Map of the Fortnight: Main Discussion Thread

RedBeret

Don't think I'll be able to get mine in in time, but it looks like it's going to be extended anyhow. Should be up in the next couple days though.
 
Kaiphranos

Kaiphranos

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I will in fact extend this round - MotF 247 will now end December 6, 2021.

In related news, the next round will be an extended "Map of the Month" round over the winter holiday season. If anyone has a topic they think would be particularly suitable, please feel free to put it forward!
 

Stretch

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Alternate business chain/pre-existing business chain in an alternate world. No fantasy settings, unless it's an ISOT (Gateway to the fantasy world from a modern one, where business sees expansion possibilities is fine, but a family owning a number of taverns in a fantasy setting isn't; for example)
 

Reagent

As Far as Eyes Can See - Depict a nation that is substantially larger than its OTL equivalent

The Sayings of the Elders - Depict an endangered language

Who needs Sources? - Depict an ahistorical theory that has gained mass acceptance
 
TheKutKu

TheKutKu

Reagent said:
As Far as Eyes Can See - Depict a nation that is substantially larger than its OTL equivalent

The Sayings of the Elders - Depict an endangered language

Who needs Sources? - Depict an ahistorical theory that has gained mass acceptance
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I like these, particularly the second and third
 

lock

Kaiphranos said:
Map of the Month 9: At A Fork In The Road - Entry Thread

(Topic for MotM 9 was inspired by an older suggestion from @Veranius - thanks to all who have put forward potential topics recently!)
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Kaiphranos said:
Map of the Month 9: At A Fork In The Road

The Challenge
Make two maps showing different outcomes resulting from a single event (such as a battle or an election.)

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So do both of the maps need to be alternate time lines? (...Meaning neither can be real life?)
 

lock

Prince di Corsica said:
I imagine it's like a The Grasshopper Lies Heavy scenario, where it's OTL but not quite so
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Do you mean, for example, the difference is something that happens in the US Civil War, where one map has ”The Big Change” and the other is pretty much OTL but with Puerto Rico as a state?
 
Kaiphranos

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lock said:
Do you mean, for example, the difference is something that happens in the US Civil War, where one map has ”The Big Change” and the other is pretty much OTL but with Puerto Rico as a state?
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"The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" is kind of a DBWI situation - it's a second-order fictional work from The Man in the High Castle (set in an Axis victory world) depicting the world if the Allies had won instead. (It's been awhile, but I don't think it resembles OTL all that much - I think there's a American/British Cold War or something.)

Anyway, something like that would also be a valid approach for this challenge - same for two maps depicting different alternatives for an event that didn't happen OTL (for instance, Napoleon invades Britain - one map shows the invasion succeeding, the other shows it failing.)
 

Prince di Corsica

Kaiphranos said:
"The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" is kind of a DBWI situation - it's a second-order fictional work from The Man in the High Castle (set in an Axis victory world) depicting the world if the Allies had won instead. (It's been awhile, but I don't think it resembles OTL all that much - I think there's a American/British Cold War or something.)

Anyway, something like that would also be a valid approach for this challenge - same for two maps depicting different alternatives for an event that didn't happen OTL (for instance, Napoleon invades Britain - one map shows the invasion succeeding, the other shows it failing.)
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The example of Napoleon's invasion has me thinking I read the part of "single event" too strictly - I was trying to think of more... grounded, let's say, events. So like, instead of an invasion of Britain, it'd be more like if Trafalgar went differently. Not that I'm complaining, much to the contrary, this will certainly help choose a scenario.
 
Kaiphranos

Kaiphranos

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Prince di Corsica said:
The example of Napoleon's invasion has me thinking I read the part of "single event" too strictly - I was trying to think of more... grounded, let's say, events. So like, instead of an invasion of Britain, it'd be more like if Trafalgar went differently. Not that I'm complaining, much to the contrary, this will certainly help choose a scenario.
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Yes, broad definition of "event" here - the key part is two maps. :)
 
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