**Old discussion**

[Scaredgirl]

WORLD OF ELEMENTS
Taking War event to the next level

Click here if the image below is too big:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/map.png


I originally got this idea by when seeing this image: http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd57462/map2.png in the Forum Games section.

Basically the idea is to take the War forum event to the next level by building a kind of a boardgame around Elements theme. It would be similar to what War event is now with the difference that players would be moving around a map.

That map is just something I made quickly in Photoshop so that it's easier for me to explain what this is all about. I took the map from Dragon Age: Origins, put hexagon on top of it, added some quantum icons, some color, etc. It's pretty crappy but it gives a good general idea what I'm talking about. I repeat: this map is not supposed to be taken seriously.

Each element has their place on the map with about 6 "home squares". You would get some kind of advantage when fighting on your "home square". Other squares would be "Other" squares where do bonus would be given.

Capital City
Each element would have a Capital City. If an enemy conquers a Capital City, that element gets wiped out. Capital Cities would have a better defense than regular squares.

Armies
Each player would be an army that you can move around on the map. Team leaders would secretly give marching orders to Warmaster, who would then move all the armies at the same time and start a battle if necessary.

Battle
When two or more players occupy the same square, they fight. Battles are done in Elements, just like they are done in the current War event.

Resource nodes
The map could have all kinds of different resources nodes that produce electrum, cards, whatever. Each turn a player holds a resource node, he gets the thing it produces.

What to buy with electrum?
You can buy cards of course and even upgrade them. And even cooler, you could buy new armies aka new players! So if your team has 4 players, you could spend some cash to get a 5th player on the map.

We could also have:
- Allies
- Generals (fully upped decks)
- Event Cards (one randomly drawn each turn. For example "During this turn you can only play mono-decks")
- Spies (given access to enemy forum section)
- False Gods somehow interfering with the War
etc.


I do know that this is a crazy idea, but if done correctly, it would be pretty cool I think. Also since this map thing is something Zanz is planning on doing with Elements, we might even give him some great ideas.

This idea is still under heavy construction. I'll write more stuff tomorrow.

Post your feedback and ideas.

[abysswalker]

Looks fun

[Anothebrother]

looks awesome...kind of like a fusion between elements and diplomacy (the game)... i like all those extra ideas too except spies...which may lead to outside forums and just be annoying...etc... looks good so far though

[PuppyChow]

I think this is a good idea for the war.

But I'm not certain that we should all be taking the World of Elements thing very seriously at the moment, because first of all we aren't entirely sure WHAT Zanz means by that; we just have a few quotes out of the chat. Furthermore,

[04:06:04]zanzarino: That this will not happen soon - if at all

So really, we don't even know if it ever IS going to happen and if it does, it could be in three years or a decade . Who knows?

[Malduk]

So, where are the Grey Wardens?  8)

Great idea, it would make War a very special event.

[icybraker]

Another dimension

Friggin' epic! No one can get to us!

This idea sounds very awesome, and your map looks great, too. If this was instituted, it would be a fun and whimsical addition to our war.

[yaladilae]

Another dimension

Friggin' epic! No one can get to us!

This idea sounds very awesome, and your map looks great, too. If this was instituted, it would be a fun and whimsical addition to our war.

Clearly certain square will have portals

Kind of remind me of fallen sword where you move around exping and farming around the portals

[Scaredgirl]

I think this is a good idea for the war.

But I'm not certain that we should all be taking the World of Elements thing very seriously at the moment, because first of all we aren't entirely sure WHAT Zanz means by that; we just have a few quotes out of the chat. Furthermore,

[04:06:04]zanzarino: That this will not happen soon - if at all

So really, we don't even know if it ever IS going to happen and if it does, it could be in three years or a decade . Who knows?

This idea has absolutely nothing to do with plans by Zanz, or the future of Elements the game. This is just an idea used with War forum event that would hopefully be awesome and maybe even give Zanz some ideas IF he one day decides to go through with his plans of making the Elements rpg thing.

[Bloodshadow]

We've already got a map right here, in our Elements RPG:

[Scaredgirl]

Another dimension

Friggin' epic! No one can get to us!

This idea sounds very awesome, and your map looks great, too. If this was instituted, it would be a fun and whimsical addition to our war.

Clearly certain square will have portals

Kind of remind me of fallen sword where you move around exping and farming around the portals

Yea, I was thinking about putting Aether in Another Dimension with it's own small map (maybe time too), and then some portals through which they could enter the other world. Although things like these make it much more complex and game balance is more difficult to maintain.

We've already got a map right here, in our Elements RPG:

Yes. Sorry I forgot to mention it, but that particular map is actually which gave me the whole idea of making a map for War the event. I should include that image as a source for inspiration in the first post.

[killfer8]

YAY! this is going to be fun

[PuppyChow]

Keep in mind I started off my post by saying it's a good idea for the war forum thing; I know that's what it's for. I just said that so it's clear that it's only a possibility. Zanz had no clue he was on the record for that interview, so he may have had no clue what he is/was getting into. And you said

this map thing is something Zanz is planning on doing with Elements

Not IF he decides to do it.