Map questions

[FM WarB]

The city of Nurmeburg looks like this: Nuremburg (9): What does the (9) mean?

Why are ports on the seacoast not shown on the map?

[Naskra]

The (9) is the value of Nurnberg for morale measuring purposes; capture or lose Nurnberg and your morale goes up or down by f(9).
 
What ports?

[FM WarB]

What ports?
Ports such as Wilhelhaven and Scapa Flow, which look no different than other seacoast towns which may not be ports. Or are ALL seacoast towns ports?

[Naskra]

Not all seacoast towns are ports.  Some non-seacoast towns are ports (Danzig, Rostov, e.g.).  

[FM WarB]

So, I cannot look at the map, and see which are ports, and which are not. That's my point.

[lordhoff]

Noticed that too - found myself protecting ports that had no docks [:D]. A little anchor icon works well.

[Naskra]

If you can rebase a ship there -- it's a port.

[FrankHunter]

Yes, I wish there were anchor symbols, but unfortunately I don't think I mentioned them to the artist, sorry about that.

[lordhoff]

I don't think I mentioned them to the artist, sorry about that.

Ah, those artists are temperamental anyway - probably would've drawn one with a mine attached.

Really, I think it only matters for the first very few plays - with so few coastal cities, one learns the real ports quickly.