Napoleonic Wars

Great map, kudos for good work

@Imperious:

Since you seen to be a nice chap…email me and ill send you the rules for your enjoyment. The game is much better than my pictures can discribe. The rules really present the ‘goodies’ of the game.

I wouldnt mind getting a hold of those either.  This game is interesting.

Hi IL - only me.

You know what’s coming, don’t you?

But for the record, and the benefit of other members, I’ll do for dear old Blighty what Funcioneta did for Iberia.

I’d tend towards having just two Scottish regions, but those you have I’d rename:

Scotland = Highlands
South Scotland = Grampians
Westmoreland = Lowlands

For England:

Gloucester?! = Cumbria
Yorkshire = Northumbria
Lincoln = Mercia
Norfolk = East Anglia
Can’t see what you’ve called the southern region; Wessex would be the nearest thing

I’d divide it into Wessex, and Essex for the London territory
Add Lincolnshire to East Anglia (no coastline for Mercia)
Pleeeeeeeease redo the Yorkshire coastline - where I live is under the North Sea on your map!
Manchester was tiny before the industrial revolution, and should be in “Gloucestershire” anyway. Coventry would be a better bet, but Edinburgh and Dublin should be considered for cities.
Can’t see, but I assume Ireland is north & South?

Bessarabia is of course wrong (in essence Bessarabia is part of Moldavia, the modern country calls itself “Moldova”) but if you don’t like Bulgaria then Thrace would be accurate.  Bukovina was tiny: this region is generally known as “Galicia and Lodomeria”, but as nobody seems to know which bit is Lodomeria usually just Galicia.

Not sure about where you’ve put Hungary

Belgium is a name invented in 1830, so Flanders would be more appropriate here.

If you have a link to a complete map with all labels visible I’m sure I could give you some more advice…

Additional: a thought about the look of the map:

You’ll have noticed all the extra national insignia I placed on my A&A map.  As a student of heraldry I think you could do something similar with this map, i.e. have the coat of arms of each province printed on the board.  This would add tremendous colour, and could be matched up with flagbearer pieces carrying the arms on their flag; perhaps units fight more fiercely for their own “home” province?  Some compromises would have to be made, for example reviving the ancient anglo-Saxon Kingdoms to give the provinces I suggested for England, but in general the size of province you’ve featured would be ideal for this particular enhancement.

I made a whole series of cards for kingmaker based on my research into British Heraldry, so I’d be very willing to research this subject if you get round to a new version of Napoleonic Wars.

Well anyway I’ll work on a mock-up of what the map might look like with heraldry added.  I really think the idea of linking a province with it’s home produced troops is neat.
Anyone can doodle a Risk map; this could be rather more than glorified Risk with a little bit more authenticity.  If you call Senegal “Rio de Oro” it DOES matter.  If you call Cumbria Gloucestershire it DOES matter. 
If you’re charging money for games I really think it’s important to get things right.  After all there are no shortage of pedants out there who will delight in pointing out every little mistake…  :-D

Hey IL cool game as usual.  I have been looking for ships like the ones you heve there, are they from something else or didyou have them molded?  I need them!

I didn’t see an overview of your game, great pics though.

I think the ships are from Eagle Games Civilization.

:-o
  Greetings IL,
  This looks really good, when is it going to be sold?
I think that you should consider not naming the territories at all, rather, just name a major city in that territorial area, less problems that way with geography buffs. OBTW, I knew where those ships came from, they fit very well.
  I have yet to look at the rules, but my first question is, what is the games average play time? About the same as AA / Risk?

:roll: Crazy Ivan