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boards:pirates_of_the_caribbean:pirates_of_the_caribbean [2014/01/22 23:28]
Ozyman
boards:pirates_of_the_caribbean:pirates_of_the_caribbean [2023/04/05 12:03] (current)
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 Yarr! Weigh anchor! Hoist the mizzen!   Let's send these landlubbers to Davey Jones' locker! Yarr! Weigh anchor! Hoist the mizzen!   Let's send these landlubbers to Davey Jones' locker!
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 =====Gameplay===== =====Gameplay=====
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 ===Bonus Details=== ===Bonus Details===
-Every island or country earns units at a rate equal to **half the territories in it rounded up**.  This means every single-territory island is worth +1 (as are islands with 2 territories).  Pirate ships are worth +2, and double that if you own all 3 (i.e. +12 total for all 3).+Every island or country earns units at a rate equal to the number of territories in it.  Pirate ships are worth +3, and double that if you own all 3 (i.e. +18 total for all 3).
  
  
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 Gameplay is straightforward, so map development is not too interesting.  Primarily I wanted to make a simple map that wouldn't take me months to make and test.  I was very happy with this map in that regard, because I made the entire first map in just a couple of days.  The graphics are some of my best, and considering how quickly they came together, I feel like my photoshop skills are improving. Gameplay is straightforward, so map development is not too interesting.  Primarily I wanted to make a simple map that wouldn't take me months to make and test.  I was very happy with this map in that regard, because I made the entire first map in just a couple of days.  The graphics are some of my best, and considering how quickly they came together, I feel like my photoshop skills are improving.
  
-I did make one change to the map, where I added 'circles of influence' to the pirate ships.  I feel like on any 'standard' big map wargear map, the best fog/view levels are medium+ fog with view borders.  None/Light fog tends to lead to stalemates on big boards (although I think Pirates of the Caribbean will not suffer from this too greatly, due to the very tight chokepoints), and Medium/Heavy/Total fog can be too influenced by luck because as a player you often have very little idea what your opponents are doing.  Medium fog with view borders straddles these two extremes, allowing enough fog to help keep the crab game in check, but enough view borders in strategic locations allows players some idea of the global state of the board.  This 'medium+view' is something that I use in almost all of my big standard style boards.+I did make one additional change to the map after releasewhen I added 'circles of influence' to the pirate ships.  I feel like on any 'standard' big map wargear map, the best fog/view levels are medium+ fog with view borders.  None/Light fog tends to lead to stalemates on big boards (although I think Pirates of the Caribbean will not suffer from this too greatly, due to the very tight chokepoints), and Medium/Heavy/Total fog can be too influenced by luck because as a player you often have very little idea what your opponents are doing.  Medium fog with view borders straddles these two extremes, allowing enough fog to help keep the crab game in check, but enough view borders in strategic locations allows players some idea of the global state of the board.  This 'medium+view' is something that I use in almost all of my big standard style boards.
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