Use Wheel of Names to assign prompts

[Straf]

So I've just thought of something where a whole load of prompts can be entered onto https://wheelofnames.com/ Then the challenge referee spins the wheel for each entrant and assigns the prompt it stops on. The wheel spin thing can even be live streamed in the Discord server just for fun.

Prompts could be things like:
City state
Archipelago
Continent
Ocean
Medieval burgh

I'm sure others can contribute more prompt ideas

Then everyone goes off with their prompt and maps what they feel best represents it.

[Voolf]

Greta idea. Seems like fun especially with live stream

[Straf]

Developing on from the original idea, I've got these 8 prompts:
Desert
City state
Mountain range
Forest
Jungle
Port city
Riviera
Trade route

So you can spin and remove. Do this 3 times and you get 3 things you have to feature in your map. e.g. I just got port city, mountain range and jungle so my map would have to feature at least those three elements.

[- JO -]

Good idea !
And very useful resource you gave here !

[desrivieres]

That does sound like fun, although I do wonder if there might be some balance problems?

Someone getting "City state, trade route, port city" basically only has to draw an archipelago, but someone with "Desert, Forest, Mountain Range" probably has to figure out a bigger landmass to be able to fit everything in.

Maybe instead of rolling for random elements, we could roll for "templates" which are packs of 3~4 elements that someone vetted to fit more or less in the same scale / level of detail?