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Pearls - used this to represent mainly Paua - more common the colder it gets, the largest commercial harvest comes from the Chathams (the island way off shore).
Sulphur - No changes really, good job. NZ is the result of two tectonic plates smushing each other. Subsequently it explodes around the place. Especially volcanic is the central north island with the highly active Mt. Ruapehu which goes off every decade or two. While dealing with the central area I changed the mountain placement as it was quite a bit off for some reason =/
Added White Island though, the entire island is made of sulphur.
For Hemp (representing Flax), going from this map. Early settlers found it made excellent rope for ships, ships being the only way to and from NZ. Subsequently one of the first real trade relationships was Maori making flax, and trading it to settlers.
Salt - Apart from Lake Grassmere (Malborough sounds) which you've already covered, not sure wherelse to shove it. NZ has no actual salt deposits.
Potatoes - the ones in the north represent Kumara (sweet potato), the ones near fur represent the typical introduction by sealers and whalers (since they grow easily), and a few more (South island west coast, lower central north island) to represent the modern potato industry.
Coffee - a problem here, coffee really isn't commerically viable here. I chucked one up north at least, but in the end a few more might be arbitrary tossed about
Lemons - small citrus industries confined to the North and west coast of the north island.
Cotton - Another problem. Wrong climate, and traditionally: WOOL WOOL WOOL SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP. Can't think of anywhere to put it.
Olives - Confined to Far North and top of the South Island (from here
Apples - Large apples industry, mostly in the Nelson region (middle West coast, North island). A few more added to areas with rivers, though only a couple in the south due to the cold.
Tobacco - not really an industry here, just added to the typical settler sites.
Rubber - huge problem. Does not exist.
Overall I've also trimmed back resources in some areas as it's completely laden now (it was a bit heavy before). While in reality every hill would have sheep and every grassland cows, it would sorta screw things up
There is a huge disparity in terms of variety between North and South, but this reflects the actual situation as it has always been. On top of this, reflecting the settler mentality, these resources in turn tend to cluster around the natural harbours and bays, and along rivers.
If you started in the south it would be party time in the ancient age with all the stone, marble, copper, and gold. However in the North once things get going you'll benefit heavily from the variety of food and luxury resources.
Most abundant are coal, sheep, cows, fish, whales.
Sulphur - No changes really, good job. NZ is the result of two tectonic plates smushing each other. Subsequently it explodes around the place. Especially volcanic is the central north island with the highly active Mt. Ruapehu which goes off every decade or two. While dealing with the central area I changed the mountain placement as it was quite a bit off for some reason =/
Added White Island though, the entire island is made of sulphur.
For Hemp (representing Flax), going from this map. Early settlers found it made excellent rope for ships, ships being the only way to and from NZ. Subsequently one of the first real trade relationships was Maori making flax, and trading it to settlers.
Salt - Apart from Lake Grassmere (Malborough sounds) which you've already covered, not sure wherelse to shove it. NZ has no actual salt deposits.
Potatoes - the ones in the north represent Kumara (sweet potato), the ones near fur represent the typical introduction by sealers and whalers (since they grow easily), and a few more (South island west coast, lower central north island) to represent the modern potato industry.
Coffee - a problem here, coffee really isn't commerically viable here. I chucked one up north at least, but in the end a few more might be arbitrary tossed about
Lemons - small citrus industries confined to the North and west coast of the north island.
Cotton - Another problem. Wrong climate, and traditionally: WOOL WOOL WOOL SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP. Can't think of anywhere to put it.
Olives - Confined to Far North and top of the South Island (from here
Apples - Large apples industry, mostly in the Nelson region (middle West coast, North island). A few more added to areas with rivers, though only a couple in the south due to the cold.
Tobacco - not really an industry here, just added to the typical settler sites.
Rubber - huge problem. Does not exist.
Overall I've also trimmed back resources in some areas as it's completely laden now (it was a bit heavy before). While in reality every hill would have sheep and every grassland cows, it would sorta screw things up
There is a huge disparity in terms of variety between North and South, but this reflects the actual situation as it has always been. On top of this, reflecting the settler mentality, these resources in turn tend to cluster around the natural harbours and bays, and along rivers.
If you started in the south it would be party time in the ancient age with all the stone, marble, copper, and gold. However in the North once things get going you'll benefit heavily from the variety of food and luxury resources.
Most abundant are coal, sheep, cows, fish, whales.
Same for Salt, since Lake Grassmere is in middle of map, it also works as cause for conflicts because the resource isn't available anywhere else on that map. Clustering some resources to different parts of map will help on trading between players. Rubber you can skip totally if you want - there's building that makes synthetic rubber (made of oil products) so units can use that instead of vulcanized rubber (made of rubber). Downside is that units requiring any rubber resources will appear later in game. Coffee/Cotton/Tobacco you don't really need on that map as those are just health/happiness/gold resources.
