I plan on claiming a good chunk of the archipelago to the east. I'll bounce a couple of ideas off of you guys:

•Tribes of barabaric beastmen/werebeasts with an environmental kick. Captain Planet meets RULES OF NATURE. Shamanistic, a lot of fantasy monsters, more magical than most. Lots of FIRE and BLOOD in their motifs.

•Far-east styled bugpeople. Different islands are home to a different vaguely-racist ripoff castes of bugperson, that live in a sort of federation of mutual convenience. Expect "FLITHY MAMMAL GAIJIN, CHITIN SWORD FOLDED THOUSAND TIMES FAR SUPERIOR."

<Snipped quote by Dead Cruiser>We have nearly 30 potential players. I'd rather not have one player getting a large chunk of land at the expense of others.
Besides wouldn't it be more fun if 5-6 player are competing on those islands?
At best we can say that players wishing to play as bug people are far more welcome to claim territory there.

<Snipped quote by Dead Cruiser>We have nearly 30 potential players. I'd rather not have one player getting a large chunk of land at the expense of others.
Besides wouldn't it be more fun if 5-6 player are competing on those islands?
At best we can say that players wishing to play as bug people are far more welcome to claim territory there.

<Snipped quote by Willy Vereb>

Well, by "large chunk of land," I mean this area.

That's one vote for the Sunrise Islands, polling against the Hellmouth Islands. Still torn on the issue, personally.

<Snipped quote by Dead Cruiser>We have nearly 30 potential players. I'd rather not have one player getting a large chunk of land at the expense of others.
Besides wouldn't it be more fun if 5-6 player are competing on those islands?
At best we can say that players wishing to play as bug people are far more welcome to claim territory there.

I would like to say to everyone that I am claiming this land for my WIP nation

My Hider [+]

<Snipped quote by Lauder>That's fine. What kind of color you wish to claim for your nation?

I'd like to claim this part of land if it's still available.

Land [+]

Q: How obligated are we to use the cities/names listed on the map? They all kinda sound like "generic fantasy gibberish" rather than anything cohesive.

Q: How obligated are we to use the cities/names listed on the map? They all kinda sound like "generic fantasy gibberish" rather than anything cohesive.

Feel free to not name your cities and nations based on the map. Enjoy freedom.