.
For 8-10 players.
221 provinces, 22 of which are water.

[J. Lutes]

Originally posted by Tenryu:
Jason,
Nice, very nice map, noted one minor thing ... not sure if it's intended or not. Area 90 has a name listed as Randomized. Since you named everything else, either you missed this one or it's "delibrate imperfection". Either is just fine, only thought I'd note it in case it was unintended.

Thanks for the excellent map.

Thanks, Tenryu, and thanks for the heads-up on that name. I did notice it and and it's fixed in the updated .map file I sent Kristoffer. If you're playing on that Version, you should be warned that there are 3-4 provinces in the northwest continent that have some faulty neighbor connections. Just a few, but they kind of kill the immersion factor.

[Cainehill]

Wow! Awesome map! There's some other great looking ones out, but with many of them the prettyness detracts from playability (Britain for instance - the real map background tends to conceal the in-game information). With this one, much of it instead conveys information, with the cities, ports, bridges, magic-intense areas....

I also love the way the map file is tweaked to ensure that the starting provinces all have, mmm, 4 or more neighbors? That'd be a boon to many of the standard maps such as Aran - a MP starting position with only 2 neighbors (either total, or "viable" (ie, land)) tends to be a major handicap, especially with indie strength set high.

And the aesthetics of the map background itself are great, possibly even "perfect" in terms of background maps for computer programs.

I think it's going to be one of my favorite maps.
Many thanks to the author who put all the work into it.

Also thanks to all the others who labor on new and improved maps such as Zen's Europe.

[Cainehill]

Oh! One question for Jason - do the Stonehenge icons on the map have any significance, or are they purely flavor?

Thanks!

[Tenryu]

Jason,
Thanks again.

It is so easy to nick-pick and so very much more difficult to create.

Your map is extremely cool. No criticim intended.

[ April 01, 2004, 02:54: Message edited by: Tenryu ]