dalamb
Deity
We need a second Pro leader next time; I'm considering Saladin (Spi/Pro) on an Oasis map, which seems thematically appropriate.
We need a second Pro leader next time; I'm considering Saladin (Spi/Pro) on an Oasis map, which seems thematically appropriate.
I've never played Pangea, Archipelago, Continents, Hemispheres or Inland sea. One of those might be nice
Depends on the level you play at, stevoh, as well as the map and the AIs. I've been playing a lot of archipelago maps, including several as Ragnar, and I wouldn't call him overpowered at all. Archipelago is a great change of pace because it requires a very different style of play than one of the other scripts. Since it is a rather different type of game, I suggest sticking to a more standard script for a game or two before doing something like that.
I don't know where you got the idea I made major manipulations to this map; all I did was swap our original southern position with another southern civ whose starting position looked better (meaning our original position was worse )Just to clarify my original post in the game thread, my issue was not so much with the map type but the map alterations made to the game. ... Yet this bad start was not rolled but rather manipulated. I'm curious as to what the original start position might have been. ... Anyway, my suggestion to Dalamb is for less manipulation of the map as rolled.
I agree. When we get to Ragnar, Archipelago is where I'd personally prefer to put him, but I think we need easier map types for a bit.Ragnar,... Archipelago ... Since it is a rather different type of game, I suggest sticking to a more standard script for a game or two before doing something like that.
And that's another good reason to delay Ragnar for a while.dunno it seems to me that every water map is basically GLH+MC->Colossus gambit... and with financial leader even more so... and I played something like that in the Maze map not so long ago
As for map scripts. I think some of the more unique scripts are interesting for a change of pace now and then, especially since more experienced players join in the fun. Maybe just alternate between your standards (Fractal, Continents, Pangaea, etc.) and the oddball mapscript - or 2-1-2. The Darius game was loads of fun, even if very easy.
Map types I've never used include:
- Boreal
- Donut
- Ice Age
- Rainforest
- Ring World
- Team Battleground
- Tilted Axis
Good thought. Now that I'm back from work, and can run Civ, I've generated some Tectonics-Inland Sea with the Wet setting. Unfortunately, it only removes the deserts in the Levantine and North African areas of the map (and the Flood Plains) replacing them with Grasslands. The rest of the map is unchanged.With the standard tectonics map, setting the aridity to 'wet' seems to limit the plainspam pretty nicely. Might work with the inland sea variant too?