@koala
Yeah, I hear you on the immersion. It’s something that I’ve thought about but left off for now for a few reasons:
- My priority has always been on strategic tension/intrigue and variety along with balance. I’m definitely still focusing on that for now.
- The plan was always for it to be a sort of expansion from the main game for a diversion. I wasn’t really expecting anyone to play it frequently enough to start remembering territory names anyway, but more just mixing it in here and there for variety.
- It always felt a bit disingenuous to start naming places on an imaginary map since the real game is based on real places that have history and emotional ties.
I could invent some names, but that feels like it doesn’t have any context. The other option is just going with “New London”, “New Berlin”, etc. which could also work.
At any rate, I think the naming is definitely on the back burner and we’ll see if I get there eventually. The current focus is drumming up interest in actually playing it.
Thus far I haven’t gotten any feedback on any completed, human vs human playthroughs. I’m thinking about doing a map giveaway draw for anyone who completes a TripleA game on the forum. I’m having a banner vinyl map printed that could be shipped to the winner.
Also looking into having my print shop be able to print and ship to people, rather than them having to figure out the printing process themselves.