Hey all
Well im a little fickle and gameplay for me gets dry after playing the same old thing, but I just love Earth replica maps. So here's another modification of Marla's map (let's all stop to give her a hand again) with a little more wide ranging modifications that I think add to the realism of the map, and the fun of the game.
So here's what I did and I hope it's an improvement. Like I said before this isn't to underscore what Marla did in anyway, simply a way to build upon something that was already fantastic.
Modifications in Edition 2
1a. Gold has been added to the Spanish area. This is due to large silver and gold mines here doing the entire Ancient era. This is why Spain had to look for it elsewhere during the later ages.
1b. Gold has been added to Central America. The Aztecs were rich in gold until their demise and even after, this region was heavily mined.
1c. Gold has been added to Central Europe due to the fact that some mining was done in the North Alps and Europe has been otherwise without gold.
1d. South American gold near the region of Peru has been enriched. This is because of the immense wealth of the Incan's in this region.
2. Horses have been expanded quite significantly in Europe, The Far East, Turkey/Arabia area, and slightly in Northern Africa. This is simply because they were very numerous in all these regions in Ancient and Medievel times. After that it was a matter of breeding and stables and not actual wild horses.
3a. The Himalayas Mountain range has been expanded slightly to better represent the actual magnitude of this chain. More mountains have been placed at its forefront in India due to the size of these mountains, and it has been expanded in size, mainly through hills, on its wings as I found them a bit lacking.
3b. The Hindu Kush range immediatly west of the Himalayas has been increased in size slightly. This is a fairly large range and I considered them to be under represented.
3c. The Yablonovy range starting in central Asia and pushing up through Siberia to the Pacific ocean has been expanded by great bounds. This is a very rough and large range and it was far to small in my opinion. This should lessen the amount of highly colonizable terrain in Asia but not by intense means. Hopefully this will balance the expansion of Eastern states so they dont actually make contact with Europe till much later then 3000 B.C.
3d. The area around Iran/Pakistan/Afghanistan has been made rougher as well. I enlarged this range, called the Plateau Opiran, due to its rockiness.
3e. The Atlas mountains in Northern Africa have also been enlarged slightly. It was a bit larger in my opinion.
3f. Lastly the Brooks range in Northern Alaska has been expanded since it pushed farther north then on the map.
4. India had to nice of region being far to close to the luxery resources available. Thus I have pushed the Dyes and Silks in the Burma area further east, and also removed the incense from this region simply for more balance.
5. I've also added the Great Indian Desert where it edges the Indus River in the west area of India. The plains here have also been pushed farther south.
6. The Arabian Peninsula has been reduced in size slightly only to account for the length of the Pakistan and Iranian region which was quite short. The hills on its south west edge have also been reduced.
7a. I have lessened the amount of Uranium in N. America to two for strategic reasons.
7b. Oil has been put in North Canada simply because of one large well they have on the Peninsula D'ungava. Oil in Alaska has been shuffled to regions where it has higher quantities.
8. Oil has been added near the Caspian Sea due to the large oil fields there. A little bit north west I have added coal because the great coal mines begun there by Stalin that continue to produce large amounts.
9. Ive added more Saltpeter to East Asia due to the amount they have used through the centuries on not only weapons but fireworks.
10.Increased the amount of Fish around Japan since it has always been (since they opened their shores) one of the largest producers of seafood in the world.
11a. The tundra has been pushed further south on Canada's East coast area, and further north in the area around the Rocky Mountains to the West.
11b. Jungle has been added to the mouth of the Mississippi River due to the swamps present there.
12. Desert has been placed lightly in a few regions due to the arid climates in the Iranian and Central Mexican zones. However these are only one or two squares simply to represent how dry it is.
Thats the extent of the changes in Edition 2 of Marla's Map, Scipio mod. All these changes were implemented to lessen the amount of good colonizable zones as I found them to be to abundent, especially in the southern and central Asia zones. And further more to increase the realism of some of the areas as I got caught up in reading an Atlas or two. The last Edition was simply to make it so that resources were more strategic and realistic just for a recap. I hope this increases your gameplay and once again would like to thank Marla for putting in the more significant effort of all.
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Yowl!
Marla, any news on the possible Europe map??? Come to think about it, has anyone else on these Forums discussed what 16 Civ's should be included in Europe. At a basic level it should be possible to rename the non-european civ's to give us 10 extra civ's for Europe!!! 
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I would really like if people can send on my email there saved games (the most advanced as possible would be perfect :crazyeyes ), it would help me a lot to see what works and what didn't.
