What map size do you play?

[Ovulator]

I usually play huge because it seems to give the most realistic game play experiance, standard seems to small and makes conquest easier which isn't exactly "realistic". I've tried a gigantically custom earth map, which I think did help realism, a map should not look like a white blob, also turns took to long:



Also I like to shove 16 civs into the game (again for 'realism') , and a huge map (i think) is needed for that.

 

[ForTheEmpire]

I don't have the time or patience to play huge, and a lot of times large is too time consuming for me. Standard is my personal default size.

 

[Vizurok]

I would like to vote on two options: large and strandard... the others are unplayable for me, especially huge maps...

 

[ManOfMiracles]

Huge. I love exploring. I did random for a bit but decided I didn't care for smaller maps.

 

[homeyg]

All of my Emperor wins have been on standard.

 

[Longasc]

As many players, I played HUGE maps. But now I have switched to Standard.

Why?

I like the bigger maps, but MM becomes a nightmare in the industrial age, and turns take quite some time, mass battles dominate and even if the game is basically won, you need MONTH to finish it - I lost any interest in Civ3 for a while because of an already decided but long taking slugfest to get 66/66 % on a huge map.

Now I am playing Standard map size...

Still, I am fond of superhuge maps, but Civ just does not only take long to load, the 512 city limit and corruption issues are a big problem.

Rhye's Mod is probably good, Ville just recommended it and I must say I really like it, too.

 

[LLXerxes]

I do random most of the time.

 

[Dogmeat]

Standard or Large.
And then lots of civs. Usually so I can't build more than 4-6 cities in the initial expansion phase. I like it that way, less cities to manage and more competition.
(No less than 20 civs for large map)

 

[Kalach]

My favourite is huge archapeligo maps. Lots of exploring to do, and theres actually some use for a navy and paratroopers.
Most games so far have been with only 9 civs, next time I'm going to put in a lot more.

 

[-Gladiator-]

My favourite is huge archapeligo maps. Lots of exploring to do, and theres actually some use for a navy and paratroopers.
Most games so far have been with only 9 civs, next time I'm going to put in a lot more.

Same here, only problem is that wonders such as The Pyramids and The sun tzu's art of war lose their point on archipelago maps...so i usually let the civ3 editor create a custom map and then I edit a bit so that it becomes a mixture of Pangea and Archipelago- usually 1 or 2 huge continents and lots of little islands

 

[Tappara]

Standard. Earlier when I started playing Civ I played huge or large maps, but never finished those games. A good warmongering takes so much time, and micromanaging gets really annoying. In standard maps there is enough room to expand, but the game won't last forever .

 

[CaptainPete]

My computer can't really handle anything larger than small (I played a huge map once and the waiting times while it thought about the AI's moves nearly drove me insane). I tried tiny once but there were hardly any resources (no iron or aluminium) so it got a bit frustrating towards the end. Now I play on small most of the time since the games don't take too long.

 

[The True Sultan]

I play standard usually, because its a nice mix of exploration and expansion balanced with easy micromanagement. Sometimes when im feeling a bit pedantic/obsessive compolsivethough i play tiny pangea maps, so that in the very early stages of the game all the good land is taken, and from there on its like a chess game, with each city fufilling a vital and unique function. and every city is important.

 

[Ville]

Standard or Large

 

[Lennon]

I always play the HUGE mothers, because I like the realistic feel to it. I also have this Barbarossa style hankering to invade Civs with a huge land mass, which they only get on a huge map...

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Standard, allows a decent number of oppenents, and lag and corruption aren't bad.

 

[dgfred]

I don't have the time or patience to play huge, and a lot of times large is too time consuming for me. Standard is my personal default size.

Me either . Standard is my personal favorite, small ones for a quick, fun
Monarch game and Standard for Emperor and Diety games .

 

[Midnight Piper]

Huge and custom (larger) maps - no feeling of achievement with the mini-games. I also slow down tech advances on custom to get a longer game. Love the 1- to 3-week games and despise the 1000-turn limit. Ideal would be about 2200-2500 turns.

 

[Colonel]

i tired playing huge maps but that is just to long a wait so i went to standard sometimes large

 

[Tripwire]

Huge, sometimes Large. I love conquests that take lots of time and planning, and the big maps let you do that very well. Of course, turns end up taking forever.

6 GHz CPUs can't get here fast enough.