Sherlock
Just one more turn...
I'm been playing on tectonics but I keep getting these skinny islands with no place to go.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
What's a decent map type?
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Heerlo
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I like fractal. With fractal you never know what you'll get. You might get several continents or you might get one semi-pangea.
Frontier's pretty good, too, IMO. You can change the settings in it to make more than one continent, and I think it makes some pretty interesting maps.
Frontier's pretty good, too, IMO. You can change the settings in it to make more than one continent, and I think it makes some pretty interesting maps.
What differences have folks noticed with “Pangaea Plus” (versus Pangaea) and “Continents Plus” (versus continents)? The description just says extra scripting for city state placement. It feels to me like the CS are harder to get to, so less temptation for worker stealing cheese. I still find ice-locked sea resources and land, so that is a bit disappointing.
rkade8583
Realism Invictus Player
I use CPlus and SCPlus but I'll have to try fractal.
TractorBoy
Prince
The variation of map types is part of the reason why Civ5 is such a good game, I would say that they all have something to offer by means of a different challenge. There is one type of map that I do not like and that is the Highlands map, it is a logistical nightmare especially when playing domination games!
jlim201
King
i play usually on continents/continets +/small continents. When going domination, Archipelago (i suck at land battles)
In simple terms all it really means is all/most CS are placed out on islands and chains of island traverse the oceans so on continents plus you should be able to get to the second continent as soon as you have any ships as there should be at least 1 shallow water route created by the extra islands and with pangea plus the city states are just dotted around offshore on islands with usually a chain running east to west/west to east so you can reach the other side of the continent by shallow sea routes.
Other than that they are the same old script.
MarauderCH
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Tilted Axis can make some fun, wacky, and challenging maps!
Lord Tirian
Erratic Poster
There's always PerfectWorld3 from the mods section. One of the prettiest map scripts for sure (and so many options if you're willing to delve into it).
Dave Hartwick
Prince
One I really like but doesn't get mentioned much is Inland Sea. I like strong, landlocked capitals, and IS provides lots of rivers and tends to be roomy. It can also be a paradise for scouting, and I'll often find ruins well after turn 30. The map can actually be a little too roomy on the large setting, leading to unsettled land late in the game and problems with barbarians. It's not hard to fix that by turning up the number of AI civs or CS.
Acken
Deity
Pangea, Fractal, Continents and Archipelago are the most commonly played maps.
seasnake
Conquistador
If you play with mods enabled, tectonics map script produces the most awesome maps I've ever seen: Good continents, island chains, etc. I haven't played a game with any default map type since I started using that one. FYI, the worlds are a bit bigger than the normal settings, so maybe increase your number of civs a little bit. I find the largest setting with 14 or 15 civs gives enough room for some expansion without conflict but also creates enough tension to keep it interesting. You can also up the default city-states to 28 with plenty of room and that helps if you have a CS gobbler like Austria, Venice or Mongolia (or all three!).
I've played it with water based and land based civs and been pretty happy both times.
I've played it with water based and land based civs and been pretty happy both times.
Look for the “plus” maps, you prolly have them. See what Fluffball wrote above, and it conforms to my experience. The CS are moved out quite a bit.
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