Taneda Santôka
Chieftain
I like the map and the setup, love the resources and city-states, but the map could use some tweaks :
- France is half the size of Spain but has always been twice its contender and is actually much bigger in size anyway
- Borneo and Iceland need mountains on them, not just hills.
- Africa is way too big, it's the biggest landmass with only two civs merely competing, so shrinking that challenging bit of earth is mandatory : my idea would be to make the Mediterranean taller, and the Arabian peninsula wider (westward) to move some of the spare space to other cluttered areas. Sure Africa will look a bit awkward, but it would balance things.
- China should start with its capital in Shanghai, not Beijing, so that it settles China as it should, instead of going for Korea then Manchuria as it's consistently done in my games - India and Siam getting the Chinese territory.
- Move Sakhalin and Kamchatka north, and expand Japan north to, it needs more space and all that Siberian waste is a just a waste.
- Put more tundra instead of plains in Siberia : it's too easy to see cities prosper there.
- Staying in Japan, Kyushu (south island) could need two more hex if you move Okinawa one hex south, and same for Hokkaido (north island).
- Hokkaido which needs a grain resource : it's the granary of Japan.
- Maybe some cattle near Kyoto for Kobe beef ?