New Maps

chessplaya · Post by **chessplaya** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:25 am

mongol empire for me

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:27 pm

the new maps have gathered almost 4000 games in just 6 days.

that's an average of 130 games per day per map.

Gold Knight · Post by **Gold Knight** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:44 pm

I like all the maps besides BeNeLux. No offense to the creator, but it is very much like Indochina, disregarding the capital bonus, and I hate Indochina. Its too small of an area and deployment decides the game.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:13 pm

Gold Knight wrote:I like all the maps besides BeNeLux. No offense to the creator, but it is very much like Indochina, disregarding the capital bonus, and I hate Indochina. Its too small of an area and deployment decides the game.

actually i think benelux has a far more open gameplay than indochina where the bottleneck in the middle kinda spoils the fun.

BobHacket · Post by **BobHacket** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:24 pm

at first glance age of merchants looked extremely complicated and maybe unnessesarilly complicated... yet it makes the game very very entertaining and different.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:35 pm

BobHacket wrote:at first glance age of merchants looked extremely complicated and maybe unnessesarilly complicated... yet it makes the game very very entertaining and different.

just at first glance. i'm playing quite a few games with people that had no idea what's going on and after the first couple of turns they're doing ok. it's just a matter of forgetting the old way and embracing the new way.

riggable · Post by **riggable** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:50 pm

Just because its a new way doesnt mean its a better way. Ehh, Age of Merchants isn't super great, but the novelty of it makes it enjoyable for now.

t.e.c · Post by **t.e.c** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:21 am

it's purely personal, but i don't like AoM, benelux or battle for Australia.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:38 am

riggable wrote:Just because its a new way doesnt mean its a better way. Ehh, Age of Merchants isn't super great, but the novelty of it makes it enjoyable for now.

never said it is a better way

it's an alternative for when you get bored with the old way. just an alternative. it will never replace the classic style. i never intended it to replace the classic style that would be stupid because classic style is the best. i just made it because i was really bored with playing the same thing for ~10 years and i wanted something new after trying nuclear risk, mission risk, alien risk, capitals risk, and about a dozen other risk variations.

ParadiceCity9 · Post by **ParadiceCity9** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:24 am

I think Mongol Empire and Benelux are the only good ones...but thats just me

bayou · Post by **bayou** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:41 pm

DiM wrote:
BobHacket wrote:at first glance age of merchants looked extremely complicated and maybe unnessesarilly complicated... yet it makes the game very very entertaining and different.
just at first glance. i'm playing quite a few games with people that had no idea what's going on and after the first couple of turns they're doing ok. it's just a matter of forgetting the old way and embracing the new way.

Yea, I was one of those. I wanted to run and hide, but I was stuck out in the high seas with no rescue in site. Then I found a port. Then I found the rum.

Age of Merchants rocks!

draglin3 · Post by **draglin3** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:06 pm

I haven't played AoM yet (non-premium for the time being), but once I clear up a game I'm defintely clicking AoM. It's a new twist that looks lke it would be a great game.

Excellent work on putting a very original turn on a classic!

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:40 pm

well if you liked AoM look out for Life in Prison it has a totally new gameplay so complex and yet so easy to understand you won't believe it.

BobHacket · Post by **BobHacket** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:58 pm

DiM wrote:well if you liked AoM look out for Life in Prison it has a totally new gameplay so complex and yet so easy to understand you won't believe it.

That sounds exciting, I love age of merchants, it is awesome

bayou · Post by **bayou** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:35 pm

It won't be long before I'm back down to the rank of Cook. I'm having to much fun. I'm forgetting about strategy.

BobHacket wrote:
DiM wrote:well if you liked AoM look out for Life in Prison it has a totally new gameplay so complex and yet so easy to understand you won't believe it.
That sounds exciting, I love age of merchants, it is awesome

New Maps

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