- Made major rivers more navigable, most notably the Hudson, Delaware, and Susquehanna.
- Changed player starts. Most notably, England's second team member starts in Boston, and Netherlands' second team member starts in Fort Nassau (Albany)
- The .rar now includes the map by itself. This can be used to generate random games, so you can colonize Manhattan as Spain while neighboring the Inca.
- The default speed is now set to Epic, though this setting can be changed in the set-up screen.