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Old 06-13-2012, 02:31 AM   #1
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Default Your Favorite Battlefield...?

When you play a game of Ogre/GEV…
  • How big a battlefield do you usually want? Just one map? Two or more?
  • Either way, which of the maps do you use most often?

And, as a slightly less important sidebar…
  • Don't you wish there were more crater-blasted wastelands?

The world can always use a few more crater-blasted wastelands.
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Old 06-13-2012, 04:48 AM   #2
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When you play a game of Ogre/GEV…
  • How big a battlefield do you usually want? Just one map? Two or more?
  • Either way, which of the maps do you use most often?
I think I prefer 2 map scenarios, but I would say that I've probably played more 1 map scenarios on the GEV map, closely followed by the Ogre map.
I expect the dominance of the GEV (G1) map to disappear with 6e as the other 3 battlefield maps take more of a pounding.

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And, as a slightly less important sidebar…
  • Don't you wish there were more crater-blasted wastelands?

The world can always use a few more crater-blasted wastelands.
Yes some more partially blasted wasteland maps - GEV sized though - so we can get the transition maps to tie the GEV maps to the ogre map. (as someone here previously suggested)
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Old 06-13-2012, 08:55 AM   #3
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Yes some more partially blasted wasteland maps - GEV sized though - so we can get the transition maps to tie the GEV maps to the ogre map. (as someone here previously suggested)
That's an excellent idea.
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Old 06-13-2012, 08:58 AM   #4
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When you play a game of Ogre/GEV…
  • How big a battlefield do you usually want? Just one map? Two or more?
  • Either way, which of the maps do you use most often?

And, as a slightly less important sidebar…
  • Don't you wish there were more crater-blasted wastelands?

The world can always use a few more crater-blasted wastelands.
Mostly 1-map GEV games for me. If not that, then 1-map Ogre games.
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Yes some more partially blasted wasteland maps - GEV sized though - so we can get the transition maps to tie the GEV maps to the ogre map. (as someone here previously suggested)
+1 for this fine idea.
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Old 06-13-2012, 09:37 AM   #5
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  • Don't you wish there were more crater-blasted wastelands?

The world can always use a few more crater-blasted wastelands.
With the crater overlays, isn't every map a crater-blasted wasteland? :)
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Old 06-13-2012, 01:54 PM   #6
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A few future maps I would like to see. Preferably in expansions, compatible with 6e.

The remaining GEV, Shockwave, & Battlefield maps.

An alternate Ogre map with different crater & ridge positions.

An intermediate Ogre-GEV map.

A GEV-style map with a lot of water (Islands preferably, though drowned city would be nice too) this would be good to have with shallow water rules*).

A large urban complex map (say the battle for Sheffield).

A map with mountain terrain.

*Like swamp but with no defense bonus. Easier for light tracked to travel.
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Old 06-13-2012, 01:58 PM   #7
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With the crater overlays, isn't every map a crater-blasted wasteland? :)
But, but...the colors, man, the colors! :)
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I think I prefer 2 map scenarios, but I would say that I've probably played more 1 map scenarios on the GEV map, closely followed by the Ogre map.

I expect the dominance of the GEV (G1) map to disappear with 6e as the other 3 battlefield maps take more of a pounding.
For me, it's GEV+Shockwave, simply because they're larger and colorful.
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Old 06-13-2012, 05:27 PM   #9
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I very much like the idea for a transition map. It would be nice to be able to tie the Ogre map to any of the others.

I'd also like to see an Urban map: A huge, sprawling CITY, man. A map with almost nothing but Town, Road, and Railroad hexes. Maybe some water (a river, for example), and a few patches of natural terrain here and there (and all around the edges of the city of course, so it can link with other maps).
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Old 06-13-2012, 06:56 PM   #10
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I very much like the idea for a transition map. It would be nice to be able to tie the Ogre map to any of the others.

I'd also like to see an Urban map: A huge, sprawling CITY, man. A map with almost nothing but Town, Road, and Railroad hexes. Maybe some water (a river, for example), and a few patches of natural terrain here and there (and all around the edges of the city of course, so it can link with other maps).
The GEV & Shockwave maps will be 32" x 38", same as in Deluxe GEV. The Ogre map would be 35" x 22", same as in Deluxe Ogre

Unfortunately, the 35" dimension doesn't quite match the GEV or Shockwave maps, nor is the 22" quite half of a long edge, so joining the Ogre map to something else would be somewhat difficult.

I think a suburban - urban sprawl filling most of the center of a GEV-sized map would be pretty cool. A small city (pop <100k) takes up a lot of space at 1 mile per hex, easily 5 hexes across. Something like Detroit (pop 500k to 1M) can be closer to 10 hexes across. And then you look at something like Washington - Philly - New York - Boston or Los Angeles...
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