The Future (Map Game series)


 * The Future is a Map Game series originally created by Mapmaker023 (Mapmaker024) and continued by various people such as starring94 and KKAP. The series takes place on Earth, usually with the world map of 2015. Players have to choose a country and grow their nation into a world power. They can also forge alliances and attack other players. There is no ultimate "winning goal", and players can play as long as they want. Several sequels have been made since the original ended due to boycotting or players losing interest, most notably The Future Revived. The map game series have bought changes to Mapperdonian map games and populating the global free-for-all genre. Many view it as the most popular map game series ever made until A World of War.

Mechanics
Early versions of the game had INVENTED a turn-based game where players usually make their own turns during a time period of a few days before moving on to another player. During this time, most turns are usually in a paragraph, and it is somewhat hard to decipher territorial changes. NPCs during the original "The Future" were pretty nonexistent as they just sit and await their fates.

It wasn't until "The Future: Revived", the game that actually changed the way Map Games were also played. Like its predecessor, it also changed the map game world. It introduced a simultaneous turn-base where players can make their turns at the similar times and it would help speed the game along. Each turn is redefined into a year rather than players', which makes it easier to use dates. Under The Future: Revived, it also introduced several other things that weren't as noted.

It wasn't until Future: Eve of War had things changed yet again. It introduced a standard set of rules that is still used by most map games today and player turn structure (Diplomacy, Military, Economy, Government) that players got used to in other map games.

List of games
There are currently 9 games in the series.

Gallery
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Trivia
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Planned Map Games

 * The Future: Ice Age - The concept of the map game dated back to Mid- 2016. Set in 2075 (60 years after original The Future, about about 30 years after The Future: Eve of War), the allied victory (rather than fascist) has resulted in a post-war technological boom that advanced human technology and social progress. With the help of the harnessing of the sun, genetic modifications, and invention of the limited self-aware AI Tank called Bolos, first invented in 2052 and the recent introduction of the sixth series, humanity has evolved into a FULLY Type I civilization with its hints of nearing Type II production. However, by this time, as humanity switched to renewable resources, the world by this time had been overdue for an ice age. It also features as the official continuation of The Future: Eve of War with parts from other The Future: Map Games in different universes. The Game is planned to introduce (or developed the original concept of) a new "Survival" gameplay rather than domination. Players must survive in a continuously shrinking habitable map, fighting each other for room and resources at the equator.

Cancelled Map Games

 * The Future: Storyshift Revolution: