And, if so: Based on the geography of the Starting Locations,
Which of the 18 CIVs, based on these factors, would be advantaged or disadvantaged:
1. Expansion to new base sites for additional resources.
2. Conquest for taking other Nation's resources/geography.
3. Peace for the purpose of trade; gaining resources that way.
For example:
1. Does Britain have the least space to expand early on, but can trade with other Nations being somewhat protected from geography?
2. Does Zulu have Africa, half-way up to Egypt, having the most space to exand early on, minus sahara desert, but from there, depends on Egypt?
3. Does Aztecs have Central America, being trapped inbetween America and Brazil, where they might be conquered like a broken Warsaw Pact?
4. Is there alot of Warfare in and near Europe because of all the nations that start out there, competing for land: Spain, France, Sweeden, Germany, Russia, Rome, Greece -> Ottoman and Persia?
5. India and China might go after each other in Asia for Asia's Dominance, but does Japan settle Austrailia and trade with both of them to gain an advantage?
Now, how does it change, if certain players are taken out of the equation at the very start? Which nation(s) have the most to gain, or most to lose, based on the competition?
Which of the 18 CIVs, based on these factors, would be advantaged or disadvantaged:
1. Expansion to new base sites for additional resources.
2. Conquest for taking other Nation's resources/geography.
3. Peace for the purpose of trade; gaining resources that way.
For example:
1. Does Britain have the least space to expand early on, but can trade with other Nations being somewhat protected from geography?
2. Does Zulu have Africa, half-way up to Egypt, having the most space to exand early on, minus sahara desert, but from there, depends on Egypt?
3. Does Aztecs have Central America, being trapped inbetween America and Brazil, where they might be conquered like a broken Warsaw Pact?
4. Is there alot of Warfare in and near Europe because of all the nations that start out there, competing for land: Spain, France, Sweeden, Germany, Russia, Rome, Greece -> Ottoman and Persia?
5. India and China might go after each other in Asia for Asia's Dominance, but does Japan settle Austrailia and trade with both of them to gain an advantage?
Now, how does it change, if certain players are taken out of the equation at the very start? Which nation(s) have the most to gain, or most to lose, based on the competition?