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

 * Human Evolution 2.0 (Map Game): Created to replace the orignal Human Evolution map game after it colapsed into nonsence.
 * Colonisation Map Game A map game set entirely in the Americas. Turn based. Please read the rules. For you Americans out there, I apologise for the premise and my alien spelling.
 * Map Game 500 A.D.-Need more people to join, so please check it out. Takes after its adoptive parentAllies,Axis, and Communism Map Game for some of the rules and the way it well be played.
 * Europe 1430-Created by Professor McG and now controlled by Calthrina950, it was once at the verse of collapse, but has been rolled back to the last point it was plausible, and is ready for playing again. Rules are on page.
 * The Ages of Europe: 1200 (Map Game)-Created by Calthrina950, it is the most recent map game and is waiting to be played.
 * The Second Crusade? Never heard of it! (Map Game)

Games being made

 * Allies,Axis, and Communism Map Game-Still being made, but might be the first Map Game to use teams.
 * African Colonization Map Game- being made, needs more people.

Defunct Games

 * 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.
 * Rebirth of the World Map Game-Finally got to 2010.
 * Roman Empire Map Game-Dead because it hasn't been edited.
 * 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)

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
 * 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