I'm not sure how narrowly you mean "exploring the Americas", or how strict you are with exactly 1492 as the starting point. I think there are several scenarios from this era that
include exploration of the Americas, alongside developments in Europe or the rest of the world. Have you looked at all of the scenarios on the following two pages? There is some overlap but also some entries that are only on one and not the other. I see quite a few that would at least fall in your timeframe, but I'm not sure if you already considered them or if they're outside the scope of what you want:
https://www.civfanatics.com/civ2/downloads/scenarios/renaissance/
http://sleague.civfanatics.com/index.php?title=Category:Age_of_Discovery
I also have an old downloaded scenario called "1492" that I can't seem to find online anywhere... no idea where I found it, or how good it is, but I'll attach it here.
Is there any chance you mean
Kyokujitsu? Probably not since it has lots of custom graphics, but I don't have any other candidates to offer...
I try to collect scenarios from pre-1900 and have quite a few of those, but I'm not the expert here (by any means!) on scenarios covering WWII or thereafter. Perhaps someone else has suggestions to offer in this regard. I don't know about the Asia map either, sorry.
Yeah, thank you, I'm running a turn of Fortress Europe, which is VERY long, but I'll check out the 1492 scenario in a couple of minutes. EDIT: Naw, I was hoping for something closer to a Colonies I in premise but a more modern crack at it. More events to force the European AI to take an interest in the Americas. Although this disinterest did allow myself as the French crown to engage is LOTS of trade with the Indian factions. It's not in the spirit of colonization as we think of it, but eager European traders showing up in 1496, wanting to see what trade goods are available and generally being cooperative rather than conquesting with the locals? France certainly did that IRL, albeit starting in the very late 1500s. But why they didn't do this from the beginning is a burning question for me now, and exploring this possibility of French traders and explorers and missions running a first contact more out of Star Trek than what the Spanish did. At least at first. How much could be documented of the people before the plagues start to wipe them out in earnest? Surviving records of the Mississippian civilization before it disappeared completely, first-hand accounts of the Amazon cities anymore that don't exist but we just found using Satellites and Google maps.
So a starting point in 1942 or earlier, as in hiring out Columbus in 1485 from under a very frustrated Columbus at the Portuguese court, would be amazing. Also if there was a plague flag or counter where the more contact you have with the natives,. the more likely you're to set off the plagues that killed up to 90% of the Amerindians, and there is NOTHING you can do about it.
Kyyokujitsu thing is not what I'm talking about. This scenario was Fantastic Worlds, if not the Conlfcits era. But the map was very interesting. This new one looks very interesting, but part of my blood boils when I release the arms service is only me co-belligerent....but hey....that happened in real life! LOL. Also very angry, but then LOL again .
So what's you're favorite era of scenarios? You said pre-1900s, but that's a LONG time. My favorite scenario of all time is Fading Lights, followed by one of the Alexios I scenarios, the one where you start in 1071 and the map goes all the way to France. Colonies IVI have a love-hate relationship; it's within the context of MGE, a perfect scenario, it's a masterpiece in any context......but damn I felt dirty participating in the slave trade an I very damn well know why they did it historically. The money from plantations, especially in the form of trade unto homed in the Carribean with a city with lots of active plantations? 1600---2400 gold per trader. I Man, I can never augh as fully at Krusty when he breaks down in Camp Krusty and tells Bart they pulled a dump truck full of money up to his house, and that he's not made of stone. Cause,.....I kinda failed that test too
Not strictly before 1900, but just at, have you ever played Le Belle Epoch? Best peacetime game I've ever had in Civilisation. The first time in this game I didn't want to go to way, not just because of the context of what post-WWI was like, but because I was making money hand over fist!
Checking out Kyyokujitsu, I found a Deleteevent that works with Windows 10, so I'm trying to jury rig Fortress Europe into something that can accommodate this. I was thinking of a flashpoint where the Allies, make a point to support the Polish Home Army, which I've switched to being Allied instead of Soviet because....the Home Army wasn't Soviet allied. All you gotta do is move the massive tank spawn jon the road just west of Warsaw and you have a perfect storm of an annoyed Red Army still barreling west AND a very nervous Free Poland in a sea of t-34s.
But I've looked up and down in every scenario category on Civ fanatics, Scenario League wiki, every still functioning link I can find that might have Civ 2 scenarios.
You appear to have the first release of Jeleen's 1492 scenarios he posted on CFC here:
