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| As such, the Designer is necessarily complex, having features that can enable your map to do things that | As such, the Designer is necessarily complex, having features that can enable your map to do things that | ||
| ..well, haven' | ..well, haven' | ||
| - | WarGear has an extensive set of tutorials on this wiki. | + | WarGear has an extensive set of tutorials on this wiki to help you in this endeavor. |
| ===== The Evolving Review Process ===== | ===== The Evolving Review Process ===== | ||
| - | Once, or even before you have started creating your board, one of the first things you will want to consider doing is // | + | Once (or even before) you have started creating your board, one of the first things you will want to consider doing is [[proving_grounds: |
| There is an evolving consensus in the Board Review community that the way a board goes from inception to live should be integrated with the review process such that the very last step of the process (the Review Game) feels more like a ribbon cutting ceremony than an inquisition. | There is an evolving consensus in the Board Review community that the way a board goes from inception to live should be integrated with the review process such that the very last step of the process (the Review Game) feels more like a ribbon cutting ceremony than an inquisition. | ||
| - | In order for this to work, the road to bringing a board live should involve the active participation of Review Board members, | + | In order for this to work, the road to bringing a board live should involve the active participation of the members of the [[Review Board Roster|Review Board]] and [[Development Board Roster|Development Board]], |
| and the playing of a number of development (Dev) games. | and the playing of a number of development (Dev) games. | ||
| It is hoped that active discussion in Dev games alongside other activity on the board' | It is hoped that active discussion in Dev games alongside other activity on the board' | ||
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| *Avoid making boards that could be seen as being too close, or too redundant, to those already in the inventory of live boards available. The standards for bringing in a board which could be seen as too close to another one will be very high in order to justify its inclusion . | *Avoid making boards that could be seen as being too close, or too redundant, to those already in the inventory of live boards available. The standards for bringing in a board which could be seen as too close to another one will be very high in order to justify its inclusion . | ||
| - | *Your map should have textured | + | *Your map should have varied facets of game-play. For a standard Risk-style map, this means a reasonable assortment of choke-points or dice mods, or some other features that give the game interest. |
| *Your map size should not be too large - players don't like to have to scroll from the map to the play buttons and back all the time. Again this is a guideline, not a rule. However, if your board is larger than the average screen, be prepared to justify your reasoning behind it. | *Your map size should not be too large - players don't like to have to scroll from the map to the play buttons and back all the time. Again this is a guideline, not a rule. However, if your board is larger than the average screen, be prepared to justify your reasoning behind it. | ||
| *Your territories should not be too small - this is obvious, but it should be considered very early in the process. | *Your territories should not be too small - this is obvious, but it should be considered very early in the process. | ||
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