New NESes, ideas, development, etc

[Ekolite]

Iggy I feel llike the island should be wider for the sake of aesthetics, or possibly tilted to be more at an angle?

[Masada]

Colonisation is a world removed from Imperialism. Besides, South Asia would make for a boring game. WOOOOOO decades of nothing.

[Anonymoose]

Originally Posted by Ekolite

Iggy I feel llike the island should be wider for the sake of aesthetics, or possibly tilted to be more at an angle?

I don't think currents would allow for deposition of a wider island, and the 'angle' is probably at the mercy of the sea as well. Though depending on the type of island it is, either barrier or microcontinental in this case (or so it would seem). I think that the island shape presented is about the most acceptable, if you want to maintain some congruence with the flow of the Gulf Stream. I may be totally wrong, though.

[Eltain]

WWII neslite? Count me in. A bit too pretty of a map for NESlite, perhaps, but it works. What will determine how a nation loses income?

[Ceoladir]

Yes WW2! I think that the map should be altered to better model the Sudetenland.

[Adrogans]

Maybe...I just don't know.

[ZeletDude]

I think a ww2 NES could be interesting..

[Adrogans]

Now are you keeping the alliances intact or will this be a 'clean slate' wwII?

[Lord_Iggy]

Originally Posted by Ninja Dude

So this idea has just kinda been bouncing around in my mind for a while, and it's taken me a while to figure out how to word it so that it could actually be turned into a workable NES.

Basically, my idea is that you have one big company/ organization/ whatever that deals with paranormal/supernatural/alien/ whatever crap. They receive missions, and then issue them out to teams to deal with them. Instead of having teams be made up of players and therefore probably make the NES go at a snail's pace, I'd have players take control of certain teams. Updates would be made up of reports on certain team's progress, what they find, who got ripped in half by a flying psychic squid, and other stuff like that.

Anyone interested? Don't know how soon I'd be able to start it, but it seems like an NES that I wouldn't have to dedicate too much time too, and it wouldn't require much time to play. Just tell your team to do whatever and you're all set. Multiple teams could be sent, leading to some amount of cooperation and planning however (as well as backstabbing and gloryhounding )

Wait, have I responded to this? It does sound like a great idea. (Just noticed it in my instaquote, unresponded.

Originally Posted by Ekolite

Iggy I feel llike the island should be wider for the sake of aesthetics, or possibly tilted to be more at an angle?

I'd bring it up with bombshoo, but I think it looks quite good. It used to hug the coast a lot more, until we moved it and gave it some of that widening and rotation you mentioned.

[Lord of Elves]

Originally Posted by Adrogans

Now are you keeping the alliances intact or will this be a 'clean slate' wwII?

I think clean slate might produce the most interesting NES, considering that it is an NESlite, though at this point I could go either way.

@Eltain, if I understand your question correctly, the answer is that EP is slightly more static than in most NESes. Complete annexation of your nation, a prolonged campaign of damage to your nation's infrastructure, extremely poor management, civil war, etc could all lead to decreases in EP though they wouldn't necessarily be as dramatic as they would otherwise be. By the same token good management, expansion of territories, or considerable investment in your nation's infrastructure could all lead to an increase in EP (if it was done so correctly).

@GamezRule, the Sudatenland is about as correctly-modeled as can be done with a Victoria 2 province map. I've been working on the removal of the province lines, though, so I might be able to do something to make it more accurate.

[Ceoladir]

This game sounds a lot like HoI 2.5.

http://didays.derkb.de/downloads/map_FTM.png

[Dreadnought]

Originally Posted by Lord of Elves

I am somewhat seriously considering making another foray into modding, finding that for the next month or so I have a comparative wealth of free time. The NES I'm considering running is a NESlite of the Second World War starting in 1936. Stats would be minimal, stories would be encouraged, etc. If interest is expressed, there would be a pre-thread to post reservations. I at least want players for all the major players in the war. Suggestions to tweaks for the map, or stats, are more than welcome. I do plan on venturing into the Spanish Civil War and fixing the map accordingly.

Spoiler:

(thanks to Plexus for the base map)

Stats Example
United States of America
Republic: Franklin Roosevelt
Capital: Washington D.C.
Economic Power: 6/0
Army: 20 Infantry, 700 Armored
Navy: 80 Squadrons
Air Force: 800 Air Groups

1EP would by 10 Divisions/Groups/Squadrons of any type. Nation stats are at best derivative/basic at worst, completely arbitrary.

Or, failing that...

Or, failing that...

Or, failing that...

So many to chose from, so little time! If the situation arises where multiple people want one of the above, I am fine with bowing out and selecting one of the above four that isn't so coveted.

[Adrogans]

Japan yo.

2nd USA

[Ninja Dude]

Nationalist China, Turkey, or Japan, in that order

[TheLizardKing]

If we're putting in dibs, Soviet Russia(1), The United States of America(2) and The Nazi Germany(3).


The British Empire(4)

[Ceoladir]

FRANCE

[Lord_Iggy]

...could have sworn that was a link.

[Ceoladir]

You need to play/follow Iron and Blood to get it.

[Eltain]

Francisco Franco of the Spanish Nationalist Party.

Failing that, the We'l See party. Preview thread?

[Neverwonagame3]

1- Soviet Union
2- U.S.A
3- Italy