@camel
the discussion wasn't to lobby for more islands but to see which were included and how - for example, if crete were divided, into how many if it were, what the city names were, etc.
beyond that i know it's too late to change it, i wanted to know what was there, that's all.
@idiotboy
the argument was never to go by theme borders exclusively as that would bugger later turkish and latin provinces.
@fate
euboea and naxos wouldn't be new, they're already together in eu's "ionia", but they should be separated. as far as what greek islands need to be in the game, i'd say cyprus, crete, corfu, rhodes (for the hospitallers), euboea (for negroponte), and a bunch of little islands to be lumped together for the theme of the aegean later to become the duchy of the archipelago. the others are really just icing on the cake. the genoese expansion can be simulated by events, as control over certain parts of certain islands gave them more influence in trade. cephalonia was separate, but under the suzerainty of the principality of achaia, so can be regarded as superfluous, where the other vassals of achaia (athens and the archipelago) play a bigger role in history.
one would definitely need more islands in hoi, however.
@gweinel
you could easily simulate the same thing by giving the turks ownership of "macedonia", but the byzantines control in the scenario setup. they wouldn't be at war and (i think) the turks can still march right through it if they want...
steph
