Andera Islands is based on what I call 'interactive sensible growth', which means it will attempt to create a Region (very) loosely following the concept of natural growth giving all players access to all maps.


Andera Islands is not intended as a region in which each player builds as mayor of a city, but as a region that, similar to a model railroad club, is build together by all players to create a region.
This happens in the course of the game based on necessity, tenders, proposals, stupid ideas ...
The broad principles are chosen, and the decisions made, by a 'Parliament' (vote by the players that is) and everything else will be 'privatized industries' or role play. This might include construction companies, City planners, mining companies, environmental groups, ski lift operators,...
These 'institutions', founded by the players, will then play in place of the 'real' players.


Schematic flow of the game:
1) At the beginning, various maps are awarded to several players where each
one builds various small villages. Pretty much the only restriction here will be the size of the village.
Upon completion of the work the maps are returned to the Server.
2) Work on the connecting maps. Roads with further urban and
agricultural areas (and whatever else springs to our minds) on the surrounding maps to have everything gradually grow together.
Maps will be given by request or by winning a tender for a given project. Upon
completion of the work the maps are returned to the Server.
3) Depending on 'making sense' and simple lust for tinkering the individual maps will be enlarged, Highways build, tracks laid, stadiums (airports, exhibition halls, Nature reserves, canals,...) build.

At point 1 and 2 while there obviously will be restrictions on the 'creative freedom', this will be most likely concerned with size and type of construction, not limiting the actual creativity or the layout.

The concept 'prohibits' nothing, it prescribes the requirements regarding the building density and, inevitably following from this, fairly precise population numbers only.
As for the way forward it just won't necessarily be a specific players job to work at any given city, but the player who has a good idea or who is good
at whatever is necessary to build.

Example: A map on which I have built the first town where Mr.Y then built Rail lines, we now need a container port. We both don't know how to or simply don't want to, but Mr.X is good at it or he feels like it.
So the map goes to him for the port. Then the city will be expanded, which again will be done by somebody who's good at downtown building or just feels like he has a good idea.

Nice start to your DD, can't wait to see more.

very nice start can't wait to see your cities

Thanks. The first map should be arriving on Thursday.

That region looks incredible! Great start, I like your idea of having lots of small natural growths combined into one great creation.

Probably the best flag i've seen

Map: Saphira Beach
Construction and Storyline: Simarillion
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After a long and boring journey the first new Settlers have finally arrived at Andera Islands. As it turns out, the group that won the (inofficial) race to be the Pioneers is the north-american contingent led by the charismatic Reverend William Goodwill.

Heeding the call to follow some uncertain tradition, Rev. Goodwill spared no effort and no cost (and the Cruise Ship did cost quite a bit to hire...) to convince his numerous community to come along on this unique adventure.

Here we can see the memorable moment when the fleet throws the anchor in the Bay of Saphira Beach.



Always the first to smell a new business opportunity, Roberto Furfante, Bostonian of italian origins, quickly became part of the Reverends congregation after hearing about the project. He decided to close shop in Boston and to re-open his company as SiMa Urban Constructions srl. on the main Andera Island.

Soon after the first dawn in their new homeland some heavy machinery and work crews were landed on the beach. They started with clearing a path through the coastal forest and set up a small base camp.



Being acustomed to logistical problems of all kind, a small temporary port was constructed to allow the settlers to move their belongings on shore and to set up home.



From there the experience of the the SiMa crews made for easy going and soon a road was laid out along which three Villages started growing with surprising speed.

The first one, in which Roberto decided to set up shop, was called New Boston.



The second village, destined to become an import crossroads, was named Goodwill in the honour of the founding father.



The third village, so far just an outpost in the rural landscape, was baptized by its inhabitants New Hope.



It seems things are going well and we from the "Multiplayer News Network" look forward to the next chapter. We hope you, our dear Readers, do the same.

Amazing that is amazing! I wish I could get back to using Custom Content!

You have great pictures and a very nice DD here. Although your pics are way over the size limit we have here... they must fit the 800x600 rule

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That is some amazing pictures

Those are some pretty big islands Nice job, I really liked the region view

I like those farms and i also love how your villages are built to fit the land they occupy rather than transform the land to fit the town.
Keep it up.

wow i absolutley love this, this look's amazing i can't want to see more