I am also interested. I bought BNW a while back but still haven't played it, so this looks like a good impetus.
Desert Folklore is only a problem if you cook the map settings for lots of flood plains. So just don't do that.
Scouts are full-fledged military units in Civ 5; they don't have the restriction against attacking as in Civ 4. They can hold their own in combat and even kill archers. So we don't really want to allow a lot of them, but we do need something to get out there and actually meet the militaristic city-states. Maybe allow a maximum of 2 scouts at a time.
Desert Folklore is only a problem if you cook the map settings for lots of flood plains. So just don't do that.
Scouts are full-fledged military units in Civ 5; they don't have the restriction against attacking as in Civ 4. They can hold their own in combat and even kill archers. So we don't really want to allow a lot of them, but we do need something to get out there and actually meet the militaristic city-states. Maybe allow a maximum of 2 scouts at a time.