The more I look at it a standard size donut is too small a map for 10 players -- in many cases there is only room for a single city settled slightly aggressively between capitals. I think this is too close.
Also the toroidal map means that there are only 5-tiles of ocean between the E-W and N-S wrappings, which is not really enough space to build solid islands for TWO players.
So my preference would be to move towards at least a large donut map, or a large "ring pangaea". I'll put together a few alternative maps in a few hours.
Attached is a standard size donut map. The preliminary plan was to add a central continent and external islands to this to create more land.
Also the toroidal map means that there are only 5-tiles of ocean between the E-W and N-S wrappings, which is not really enough space to build solid islands for TWO players.
So my preference would be to move towards at least a large donut map, or a large "ring pangaea". I'll put together a few alternative maps in a few hours.
Attached is a standard size donut map. The preliminary plan was to add a central continent and external islands to this to create more land.