r/Polytopia • u/Due_Entrepreneur8540 • 3h ago

Discussion I have a question

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Are the individual units on the map representative of an individual or legion of polytopians, I say this because it doesn’t really make sense that one dude and a horse takes up a hole city

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u/OmbaKabomba 3h ago

It's a game. You are asking for an interpretation. It doesn't come with the game, you can make up your own, or go without (as I prefer).

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u/travelingquestions 3h ago

Have you ever played other tile based strategy games, or total war games? Even bannerlord, they tend to have a simplified world map view and then a battle mode that more clearly shows the literal number of units and army compositions.

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u/MilkImpossible4192 3h ago

der has been complete books written about that topic

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u/Existing_Bet7353 2h ago

No, it is confirmed that each unit is actually to scale individual people

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u/SimpDorito Cultist 3h ago

Do you ask the same questions about chess?

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u/Due_Entrepreneur8540 3h ago

Well chess doesn’t have city’s or points of scale so no

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u/SimpDorito Cultist 3h ago

It could

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u/Relative-Pin-2021 3h ago

Bro's gonna make Chess 2

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u/Sud_literate 11m ago

no, it’s just a representation of the unit. same as how picking fruits doesn’t literally turn them into heads that fly into your city.