the above ideas sound good though, rather than merging north and south ayrshire, i suggest that creating caithness & sutherland (which was a single administrative district council in the 1980s) as one territory is better for gameplay. this is because ross & cromarty to sutherland to caithness to orkney is a bit of a "monorail".Balsiefen wrote:I think i'll recreate ayrshire to bring us down to 36 again
merging borders and lothian would help
the islands region has about the right amount of connectivity. the sea routes are pretty clear. putting in a bridge to west inverness-shire would make both the highlands and islands too hard to hold. u could even remove the link between mull and argyll to make the islands more of a fortress (not quite an australia, as the latter has only one exit).
the bonuses here look rather large for map that is smaller than classic. 7 for strathclyde is perfectly justified, as it occupies a pivotal position and is under attack from all directions. i think dumfries & galloway can be reduced to a bonus of 1, since it has only three territories (so someone could start off holding it from the drop) and is well-protected. if u merge caithness with sutherland, then u can reduce the highlands bonus to 4. i assume that u'll simply add lothian to borders (and remove most of the pentland hills) to give a 5 bonus.
taken together, these changes will increase the significance of the areas with which most scots are familiar (the central lowlands), thus helping to popularise the map.
ian.
