FFA8MidgardV90 [2.0] is submitted for review.

[Tim]

New map: FFA8MidgardV90 [2.0] by Tim.
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[Chazar]

Was it a conscious choice that the cities east of the river Sabil (i.e. Madinat & Khairat) are not adjacent to it?

I am not sure whether or not they ought to be connected to the river, but it just struck me as odd that they were not from a thematic perspective. Maybe the road could reach the river port, so that Khairat could be invaded by boat, but then again, maybe the map has enough opportunities for boat landings..?

[Tim]

Do you mean there must be a river connection? I think about it. Maybe one of the Cities can have a connection.

Not enough ports? You mean because of port blocking? Maybe there can be two ports side by side to take way this problem. Would this be ok?

[Chazar]

No, you misunderstand: there are enough ports, since the river port is accessible from both sides of the river.

However, the port is seperated from Khairat by 2 desert squares. This means that any would be attacker can only disembark, rest in the desert and then attack on the next turn. If the tiles become roads, then the 2 move points remaining after disembarking would be enough to attack immediately. Since Khairat has already a road running next to the river, I found it strange that the road is not adjacent to the port (from a thematic viewpoint).

The question is whether a weakness is intended here or not: Should any boat invader be forced to rest in the desert or not?

Furthermore, Nedschef can be attacked by sea creatures, since it is adjacent to the river. Should a desert city be vulnerable to Krakens or SeaSerpents or not? Even worse, Nedschef is also separated by only 1 desert square from the port, so any force disembarking can immediately attack the city (if I am not mistaken here). However, invaders cannot attack with boats and sea-creatures in a single stack (since the port is not at the space where the city touches the river).

So Nedschef is much more vulnerable to invasion from sea, as compared to Khairat or Medinat, although all three are next to the river.

I do not want to argue to make everything boringly symmetric! Asymmetry makes a map interesting. I am just wondering what your intent was at this location.

Maybe Nedschef should remain accessible for krakens, but requiring boat-invaders to rest a turn in the desert (another desert tile between the city and the port), while Khairat could become closer to the port by a road, thus becoming vulnerable to an immediate attack by boat? Maybe, maybe not.