ContextI don't know if anyone remembers me, but I made quite a lot of maps a few years ago (mainly 2013-2016). When I was looking back over them, I found there are two maps of a similar theme. They are both focused on Europe and include some colonial theatres. They are:
1701: War of Spanish Succession (Imperial) | Made 2014 | 478 territories | 3.9 rating
Thirty Years War (1618-1648) | Made in 2015 | 2264 territories | 4.2 rating
However neither of them achieve what they're supposed to achieve. The first one has a reasonable amount of territories, but fails in most other areas. The art style is ugly, the sea connections are extremely confusing, and the territories are very uniform and uninteresting. It also doesn't take population density into account, so some areas are very overpowered (such as the Spanish colonies). The second one is a bit better; the art style is cleaner (though not amazing) and the sea connections are much easier to follow, but it still has uniform, boring territories with no geography. It also has the same population density issue. The 2k+ territories also make it too big for a lot of games.
New MapI continued to use Inkscape after I retired from Warzone map making, and have improved a lot since then. So I've decided to make a new 17th Century Europe map to fix all the issues with the previous two maps.
• The territories are all of varying shapes and sizes, reflective of the respective geographic/administrative relaties
• Important cities are separate territories, which can typically only be accessed through one other territory due to city walls
• There are still colonial theatres, but I've reduced their scope, such that they no longer make colonial nations overpowered
• There's a unique bonus system in the colonial theatres that makes colonies easily tradeable, which will make diplomacy more interesting
• Geography and territory placement is being utilised to make strategy more interesting; for example, France will only be able to cross the Rhine if it captures Cologne or Strasbourg
• There's more art in non-territory areas, which makes the map look more aesthetically pleasing
Link:
https://www.warzone.com/SinglePlayer?PreviewMap=104779