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For some months I keep a paper project in my mind, which is all about empire building and state managing, placed in the age of the roi soleil at the mid of the 17th century. Again a huge inspiration came from a John Ellis scenario, in this case Colonies IV. Many game concepts shall be transfered and developped. And some perhaps new ones, that are
#1 Multiple maps These map lie practically besides not underneath each other, just one square must lap over. Most units can switch the map at those squares, special natives ones won`t. Most important is an extra europe map and one for the rest of the world. Map 2 and 3 could be parted in northern and southern hemisphere, map 4 Asia, just some thooughts.
#2 more maps -> more terrain types -> more terraforming: In Europe terraforming can create enourmous ressources but it takes a lot of time (I think of at last three development stages), and if war comes along, the loss of a single square could be crucial in the economic race. So the "limited wars" of that era get sense. Outside Europe things stay similiar to Colonies. Raising up plantations onto jungle by slave workers, hunting beavers and stuff.
#3 Two opposing minor civs occured in a number of scens yet. I want to transfer this idea into the 17th century. The ones are contra-bourbon, the others are contra-habsburg.
My sloppy map shows up seven colours, which represent:
Violet: France
Yellow: Austria
Pink: England
Orange: United Provinces
Red: Pro-Habsburg (HRE, Spain, Poland, Denmark)
Blue: Pro-Bourbon (Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Sweden)
#1 Multiple maps These map lie practically besides not underneath each other, just one square must lap over. Most units can switch the map at those squares, special natives ones won`t. Most important is an extra europe map and one for the rest of the world. Map 2 and 3 could be parted in northern and southern hemisphere, map 4 Asia, just some thooughts.
#2 more maps -> more terrain types -> more terraforming: In Europe terraforming can create enourmous ressources but it takes a lot of time (I think of at last three development stages), and if war comes along, the loss of a single square could be crucial in the economic race. So the "limited wars" of that era get sense. Outside Europe things stay similiar to Colonies. Raising up plantations onto jungle by slave workers, hunting beavers and stuff.
#3 Two opposing minor civs occured in a number of scens yet. I want to transfer this idea into the 17th century. The ones are contra-bourbon, the others are contra-habsburg.
My sloppy map shows up seven colours, which represent:
Violet: France
Yellow: Austria
Pink: England
Orange: United Provinces
Red: Pro-Habsburg (HRE, Spain, Poland, Denmark)
Blue: Pro-Bourbon (Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Sweden)
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