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[spoilers] Ia! Ia! Com'h'dor fhtagn!

#101
September 5th, 2013, 23:06
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I think it is a not so subtle sign from the mapmaker about whiny players....
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#102
September 5th, 2013, 23:10
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(September 5th, 2013, 23:06)fluffyflyingpig Wrote: I think it is a not so subtle sign from the mapmaker about whiny players....

Nah, I'd never...


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Merovech's Mapmaking Guidelines:
0. Player Requests: The player's requests take precedence, even if they contradict the following guidelines.

1. Balance: The map must be balanced, both in regards to land quality and availability and in regards to special civilization features. A map may be wonderfully unique and surprising, but, if it is unbalanced, the game will suffer and the player's enjoyment will not be as high as it could be.

2. Identity and Enjoyment: The map should be interesting to play at all levels, from city placement and management to the border-created interactions between civilizations, and should include varied terrain. Flavor should enhance the inherent pleasure resulting from the underlying tile arrangements. The map should not be exceedingly lush, but it is better to err on the lush side than on the poor side when placing terrain.

3. Feel (Avoiding Gimmicks): The map should not be overwhelmed or dominated by the mapmaker's flavor. Embellishment of the map through the use of special improvements, barbarian units, and abnormal terrain can enhance the identity and enjoyment of the map, but should take a backseat to the more normal aspects of the map. The game should usually not revolve around the flavor, but merely be accented by it.

4. Realism: Where possible, the terrain of the map should be realistic. Jungles on desert tiles, or even next to desert tiles, should therefore have a very specific reason for existing. Rivers should run downhill or across level ground into bodies of water. Irrigated terrain should have a higher grassland to plains ratio than dry terrain. Mountain chains should cast rain shadows. Islands, mountains, and peninsulas should follow logical plate tectonics.
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#103
September 6th, 2013, 10:50
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Dodgin' bears and farmin' wheat; Comthulu's tale.
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Timing is perfect to farm wheat, pasture pigs, and mine a hill before BW comes in and copper is revealed.
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#104
September 6th, 2013, 14:30
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(September 5th, 2013, 20:58)Ceiliazul Wrote: Oooh, a desert-hill plantation! That offers the strategic resource:

SAND - throw this in opponents' eyes when they pee in your cheerios.

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#105
September 6th, 2013, 19:45
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Can I throw sand in the barbs' eyes?
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Some days you avoid the Elder Thing just to run into a shoggoth. rant
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#106
September 7th, 2013, 14:31
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Shoggoth-Lion: Crispy.
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#107
September 7th, 2013, 16:20
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Run, hide, and cower in fear as the bear gives chase.
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This is rough terrain. A solid border for someone, at least.
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#108
September 8th, 2013, 04:28 (This post was last modified: September 8th, 2013, 04:34 by Commodore.)
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Arkham's early influence and population waxed greater some five thousands of years ago, as it people controlled and farmed emmer in the nearby bend of the river. Cultists of the foul Yig to the south seemed to follow much the same path, while the mad Cult of Azathoth in the northwest gladly embraced slavery.

Krill is in slavery having gone BW first, and had pigs too hook, from the demos. Scooter is size three and has a lake fish netted in the distance. Not much else to determine, most of us have hooked one food source.
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#109
September 8th, 2013, 17:33
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Yep, Krill's hook-up was faster than ours, ah well. I expect a fair few to be graduating to the 2-pop club very soon.
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/envies Scooter's Lakefish.
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#110
September 9th, 2013, 20:18
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Sitting around and healing in the chokiest choke point that has ever choked.
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We're all growing; this turn or the next (which has just rolled).
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Going well! thumbsup
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