Kris,
Then you wouldn't want to play my 3DoG gamebox (not available publicly, since I did not license it with GMT).? It is 49MB! Seriously, 3MB is nothing these days.? When I build?a gamebox, I size the scanned map based on comfortably fitting a 60 x 60 pixel counter in the hex.? Based on my eyes and computer monitor resolution.? If you need to read the fine print on the map, look at your paper one, you are supposed to have a copy of the game in order to play using Cyberboard. Secondly, making the influence markers as markers instead of units markers is very simple.? By making?them markers, it means there are an unlimited amount of them in the game.? My peeve is those people who include charts in the gamebox that are not on the map in the paper game.? Or worse, include the rules. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Kris Weinschenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:34 pm Subject: [CBML] GMT's Twilight Struggle Cyberboard gamebox I'm going to harp a little bit on the crappy gamebox for Twilight Struggle GMT has on thier website. Being over 3 Megs (zipped) it took about 20 minutes to download on my dialup connection. Then I found the typical scanned map so big you can't use full scale (and, in this instance, can't read the fine print in half scale). Then there are the influence markers. I guess whoever made the board thought since they are called "markers" they belong in the marker group. So, instead of just being able to flip a piece over to go from 1 to 2, you first have to delete the marker (and say "yes" to a prompt) and then pick out a "2". It would have only taken about 5 minutes (at the MOST!) to put "2"'s on the backs of "1"'s (and 4's on 3's, etc) and clone enough pieces for the game. Just another example of how scanned gameboxes tend to be all form and no substance. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
