by Willie900 » 08 Oct 2017, 03:52
It's pretty easy to start making a variant--all you need is an idea and an image editor (I prefer paint.net for those sweet sweet layers). You'll want to decide on what setting you want, which nations to include, how many SCs to have, how big the map is, and so on. I suggest finding a blank map of the area you want to work with online and go to town with a first draft. You'll want to try having province borders mostly match real-world borders, and have SCs mostly match real-world cities. Once you have a convincing first draft (a full map with nations, starting units, SCs, and maybe a set of new rules if your variant has more than just a new map) you can start the hard part, which is balancing it--you can post the draft to this forum for advice on balancing and ensuring the variant is fun. Once you've gone through a few versions you might want to give the variant a test run, to see if it really is balanced and fun--again you can do that on this forum.
I'll warn you, the second world war is a pretty popular setting for variants and several already exist, but if you have a new spin on it (such as some sort of new unit or rule that mixes up the game) then it might still be a welcome addition.
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