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The creativeness and ingenuity of gamers continually amazes me. This is especially true when it comes to the countless variants that are have been created for the most popular games and even many less well-known games. Unlike rules variants, which I’m sure require a good deal of time investment in their own right, it is the alternate maps for various games that I find particularly impressive, given the enormous amount of time that must go into conceiving and playtesting such creations. With the tons of new Age of Steam maps that come out at Essen each year, speaking of which, check out Ted Alspach’s Board 2 Pieces from October 19, 2006, and this year being no exception, I began to ponder just how many Age of Steam maps have been created. This led me down the garden path to wondering just how many Ticket to Ride and Power Grid maps had been created as well because even though the number of maps for those two games combined pales in comparison to the number of Age of Steam maps, there are still an incredible number of maps for each of those games. I then set out to create a table for each of these three games, depicting a photo of the map, the name of the map, the designer, and a link to where you can find out more information about each map. How did I pick these three games? There’s no particular reason; they’re just the games that came to mind as having a large number of variant maps, but feel free to let me know if I’ve overlooked a game that should have been included in addition to Age of Steam, Ticket to Ride, and Power Grid. In fact, please let me know if there are any omissions or mistakes, which I’m sure there are given the size of this project. As of uploading this project on October 10, 2007, I have found and catalogued 103 maps: 62 Age of Steam maps, 27 Ticket to Ride maps, and 14 Power Grid maps. They have been sorted alphabetically in the following tables. Finally, while it doesn't have anything to do with this specific project of mine, I just don't feel right writing about creativeness in the creation of maps without at least mentioning Mark Mahaffey's Mapology Portfolio, which you owe it to yourself to check out so you can see his amazing map creations.
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 Alpha Centauri David Turner |
 Australia Dan Rosewater |
 America Ted Alspach |
 Austria Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 Barbados Ted Alspach |
 Central America J.C. Lawrence |
 China Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 Corsica Lajos Brons |
 Denmark J.C. Lawrence |
 Disco Inferno Ted Alspach |
 Eastern United States & Canada John Bohrer |
 England Martin Wallace |
 Europe Ted Alspach |
 France John Bohrer |
 Germany John Bohrer |
 Golden Spike Ted Alspach |
 Hong Kong Lajos Brons |
 Iceland Lajos Brons |
 India #1 Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 India #2 Claude Parenteau |
 Ireland Martin Wallace |
 Isle of Wight J.C. Lawrence |
 Italy John Bohrer |
 Jamaica Ted Alspach |
 Japan J.C. Lawrence |
 Korea Martin Wallace |
 London J. C. Lawrence |
 Mars Alban Viard |
 Mexico Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 Mississippi Steamboats Ted Alspach |
 Mongolia Lajos Brons |
 Montreal Metro Michael Webb |
 Moon Alban Viard |
 Netherlands John Bohrer |
 New York City Subway Alban Viard |
 New Zealand Claude Parenteau |
 Northeastern United States Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 Northern California – Bay Area Ted Alspach |
 Ohio Mike Bazynski |
 Pennsylvania – 1830s Ted Alspach |
 Puerto Rico #1 Alex Bove |
 Puerto Rico #2 Ted Alspach |
 Reunion Island Ludovic Gimet |
 Romania J.C. Lawrence |
 Rust Belt Martin Wallace |
 Scandinavia Martin Wallace |
 Scotland Kevin Duffy |
 Siberia Lajos Brons |
 Slovakia Lajos Brons |
 St. Lucia Ted Alspach |
 Soul Train Ted Alspach |
 South Africa Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 South America Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 Spain Claude Parenteau |
 Spain & Portugal Steam Brothers (Pierre Paquet & Martin Sasseville) |
 Sun J. C. Lawrence |
 Switzerland John Bohrer |
 20,000 Rails Under the Sea Ludovic Gimet |
 Umbria Sergio Roscini |
 Wales J.C. Lawrence |
 War in Iraq Alban Viard |
 Western United States John Bohrer |
 Austria #1 Bodo Malo |
 Austria #2 Lukas & Daniel Köchler |
 Belgium Nicolas Maréchal |
 Bretagne Skedus |
 China Andreas Bummel |
 Connecticut Keith Corbino |
 Cuba Juan Palacio |
 Egypt Thomas Cerncic |
 Europe Alan Moon |
 Finland Esa Kujala |
 France Cédric Hottinger, Élise Mingler and Yann Manigler |
 Germany Alan Moon |
 Hamburg Johannes Göbel |
 Holland Bjorn Vije |
 Hungary Ivanyosi-Szabo Gabor |
 Italy #1 Matteo Montanari |
 Italy #2 Marco Chiesi |
 Lyon François Haffner |
 Nordic Countries Alan Moon |
 North Africa Andreas Bummel |
 Portugal Helio Andrade |
 Quebec Guilain |
 Scandinavia Andreas Ericson |
 Switzerland Alan Moon |
 United Kindom #1 David Millard |
 United Kingdom #2 Stefan Grunhold & Wiebke Lüdemann |
 United States Alan Moon |
 Atolla Modulis Jean-Claude Adelmand |
 Australia Chris Jones |
 Benelux Friedemann Friese |
 Canada #1 Ryan Amos |
 Canada #2 Dean Maki |
 Central Europe Friedemann Friese |
 France Friedemann Friese |
 Germany Friedemann Friese |
 Greece Aristides Mytaras |
 Ireland Chris Jones |
 Italy Friedemann Friese |
 Japan David Pugh |
 United Kingdom Chris Jones |
 United States Friedemann Friese |