So what happens if you lose on a map

[BladeofSharpness]

Two hypothesis, if you please:

1. Scenario I. Monsters break through and destroy your village center. What can you do from others maps to get back to this map? Nothing? So the campaign is over if you want to 'win' it as you must survive one year on each (I suppose here you died before the one year)

2. Scenario II. You know you screwed up somehow and the next night, or perhaps the night after, you are done on a map. But you have adjacent maps with thriving villages. How many people and what strategy should you pursue on the others maps to reinforce the almost-failed map?

[Tiberiumkyle]

'Losing' a region currently requires all villagers be killed. As long as even a single villager remains alive in the region, you can keep playing it. Once all villagers are dead, you get a message about losing the region and are booted out, unable to return without dooming the world, or mucking around with your save data.
If you have other regions that are playable, you can do that. If not, doom the world, try again.

If the village center is destroyed, you can place the basic camp again and if anyone survives, they'll rebuild it when they can, allowing you to build back up. Generally, if you had monsters push through the village enough to destroy it, you've basically lost already. Depending on the specific situation, it may or may not be possible to recover.

Trying to migrate reinforcements in needs to be done with several days to work with. Migration is slow.

[BladeofSharpness]

Mmmh ok, so the end game needs some refinements I guess? Unless we are playing a hardcore rogue like ...

I mean, if you can't win (as per the current winning condition) as soon as you lose one map ... that's hardcore. Imagine you play well but somehow at the 10th map you lose. Yes, in theory you can continue playing on others maps, but you can't win.

I guess Ray will add something in the future so you can do a reconquest or something... Hopefully!

[Tiberiumkyle]

That current win goal is probably going to be removed/reworked in some way when Ray guts the current goal system and replaces with something that ties in with achievements.

[ImSolidGold]

"Unless we are playing a hardcore rogue like ..."
wasnt RTR meant to be a rogue like game? O_o

[BladeofSharpness]

Even if it is hardcore rogue-like, you would either be permanently dead upon losing a map, or you could recoup from the loss.
Losing on a map, then being able to play on 20 extra ones, and yet not being able to fulfill the win condition. No, I think Kyle is right, this will be reworked, as this just don't fly for now.