Improved Forced Perspective Map

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28502.0

@malstrom:

… a downloadable PDF photo of the global board?

In the Global-Thread there is at least a high-res. photo:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=19489.0

You can easily convert it into a pdf of course, but I assume you think about something like IL’s maps.

@daffy2war:

The suez and Panama canals have different sea zone #'s on either side of them but no white border seperating them, does this count as a free move through the canal?

The canal itself is not a space, but the two seazones are different and it does take 1 movement point to move from 98 to 81 and vice versa.

@ozimek1:

Nice idea. Don’t you think Mexico should border Central US?

Actually, I’ve just made a different variant.  Unlike the last version, this one uses only direct connections, without the need for some board-to-board crossovers to take two moves.

The positioning of Mexico was a problem that kept bothering me because, at first glance, it looks like the two halves of the country can simply click together because they’re the same size.  Then I compared the Global 1940 map to the Anniversary Edition map and I realized that, in Global, a vertical strip is missing from the middle of North America (which helps to explain why British Columbia and Ontario practically touch each other).  So the fact that the two halves of Mexico look as if they are connectable is just an illusion.  That’s why, in the new variant I made, I decided to extend the border of SZ 10 all the way to the land spur at the bottom left of Southeast Mexico: because there’s a missing strip of land between the two boards.  It’s a better match with the official rules too.

Comparing Global with the Anniversary map also highlighted for me just how big the difference is in the scales between the two halves of North America in Global.  Another thing I found surprising when I compared the maps was that the Global rules say that SZ 51 is adjacent to SZ 64, 65, and 66.  SZ 51 only takes up about 20% of the height of the map, while SZ 64, 65 and 66 add up to about 45% of the height of the map, so the Global rules connect two boards in a way that implies a huge height difference between the two sides.  In the new variant I made, I disconnected SZ 51 from SZ 64, so that the height difference wouldn’t be quite so extreme.

Alternate Wraparoud North.jpg
Alternate Warparound South.jpg

hi guys!

since dynamic counter would ruin it: first post coming up!

to the point: i have a layered europe map in the works. as i understand modules for regular sw are a work in progress as well, i still found this the only way to have a ‘map’ ready in acceptable time (i’m from central eu, would take a month or so for the actual boxes to arrive…).

only problem is with the layering, in the sense that you do need some basic PS knowledge and the sw itself (or equivalent) if you want to use it… meaning tossing around units and so…

still, if you’re interested, let me know, should be ready around… sunday evening (US time)… expect a huge file… :)

also, right now i m using a 1500x1500px base map, the highest resolution i could find. if sone happens to have a better one, please redirect me… (map only, no units and glares and stuff like that)

(note: player with some AA experience - myself - seeking opponent for aae40 game, as posted under the relevant section…)

Gabike

@LHoffman:

Interesting, yes… but I don’t think the similarity between the A&A game and Axis pact you reference is intentional. By that I mean it was a total coincidence. Taking into account all of the other errors in Pacific and previous versions, there is no way that the designers paid that much attention to detail. I bet it just looked like a logical place to split the board for them.

Yeah. I think they just split it where China ended, and that happened to be there.

Besides, 10 degrees is a large error.

It doesn’t really matter to me if the US is a match because I would not think of playing a game like that, however it would be cool to see it from that view.

It’d still be nice not to have all the little edges and stuff