plasmacannon
Emperor
This happens to me frequently. So much so, that immediately upon game creation I save the game under a save title "start". I play the first 20-40 turns to determine whether I have a basic start with needed resources. If not I reload the game then regen the map. I'm all for playing the game with an uphill battle, but seriously, a game with nothing in the way of resources sucks. I want a game that's challenging not un necessarily difficult. After all I like many others play this game for fun. I don't use WB, but under a bad start I will regen the map , many times if needed. The only exception to using WB, is if I have double stone/marble resources. Then I would WB to have one of each resource.
I do this on my multiplayer games with a friend of mine. Neither of us like a game w/o strategic resources, so I'll load the MP. game and play a few turns to let him know if he has copper, horse or iron somewhat nearby. If so, then we know the game is plausible. If we can trade a duplicate resource to the other, then we continue too.