NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
But what if its possible that 2 or more nations control one "department" yet they are smaller than the regional provinces as in I&B and they do not contain factories.
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But what if its possible that 2 or more nations control one "department" yet they are smaller than the regional provinces as in I&B and they do not contain factories.
That sounds... messy. Province-scale should not be subdivided, IMO.
Although, splitting provinces into "regions" in the sense that Paradox games do isn't necessarily a bad idea, although I suspect it would make things unnecessarily complicated in practice.
Although, splitting provinces into "regions" in the sense that Paradox games do isn't necessarily a bad idea, although I suspect it would make things unnecessarily complicated in practice.
Robert Can't
Éponine
I like that Nedim's map and ethos of cultural differences.
Vive la Hotpot! Down with the pudding!
Vive la Hotpot! Down with the pudding!
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
whats with the sudden obsession of having maps that cuts everything into small regions except for Netherlands and Switzerland?
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
Because historically speaking and in the modern times aka now, Switzerland is a stable area of the world, it has a rather small population and size but it is rich. Have you ever seen a war for Switzerland in IOT? Most flammable areas are always like the ones in away from keyboard. The Balkans, Palestine, Sub Saharan Africa, the only exception being the US which also gets bogged into wars. Thus I wanted to make a map where you could make any empire you wanted with nice borders that suit ethno-historic boundaries. This may have led to a tiny disproportion of provinces, but I'll make the game much more fun.
hoplitejoe
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Have you not seen most IOT maps?
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
That explains Switzerland but the netherlands. Reasons to split the netherlands:
1. wasn't fully controlled by Rome.
2. fighting over it in world war 2.
3. Larger in land mass, population and economically then its neighbour Belgium, who is getting split up.
4. It was a colonial power, and many of us would consider playing it if it didn't force us to be an OPM.
5. Its one of two countries thats not currently getting split up, and its not getting split up for unknown reasons.
Edit: x-post
a) split up the netherlands
or
b) merged the netherlands with Belgium
Only 2 maps have split up Belgium but neglected to split up the Netherlands, they are the last map that TK posted, and the last map that Nedim posted. Hence its a recent obsession..
1. wasn't fully controlled by Rome.
2. fighting over it in world war 2.
3. Larger in land mass, population and economically then its neighbour Belgium, who is getting split up.
4. It was a colonial power, and many of us would consider playing it if it didn't force us to be an OPM.
5. Its one of two countries thats not currently getting split up, and its not getting split up for unknown reasons.
Edit: x-post
Looking at the last few pages of this thread and the entirety of the IOT maps thread, all the maps either:
a) split up the netherlands
or
b) merged the netherlands with Belgium
Only 2 maps have split up Belgium but neglected to split up the Netherlands, they are the last map that TK posted, and the last map that Nedim posted. Hence its a recent obsession..
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
I find departments useless. Unless maps have layers of administrative levels that work on provinces, departments and regions. Which IMHO is going too far.
Why is Rome a reason to split anything? Most IOTs take place significantly after that point, or in a setting in which Rome doesn't have any bearing.
Granted, I do think the Netherlands should be split, and I think that maps in general tend to be too Euro-centric (some games, it's valid to do so, but many times, it doesn't make much sense).
Granted, I do think the Netherlands should be split, and I think that maps in general tend to be too Euro-centric (some games, it's valid to do so, but many times, it doesn't make much sense).
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
agreed with you on both counts, I'm just stating possible reasons to justify Netherlands being split, which recently people have neglected, and yes HJ it has been recent.
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
1. Neither did Rome adhere to any borders in that Germany
2. No one fought over Ireland yet that's split up
3. That doesn't actually matter in IOT terms
4. Belgium was a colonial power too
5. Cyprus.
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
No, I said the Netherlands was a mistake, that it has been fixed to able the creation of the Roman Empire.
5. Cyprus, Malta, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova and thats just from the top of my head.
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
Sorry for the double, but here's my quote.
Tani Coyote
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Oh. Another perk of regions. They're more easy to design as you only have a few dozen/hundred provinces.
Contrast to MP2's 7,000.
Contrast to MP2's 7,000.
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
Sorry Nedim, I missed that post.
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
IOT XII
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JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
And you can exchange your bitcoins for extra EP! 
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
YES GIVE ME YOUR BITCOINS
ilduce349
(Financial, Philo)
In other news I've gotten bored of developing an EUIII based IOT) and have started working on a Post-Nuclear Apocalypse IOT, which will focus on each player leading their own tribe, being forced to manage the scarce resources of ammunition and food and either forging alliances or fighting off threats from the other tribes.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
I knew its happening!
