Originally posted by Sparhawk
Marla's map makes for one real good game. I add some horses to the american continent though just to make things more even.
I was thinking about this too Marla, and it would be right to assume that you should not, from YOUR perspective, that the last of the equine Native to North and South America dissapeared roughly 20,000 years before the start of the game, however, America did not exist in 1600 AD, let alone 3000BC, yet we play with that as a civ (kind of silly I admit, but there would never be a way to correctly have a civil war witht he english leaving americans in a meaningful way in the game (though they tried civil wars in civ2 the concept was hardly workable). But I digress.
In any case, I was thinking that it might make sence to include equines since they were there at one point and simply died out due to Ice ages, and now, today roam freely and wildly on the plains of America, as they once did 20,000 years ago.
What really irked me, was that COAL, one of the most abundant reasources on earth which also appears in-game, is highly under represented in the map you have created. even today it is still our most plentiful fossile fuel, and nearly every location on earth has a source of coal near to it. Eroup and america especially have many coal deposits.
Another I feal, inadequately scattered reasource is Oil.
I know part of the problem in Civ3 is that Oil only occurs in the Desert tiles, and that this is far from the truth in real life; however, Central and south america are not a wholely Oil devoid area, in fact many of the dictatorships there support themselves on Oil, it is most of the Nationalised comerce comes from such. We as americnas refuse to trade with them for political reasons, but the Oil exists none the less. Perhaps some areas of Oil that are also being mined at sea coudl be represented on land near-by as well.
I know you took the time to try and spread the reasources to increase the trade between nations, but I question whether these two major reasorces were adiquately proportioned to their distribution on earth. that of course, is my two cents, and you may take it or leave it.
