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Bryan Fischer
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Hi everyone,

I've been developing a nasty little game for over a year now. The mechanics are tile-placement, variable powers and some area-control. For the most part, players are placing Locations down on a grid that's getting more and more cramped, so screwing your opposition out of points is a big part of the game.

The game has a decent amount of strategy. Location bonuses and player Initiative (and therefore player order) changes from round to round, as determined strategically by players. In other words, it's not too light. I'd classify it as a heavy-light or moderate game (not for the kiddies).

The name I've been calling it for the last year is fairly lame and vanilla. I know Euro games don't typically go for crazy-cool names what with Puerto Rico and other "building" games named after locations, but I'd like to do something with a little "umph" to it. That's where I'm running into a major road block.

I need ideas! Any help would be awesome! A few words/phrases that I've been tossing around...

- Turf
- Turf War
- City
- City Planner
- burg
- borough
- moxie

Ideas? Thanks! You can also find me on Twitter: @nevermoregames
-Bryan Fischer

Mattterzi
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Turf City

But "Turf City" sounds kind of silly. It is a light theme or a darker/heavier theme?

Bryan Fischer
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Lighter theme. The city

Lighter theme. The city building is more abstract.

questccg
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What about...

How do you like the name "Stomping Grounds"? The "Stomping" part sound like it has to do with territory wars, clashing of opposing clans.

The "urban" definition is: a dangerous territory that one (or a few) is/are currently in possession of. Should a hostile enter the vicinity of the stomping grounds, they will be stomped upon. Stomping or stompin' may refer to actual bushing out of entruders.

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Other thoughts...

If you have more of a "theme", you could have things like "Gangsta ..." or "Mob ..." or "Hood ..."

A couple examples: "Mob In My Hood!" or "Gangstahood" (instead of neighbourhood).

It could be about "companies" fighting each other, then you could have something more "Corporate".

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Other possibilities

You could have something with "Urban" or "Street"... Just don't go naming your game "Street Fighter". I know you'll want to... But don't do it... :P

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You can mix all 3 and get...

"Urban Gangstas" obviously not to be confounded with "Urban Gangstaz"...

Bryan Fischer
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It's a start...

Stomping Grounds isn't bad, but the theme isn't about mobs or rival gangs. It's about developers or builders competing during building.

I might have come up with something. Keep the ideas flowing and I'll post my idea as soon as I've slept on it.

Thanks so far guys for all of the help!

Kirioni
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The universe is not growing :)

So, a bit of a play on words , what about AstroTurf (space but a bit more cramped)

Other ideas...

Urban Sprawl
NIMBY (Not in my back yard!)
Zoning Wars (like building planning committees run amok)
Develop THIS!
Downfall's Architect (name the city Downfall :) )

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