Chris Hill
Warlord
I am running a large size, small continents game, with myself as Elizabeth vs. all of the new civs. For that map, I would expect between 2 to 4 civs per continent to give a balanced layout.
I quickly found that I had Gajah Mada to the north, Pocatello to the east, Enrico Dandolo to the south-east with Pedro II and Ahmad al-Mansur south of him, and only a short war between Pedro and Enrico.
So I am in a continent with 6 civs and expected the other 4 to be together. Having got to Astronomy and updated my triremes to caravels, I started exploring the rest of the map - and found that Ashurbanipal and Shaka are in one contnent, and at war, with Casimir III and Maria I on their own islands.
OK, I have the advantage of easier trade routes, but the other 4 are limited until they get cargo ships and can find each other.
I quickly found that I had Gajah Mada to the north, Pocatello to the east, Enrico Dandolo to the south-east with Pedro II and Ahmad al-Mansur south of him, and only a short war between Pedro and Enrico.
So I am in a continent with 6 civs and expected the other 4 to be together. Having got to Astronomy and updated my triremes to caravels, I started exploring the rest of the map - and found that Ashurbanipal and Shaka are in one contnent, and at war, with Casimir III and Maria I on their own islands.
OK, I have the advantage of easier trade routes, but the other 4 are limited until they get cargo ships and can find each other.