The layout of countries and their balance of forces looks good. Doesn't look very historically accurate though (ie Germany is too weak, France too strong, USSR too weak, Yugoslavia shouldn't exist, Spain stayed neutral and like Sweden and Switzerland shouldn't be able to be invaded, I think its odd that Italy doesn't control Piedmont, Sicily or Venice, but think there's too many SCs for it there.)

My personal thoughts on the matter is there should probably be two WW2 variants made, a European theatre pre invasion of Poland (at least give Germany the SC of Vienna as they'd already annexed it and throw USSR an extra SC, break up the Balkans into individual states, rejig Italy etc).

I think another excellent variant would be set around 1942 or 43 as a global map. This would reflect the maximum extent of Axis powers (I guess not too dissimilar to the starting positions in the game "Axis and Allies"), although being Dip there'd be opportunities for horse trading and switching of alliances.

That's my two cents.

Tunisia should be French, Libya Italian too.

It's ok, but I don't really think it will be balanced in a fair (not set alliance) game, as France would be eaten alive.

Yeah, lack of history accuracy makes it less funny.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-maps/image/world-war-2.jpg
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/ralimage/map36wii.jpg
http://www.m1-garand.com/prewareuropemap.jpg

@Stukus:
perhaps a move of one of France's SC to the East would allow him a better chance.
Norway, i think should be a bottleneck because the amount of battles fought in that region should be low due to the isolated nature of the region during the war.
so you think Germany should have the SC directly to its East bordering the baltic?

@Ambassador:
as for Spain, i think Spain remained neutral, but it was out of self preservation and i think if the opportunity had presented itself, Spain would have tried to expand wherever it could.
as for Italy, i think a fully unified Italy with Tunis would be too strong, while a unified Italy without Tunis would hinder Italy's invasion of Africa and would allow the current neutral SCs to be claimed by Spain and or England.
and the Balkans, I think the Balkans would be a huge void without a power in the region, considering Austria is gone and there isn't anyone to take its place, i could see a group of neutral units starting in some SCs to slow growth in the region as a possiblity.

thank you guaroz, you are very helpful

@Ambassador: Why shouldn't yugoslavia exist? It was created after WW1 and was a major part of the war in its area, despite being conquered.
@ezpickens: Turkey did participate briefly but only at the end of the war and didn't actually do much. However, it seems that its presence makes that corner of the map much more interesting.

@Gman: Turkey had some power during the time, so i thought it was important to include it. and i didn't think Britain should be supreme in both corners

That's what I figured.

Does anyone have thoughts on where a French Continental SC should be besides the Southwest border with Spain?

Vichy?

well, maybe the current set up makes the Blitz more likely and makes France practice good diplomacy with its neighbors

You could make the Maginot Line an SC or at least give them a unit there.

ok, so how about keep the SCs and move the unit from SW France to the border of Germany?

That could work. Or you could give one more unit than SCs like France and Indonesia in Hundred and Mate Against Mate respectively.

Noooo! France should be super weak; it fell in 6 weeks remember? That's not even one turn!
And Deutscheland should start with 5 armies, and Russia 6 but all not at the front line.

But France was prepared for a defensive war. They fell so quickly because they didn't think that tanks could make it through the forests to the north.

updated map

I think it would be a good idea to have a 1942 world game as well, actually you could probably get 3 variants out of WW 2, Europe, World, and Asia-Pacific

yeah, i might work on those if i get some time. i'm kinda slammed but after i get this map perfected, i shall try for a global.

Global's are a massive headache to make (especially if you use a template, the blurring when you need to scale it up is horrible.) Unless anyone knows how to stop the different coloured pixels appearing when you make a map bigger? :l

Yeah I tried to make a regular size map with a template and it was a headache, Im trying to work on one now by handing drawing the initial map, but im having trouble figuring out how to layout the centers and spaces

Check out this take on doing a global map, the world war map: http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=672&p=3783#p3783 i think it is a pretty good idea because it maximizes the space and removes places that weren't fought over much

My drawing skills are...awful. I've had to zoom in and change it pixel by pixel. In a map thats something like 3000 x 2000.

The main thing I would have done different on World at war would be to give North America a Pacific coast and add more of India

yeah, thats not my map, but i would have done the same.

Amazing what Google can do...

http://www.mytripolog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/large-size-blank-world-map.png

If anyone wants to do a world map variant, that's a great template. I've just checked it over and I can find any blurred pixels on it at all. I'm just going to restart mine entirely and base it off that. :D

*I can't find.

hey that is handy, I might have to lop off part of North America for my project