http://WarLight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=13605

It's a historical map showing native tribes with bonuses for geographical regions and language groups. Anyone interested in helping me test it out?

Sure!

I would love to.

A shame you didn't make testing games after all, I was going to say a couple of things about borders and bonuses.

I'd like to test it out, but I already have an idea: shrink it a bit.

me too
bonus
borders

Thanks guys. As it turned out, I got a couple of friends to help me out with a few test games and it worked out well. If what you were going to mention with the borders and bonuses was separating the bonus borders so they dont overlap, I tried, but inkscape would only inset by 5 px and I couldnt find a way to change that. It was making the territories too small... As for shrinking it, it's just barely big enough to fit the armies as it is.

This is only the first version and I definitely play on revising it.

Thanks for all the input. If you have any other suggestions, let me know! :)

Uhm... Inset is not the way you're supposed to make interbonus borders! They should be made by hand! And your borders weren't so horribly bad on average, except for the large hole between Northeast and Plains.

Yeah, Early in the drawing process I guess I accidentally moved the northeast and was unable to undo it so i tried to line them up the best I could, but it wasnt perfect. Thats definitely something I have to revise.

I don't see a territory for Sioux. They should have a large portion of the plains area.

Sioux refers to any tribe within the Sioux nation, including tribes such as the Yanktonai, Yankton, Arikara, Mandan, Teton, Hidatsa, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Assiniboin and Santee.

only problem i can see is that the northeast is way too overpowered

in the east the southern part of the catawba and norther part of the next territory need to be Waxhaws

Yeah, you can't see both colors along a bonus border. Also, I would make the sub areas different colors in the same family. So the northeast would have different shades of green. Like how I used different shades of blue on this one:

http://WarLight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=9405

Then you at least have some designation without clicking on a bonus link

Sorry, the link is still to version 1.0.

Version 1.1 is public and can be found here: http://warlight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=13615

Mainly, the changes are:

* Fixed the giant holes separating the Northeast from the rest of the map
* Separated borders between major bonuses
* Fixed some of the territory names (typos, incorrect capitalisations, etc.)

Version 1.2 is already under development, and will separate the borders of the smaller regional bonuses (though likely not make them different colours) similar to what I did here: http://warlight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=14111

Why not make them different shades of the same colour? That would be more clear, but still recognizable as one bonus.

What?! You have published your 4th or 5th (maby more) map this month. They are not super big, but how do you have enough time for this?

5th. My largest map (960 some odd territories) is still being tested, hopefully to be released with a week or two. And I'm currently in the drawing stages of map 7.

As for how I can make so many maps, ever since exams have been over, I've had a bunch of free time, and I have nothing better to do. Another reason is that I have figured out ways to greatly streamline the drawing process, making it much more efficient. To draw a 100 territory map like my North Carolina map takes me under a half hour. I would definitely be willing to share my methods if anyone were to be interested. I also am a big part of the Wikimedia Commons project, part of which is converting the older, outdated .png maps with newer, sleeker, and far more easily editable .svg files. As I make some of the maps for Wikipedia, I, at the same time, make them compatible for Warlight. So essentially, I can finish 2 projects at once, while only really doing the work for one.

I definitely encourage anyone who makes maps for Warlight to strongly consider helping out with the Wikimedia Commons SVG Project. If you make accurate political maps of countries, and you are willing to release your work into the public domain, it's definitely worth sharing your creations for the rest of the world to use. Almost anything uploaded to Wikimedia Commons has been released by the creator to be used with no copyright restrictions, which is fantastic. The free unlimited accessibility of creations to help better society is, I believe, huge step in human progress.

Do you think they could use my Canada Big file? There are no other svg files of the Canadian census divisions around, I know, I've checked.
http://warlight.net/Map.aspx?ID=2526

(sorry for the double post)
And I'd totally be interested in your map making technique. 100 territories in 30 minutes, that's pretty fast!