Ok, we have some map info before even moving. We have 1300 land tiles:
![[Image: t0_land_totals.JPG]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5826112/RB_Demogame/t0_land_totals.JPG)
That is above-average as predicted, so the starts will be somewhat roomy. To take a recent 5-player game as a comparison, PBEM32 was considered to be relatively big for 5 players, and that only had 1195 tiles. However, it's not necessarily massive either. If you want to take the first CFC BtS MTDG (the SANCTA game) as a comparison, that game had 1893 land tiles despite also being a 5 civ game. So this is certainly smaller than that - which was an enormous map.
To take things further, we know there are islands. Not only are there islands, but there are two different types of islands - reachable by galley and not reachable by galley. This reduces the amount of "true" land tiles in that much less than 1300 are actually on the primary continent, which means the spacing between civs will be slightly closer than you might initially guess.
So expect things to be a bit roomy, but if you have the idea that this will be as roomy as the SANCTA game, then scale your expectations a bit.
That is above-average as predicted, so the starts will be somewhat roomy. To take a recent 5-player game as a comparison, PBEM32 was considered to be relatively big for 5 players, and that only had 1195 tiles. However, it's not necessarily massive either. If you want to take the first CFC BtS MTDG (the SANCTA game) as a comparison, that game had 1893 land tiles despite also being a 5 civ game. So this is certainly smaller than that - which was an enormous map.
To take things further, we know there are islands. Not only are there islands, but there are two different types of islands - reachable by galley and not reachable by galley. This reduces the amount of "true" land tiles in that much less than 1300 are actually on the primary continent, which means the spacing between civs will be slightly closer than you might initially guess.
So expect things to be a bit roomy, but if you have the idea that this will be as roomy as the SANCTA game, then scale your expectations a bit.