Map touch-up request

[Bacchus]

Dear RB,

We would love to play a 7-player Pitboss game with a group of friends, but desiring to retain some semblance of balance and playability, we are reticent to just go ahead and play on a randomly rolled map. Would anyone in the community happen to have a 7 player map lying about or be interested in honing his worldbuilding skills in making/touching up a randomly rolled cylindrical map for us? What we are after is to ensure there are no mid-tundra starts and each player has access to early strategic resources. Can be BnS, or Archipelago, or whatever the mapmaker feels comfortable with. Happy to report the results afterwards (or during the game) to show how development on those particular landmasses went.

Thanks in advance.

[Qgqqqqq]

I've made a map based off Big and Small, standard. Its basically a random map, with one player removed and the rest of the players altered to give strategic resources and some start balance to all (initial happy resources, second city locations). Start locations are random, and will have decent effect despite balancing. So a bit more balanced than the brief, but not hand made.
Do you intend to pick leaders? And do you want me to delete huts?

[Bacchus]

Thank you very much!

We have a handicap procedure for picking leaders: we will roll 9 random restricted ones, and then pick in reverse seeding order, with the least experienced players going first. It's a nice way to balance the game a bit, but still leaves the last picker some flexibility. I'm not sure whether we will pick before or after seeing the start, will consult the gang and post here, then we can see whether we should run seafood-only starts and generally a greater variety of them.

Please delete the huts, yes.

[Bacchus]

Qqqqqqq,

We've decided to pick after seeing the starts, so there is no need to homogenize the starts; if someone will need Fishing or access to AH, they will pick accordingly.

Thanks again!

[Qgqqqqq]

Do you want me to edit your picks in?

[Bacchus]

Thankfully, that's easy to do just via notepad and can be done without spoiling the editor, so we'll do it ourselves.

[Qgqqqqq]

Cool. I'll post it tonight.

[Qgqqqqq]

Here you go. I may have missed a hut or two, but I doubt it. I gave each start a warrior, but that can be edited also if you wish. Remember to change the starting techs!

[Bacchus]

Cheers!

[Commodore]

Cheers!

Report!