Map Stuff...
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:42 pm
Okay. This is anal so some perhaps. To others not.
I think one of the greatest benefits wargaming has had in my real life is the fact that by the age of 15 I could easily draw "accurate" maps of the world from memory, with major cities, rivers, and other major geographical features. I received my geographical and historical education from Avalon Hill (with a healthy dose of real atlases and history books). I think it would be nice if we could keep it so that people could actually keep learning their geography from games and be inspired to learn real history through them. I am sure this story is nothing unique here and all of us have learned our geography to a greater or lesser extent -- by playing these games. Which is why it pains me to "unlearn" it when I play some games.
Looking at the map of Germany, I slowly wondered why things seemed so confusing to me at times. I know that many borders have been changed to make sure each region has space for units, but I have seen some glaring misplacements of cities which should be moved (and I think it should be easy since it seems that they are all generated OVER the map and are not part of it--I HOPE). The greatest offenders are Frankfurt, Mainz, Wurzburg, and Dresden. The others are ... meh.
I haven't looked at other regions in detail yet, because I am not quite as familiar with them. But these 4 German cities listed above are really, way, way off.
If it doesn't get changed, I will live. [;)]
I think one of the greatest benefits wargaming has had in my real life is the fact that by the age of 15 I could easily draw "accurate" maps of the world from memory, with major cities, rivers, and other major geographical features. I received my geographical and historical education from Avalon Hill (with a healthy dose of real atlases and history books). I think it would be nice if we could keep it so that people could actually keep learning their geography from games and be inspired to learn real history through them. I am sure this story is nothing unique here and all of us have learned our geography to a greater or lesser extent -- by playing these games. Which is why it pains me to "unlearn" it when I play some games.
Looking at the map of Germany, I slowly wondered why things seemed so confusing to me at times. I know that many borders have been changed to make sure each region has space for units, but I have seen some glaring misplacements of cities which should be moved (and I think it should be easy since it seems that they are all generated OVER the map and are not part of it--I HOPE). The greatest offenders are Frankfurt, Mainz, Wurzburg, and Dresden. The others are ... meh.
I haven't looked at other regions in detail yet, because I am not quite as familiar with them. But these 4 German cities listed above are really, way, way off.
If it doesn't get changed, I will live. [;)]
Of course!