So I'm doing some upkeep on the Castles map and am wondering if I should release it as a new map and retire the old one, or to just do a new version.

Things I'm changing for sure:

10 unit max capacity on Capitals

Fixing double border issue between capitals and immediate neighbors

New Fog Layer

Minor graphical tweaks

Things I'm considering changing:

Min Players 3 instead of 2

Max Players 6 instead of 8

I'd appreciate your commentary on the min/max players topics, and if you think the for sure changes are severe enough to warrant a new set of ratings/rankings.

I think there can be some interesting strategy for 2 player Castles, so I may not change that to 3. I haven't seen a large game work out especially well, though not terrible. Maybe someone who's play many games can give some anecdotal evidence as to why it works or doesnt work with 8 players.

Min/Max I say bleh, keep as is (which isn't bad IMO), don't "duplicate" the board due to that.

Double Borders - Should be fixed on this version, I avoid the map currently due to these.
Fog Layer - Not a problem
Graphical Tweaks - As long as no borders change, I say it's fine.
Max on Capitals - Kind of a big one, 10 sounds good, but it is kind of game changing, but add that info to the graphics and put it to easily be seen in the Description that v2 has the change and I don't think it warrants a new map/Rankings.

Retiring the old one, that would lock all the Rankings, which I'm not sure is "fair" when they are fairly small changes.

Sooo, new version IMO, and honestly would probably be a bit annoyed if it was Retired/Re-Released with fresh Rankings. But, your call.

I like the cap on the capitals. Definitely a major change, one that should prevent lengthy turtled-up endings.

Yes, as you know I believe, the unit cap on capitals is necessary.

I don't think you should change the # of players limits. I agree that 1v1 could be interesting. And I certainly don't think 8 players is too many. It brings all the regions into play and makes scouting a must.

http://www.wargear.net/boards/view/Castles/About

Re-released. Enjoy.


Hugs and kisses,

Cram

With rankings preserved. Whew. That 4-7 record didn't make itself.