sully800 wrote:Why not? I'm really confused about this mentality. If you insist of having a city in China represent a territory on a different map that is called China, then with that same brush you will also lose Beijing and Chicago and add unknown cities to Canada and Eastern Russia and Madagascar and other places that would make the map much less enjoyable to play (because searching for territories in drop down boxes is not fun for anyone).
Following this line of argument, why use a map of the world at all, why not just keep it numbered shapes or random artists. After all, it's just the arrangement of territories that matters.
Let me put it this way: It's not about the old map, it's about the real world. That's why I have no objections about N America, Europe or Oceania - those are changes from the old map that make a lot of sense and will make for better gameplay (in S America and Africa I have very minor qualms and am fine with the way you have it now).
On the other hand, China and SE Asia have way too much history for China to have to go through Delhi to attack Bangkok (in addition to China's growing status in the world). I know if I were a Chinese general, I would not go on a 4000 mile jaunt to scale the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal to get there, I would just cross the Mekong or go through the South China Sea. I realize this means having more cities in northern or eastern Russia, but the world is a big place and if you want to conquer it all you have to go to some pretty remote and unknown places. Plus, N Russia is pretty empty on the board right now. Last I checked, Russia still has nukes there and there's been a lot of talk lately about the Artic opening to mineral exploration. Just because those cities are not as well known does not mean they have no value.
To conclude, I realize I was throwing out a lot of changes in my previous post and sorry for that. I appreciate the work you've done thus far and look forward to playing the board when it's done. Here is the simplest way to change the map I can think of: Delhi to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Beijing, Beijing to Yakutsk, and Yakutsk to Norlisk (pretty much due north of Novo). If you decide to make these changes, then the final debate about exact cities can be had and I'll chime in again with comments, but nowhere near as adamantly.
I did a very crude mock up of what the map will look like (with Caracas, Kinshasa, Lahore, and Petropavlovsk). Thanks again for seriously considering this input.
