MP Game - RewriteHistory - 18civ EARTH map historical start position

[zenspiderz]

I'll take China.

Ok which leader do you want? Mao or Qin? Either is allowed since neither is creative.

 

[whiplash_CDC]

Ah, forgot about that. Quin please.

 

[BCLG100]

I've played two world maps now so i dont fancy playing another but a couple of things we've noticed from playing them is this.

You need to put in some form of route traversable by galleys from the Americas to Europe/China, without it they just fall behind rapidly in tech (we play with tech trading off so this is all down to lack of trade routes)

You need to remove some of the Jungle in South America and add some grass in South Africa, without it it is very boring for those concerned as in South America they largely can't do anything until IW and South Africa have nothing to work with really.

 

[zenspiderz]

I've played two world maps now so i dont fancy playing another but a couple of things we've noticed from playing them is this.

You need to put in some form of route traversable by galleys from the Americas to Europe/China, without it they just fall behind rapidly in tech (we play with tech trading off so this is all down to lack of trade routes)

You need to remove some of the Jungle in South America and add some grass in South Africa, without it it is very boring for those concerned as in South America they largely can't do anything until IW and South Africa have nothing to work with really.

Ok thanks for the tips. I am editing the map to make it more playable, so far I have made some mountains into hills and replaced some desert with plains. I think I will add coastal routes between New and Old worlds. It is not so unhistorical either as the Vikings reputedly made it at least to greenland with their longboats, polynesians made it to south america in canoes and the Chinese claim to have made it to australia in junks (caravels?). Presumably the Native Americans arrived in North America by crossing the bering straits from east asia some 10,000 years ago...

 

[BCLG100]

Are you using Rhye's map?

When we played this map we only had a couple of civs in europe and just removed quite a few of the resources. From memory you may have to put horses in north america as well i can't remember.

 

[Indiansmoke]

Which earth map are you editing Zen?

 

[zenspiderz]

Which earth map are you editing Zen?

Not sure I downloaded it from map section many months ago but saved in under a different name. I think it is called 18 civ earth (blank).

 

[classical_hero]

I wil be the Native Americans.

 

[whiplash_CDC]

I just noticed you are planning on using Epic Speed.

I think that's too sloooooooooow.

 

[zenspiderz]

I just noticed you are planning on using Epic Speed.

I think that's too sloooooooooow.

Well hopefully we can organise some sessions later to move things along. But yeah I know what you mean and if there is a strong calling for normal speed or whatever then I'll change that. But the larger the map the more turns you need really. Otherwise military units tend to be obsolete by the time they reach their destination.

 

[karayanev]

Can I have Russia please (Peter)

 

[Levgre]

I approve of the epic speed. No reason to hurry a game like this, and epic is only 1.5 times normal. I'm playing an epic speed game that started about 4 months ago, and we are at 1000 AD already.

Marathon, I'd have doubts about....

 

[Hoplosternum]

Yes I agree Levgre - people go on about how slow Epic speed is but I have never found it to be that bad. It's not that much of a change from Normal. I play some sp and some mp on Epic and it doesn't feel too slow at all.

 

[karayanev]

Epic is good

 

[Elkad]

epic is fine with me. my preferred speed actually

 

[zenspiderz]

Ok I guess we can stick with epic.

 

[IanDC]

I'd be interested also if you still have space & it's now going to be no Tech trading.

Elizabeth for England please.

 

[zenspiderz]

Ok more than half the places are taken; we are doing well.

A recap of the civs still up for grabs:

Aztec OR Maya
Byzantine OR Ottoman
Egypt
Germany (Bismarck or Frederick) OR HRE
India (Gandhi or Asoka)
Mali
Mongolia
Rome
Viking

Just 2 places open for europe.

 

[zenspiderz]

I'd be interested also if you still have space & it's now going to be no Tech trading.

Elizabeth for England please.

Ok you're in and yes Techtrading is disabled.

 

[classical_hero]

I think we should wait to start this game, since a mew patch is very close to be done, thus we won't need to worry about the unofficial patch to play this game.