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08 February 2015

Rolling Prairie in Progress

WIA5 is re-taking shape as THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. The campaign will have a little less realism on the campaigning, but should generate more fighting while maintaining some strategic options. The campaign theatre in its most current form would have 11 towns.

Maps are being created for the campaign. The maps will be highly fictionalized versions of the locations, rather than attempting to recreate local topography. Maps from the previous campaign will be adapted (much simpler than making completely fresh maps based on topographic maps).

Rolling Prairie in southwestern Marion County will be one of the towns in the fictionalized campaign theatre. I am still working on the vegetation. The wheat is a little high for spring and I will attempt to make it shorter, perhaps the corn as well. The tobacco may also be a little over-developed for spring, but there is not much I can do for that without altering the sprite, which I don't know how to do. This is what it looks like in a test run, before trying to make the above adjustments:




















2 comments:

  1. I love that is lists Gowan as Cautious! XD

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    1. Yeah. Gowan has never seemed to be too cautious, especially if Edward Stanley is in the neighborhood! You will also note that Andrew Wales is now at Major General for the next campaign.

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