Map of the Fortnight: Main Discussion Thread

I will also be trying to make a map for this contest, although it will be my first attempt and I don't know how well it will go given how little free time I have. Also, I hope that I don't have the same idea as someone else (because it's not anything super crazy), but even if I do, who cares?:p
 
I will also be trying to make a map for this contest, although it will be my first attempt and I don't know how well it will go given how little free time I have. Also, I hope that I don't have the same idea as someone else (because it's not anything super crazy), but even if I do, who cares?:p

Go for it! Everyone starts somewhere! :)

So 185 will start the day before 184 ends?

Correct!

Oh and btw, I am *so* down for 184. I've had an idea that's been sort of bouncing around my head for a while now, but hasn't had an outlet.

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Looking forward to seeing it! :)
 
Congratulations to @Reagent for winning MotF 183 with his entry, "Ordensstaat Gotenland"!

We have one entry already for MotF 184, and I gather there are a couple others in the pipeline, so it's time to be thinking about topics for MotF 185! This will be another POD-specific round, and here are some options to consider:
  • The Bonnie Red Flag - Make a map depicting the outcome of a socialist or communist revolution in an independent CSA. POD must be between 1860 and 1865.
  • Case Green - Make a map set in a timeline where the Munich Agreement did not take place and WWII broke out over Czechoslovakia in 1938.
  • Sailed The Ocean Blue - Make a map set in a timeline where Ferdinand and Isabella decline to fund Columbus’s expeditions in 1492.
 
Good timing on my part, then! Heh, took way too long to make that map. Tried to much the style of late-18th century writing (i.e., capitalize Anything and forget about Correct Spelling because Webster's yet to have Written Anything Down yet)
 
Yes! I've been wanted to do a one-shot of this forever, now I can give myself a good reason to push it up.

*Edit* - Is there any chance we can use an earlier POD? I have a great idea for a map, but it would require a 1840's POD.
 
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Your link takes me to MotF 184 - might need changing.

Good catch - should be fixed now!

Is there any chance we can use an earlier POD? I have a great idea for a map, but it would require a 1840's POD.

The idea is for it to recognizably be the CSA of our history, so I was thinking the POD would need to be after Lincoln's election and the first states seceeding to ensure that. What did you have in mind?
 
Good catch - should be fixed now!



The idea is for it to recognizably be the CSA of our history, so I was thinking the POD would need to be after Lincoln's election and the first states seceeding to ensure that. What did you have in mind?

My idea was the all Mexico-movement passes, but that increases most kinds of political instability, leading to a more successful CSA. I was looking for a realisttic way for the CSA to become the most powerful nation in North America.
 
My idea was the all Mexico-movement passes, but that increases most kinds of political instability, leading to a more successful CSA. I was looking for a realisttic way for the CSA to become the most powerful nation in North America.

Yeah, I think that falls outside the scope of this one, unfortunately.
 
Make a map depicting the outcome of a socialist or communist revolution in an independent CSA. POD must be between 1860 and 1865.

Does the revolution have to be successful?
I assume a couple of communist uprisings doesn't count as a revolution, so what marks the line between revolt and revolution?

Or what about a communist revolution followed by a counter-revolution?
 
Round 184 is now closed - thank you to all who entered!

MotF 184: In Varietate Concordia - Voting Thread

Does the revolution have to be successful?
I assume a couple of communist uprisings doesn't count as a revolution, so what marks the line between revolt and revolution?

Or what about a communist revolution followed by a counter-revolution?

Any of those are fine - the revolution doesn't have to be successful, and can be as small as a single city. Showing longer-term effects is also within the scope.
 
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Congratulations to @Iserlohn for winning MotF 184 with his map, "Central America, South America, and the Caribbean - Political Map (1979)!"

Anyone have a map in progress yet for 185?
 
Anyone have a map in progress yet for 185?

I have. Not to spoil the surprise, but the map will be focusing on the most radical state in the the former Confederacy. The Florida coastline always puts me off of doing maps of the South, but I'm going to have to do it twice for this map. Hopefully it won't put me off of finishing this one.
 
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