Map Games

Map Games are a collaborative althistory game in which a starting map is posted and players take turns making changes to the map and posting alternate history events.

List of Current Map Games

 * Massive Impact (Map Game)- A map game starting in 1899 after a huge asteroid struck Earth. Stability of nations and their economies are kept track of.
 * Europe 1100 (Map Game)- A map game based, as the name suggests, in Europe 1100. Slightly altered history, work in progress.
 * Civilization (Map Game)- A map game starting in the ancient times that will progress until the present days. In this Map Game you will create empires from the little city states of which they started in. This Map Game has started. However, new players may still join.
 * Principia Moderni (Map Game)- A map game beginning in 1420, worldwide, in which players can create their states at the beginning of their modernization. The game has just started, but new players may join at any time, and we are still awaiting confirmation from some players.

Games being made

 * States of America Map Game
 * Imperial Europe Map Game 2
 * Human Evolution 3.0 (Mao Game)
 * Wild West (Map Game) -needs players
 * African Nations (Map Game) - Needs more players to launch.
 * Age of Discovery- A very new map game. Needs players to begin, of course.
 * First Contact (Map Game)- A game based off of space and aliens.
 * Massive Impact 2 (Map Game)- a continuation of the dead original map game
 * Nuclear Devastation (Map Game)- Nukes end up in the 16th century, civilization starts over
 * Rebirth of the World 3 (Map Game)- More rebirth of the world!!
 * Cold War (Map Game)- A map game based on the Cold War

Defunct Games

 * Europe 1430 - Longest running map game, dead nobody edited it
 * Map Game - The first Map Game. It ended because of year limits (up to 1 June 2010 on this wiki). It is also notable for at one point being more active than Talk:1983: Doomsday and having one of its maps used by Wikia to advertise this wiki. Founded by Baconton.
 * The Newer Map Game - Was transformed into a regular timeline and renamed the Russian Expansion Timeline.
 * World War I Map Game- The newest map game, created by Fedelede.
 * Imperial Europe Map Game- A map game based on colonization.
 * Rebirth of the World Map Game-Finally got to 2010.
 * The New & Improved map game - Devolved into a quagmire of implausibilty and no one was posting maps anymore, so it was abandoned.
 * The New Map Game - Abandoned, since some thought it was boring.
 * Europe 1500 (Map Game)-Dead because it has not been edited for weeks.
 * A Korean WW3 (Map Game)-Dead because it has not been edited for weeks.
 * Superpowers (Map Games)-Dead because it has not been edited since creation.
 * Human Evolution map game-collapsed into nonexistence(this is what should have happened)
 * The Ages of Europe: 1200 (Map Game)- Died when Calthrina was banned.
 * Colonisation Map Game - Dead after many of the editors grew tired of the implausibility and problems with the game's rules.
 * Human Evolution 2.0 (Map Game): Dead, not edited
 * The Second Crusade? Never heard of it! (Map Game)
 * Ancient Times Map Game
 * Map Game 500 A.D.

Guidelines
Naming Conventions: When creating a new map game, name the main page of the game "NAME (Map Game)" this will help keep the wiki more organized, try to name the game something that represents the game, such as the era the game takes place in, or the region accompanied by the start date.

Categorization: When creating a new map game, make sure to categorize your starting map with a new category. Either with a generic "Map Game Maps #", or the name of your map game, ex. "NAME Map Game Maps". Also, when posting new maps to the game, ensure that you add the category to your new map.

Archiving: Every 30 years an archive page will be created and 30 years of history moved to it. This will ensure that when the game gets to 100 years or more of history, people don't have to scroll down for an hour, or wait for 100 images to load.

Image Quality: Maintain the bitrate of the base image. Saving images in a lower quality format or at a lower bitrate results in graining and other issues that make it difficult for others to edit the maps. Save as a .PNG as the format tends to maintain the image quality the best. If an image is posted that does not maintain the file quality of the one posted before it, it can be deleted. Also, every image editor has a text tool, handwritten map labels are ugly and unnecessary.

Talk Page: Read the talk page. Don't just post willy nilly and wonder why your posts are being deleted an pollute people's personal talk pages. Read the game's talk page as 99% of the time your questions are answered there.

Participants

 * Oerwinde - Moderator of all map games
 * Paaaad
 * ProfessorMcG
 * Baconton - creator of the original Map Game
 * Vegas adict
 * Calthrina950 - Banned
 * Destroyanator
 * Fedelede
 * Eastward Expansion-creator of several maps on New Map Game
 * BoredMatt
 * Mumby
 * Azecreth-rarely active player
 * Smallpox
 * DaBigUn-enthusiastic player (most of the time) and reader
 * Ownerzmcown
 * Batmanary
 * Michael Douglas - Creator of several map games. I have no quit, because there is No Plausibility on any of these games except Europe 1430, and I can't join that now.
 * CrimsonAssassin 17:13, December 6, 2010 (UTC)- Creator of the Massive Impact Game and enthusiastic participant
 * PitaKang Active and enthusiastic player Created: Imperial Europe Map Game 2, States of America Map Game
 * Thant
 * Chicagoan