Early TW days

[Tamur]

This discussion of terrain and Shinano makes me think of yet another general area: connection with the landscape.

At the time I was playing, I was occasionally annoyed with the two-landscapes-per-province phenomenon (if there was a river). However, with discussions like this and hindsight being what it is, that is yet another interesting connection to the game.

I don't think anyone can develop a love for dynamically generated landscape unless the dynamics create exactly the same place reliably. Otherwise we can't all mention the defensible ridge to the left, or the hidden plateau, at specific spots, since each map grid will be slightly or wildly different.

edit: plus, this thread made me dig out my Shogun disk case and realise I'm missing disk 1! Ack, time to hit Amazon.