[PB73] Map-making thread

[Tarkeel]

I think you posted the old start 4?

Crap. Good catch, will try to fix, on phone now.

[Tarkeel]

General:
Enlarged some islands to make more pre-astro passages and ensuring no one-tile islands
Lessened the ice-belt somewhat
Moved and added strategics for all starts; I've not done anything to marble.
Distances:
A-B is 11+2 with a jungle belt inbetween
D-E is 16+4 with a desert and most of the good land on D's side

Start A/3:
Native Lux: Ivory, Gold, Silk, Sugar


Added some (contested) food in the jungle; pigs are the midpoint towards B/4.
Might need some more seafood for the southern islands?

Start B/4:
Native Lux: Furs, Spices, Silks, Incense


Add some seafood on the northern coast?

Start C/1:
Native Lux: Ivory, Furs, Silver, Gold, Whales


Added some food on the southern peninsula; note the jungled pigs without marker.

Start D/2:
Native Lux: Ivory, Gems, Dyes, Wines, Spices, Silver(?), Furs (?)


Thinking of removing the far north furs and silver.

Start E/5:
Native Lux: Silver, Incense, Spices, Wines


Loosened up the northern desert somewhat.

South-Central Orphan Islands:


All the starts have access to the area, but start C probably has an advantage.
Shrink the lake to freshwater status?

[Commodore]

Oceana getting the inner sea turned to lake would be good. I'd also make that linking peak between Starts 1 and 4 into a flatland instead, let it be a city site.

[Tarkeel]

I'd also make that linking peak between Starts 1 and 4 into a flatland instead, let it be a city site.

Yeah, that sounds good. Will make it two tiles though.

In general, I've been trying to keep the number of edits down on this one.

[Krill]

That peak shouldn't necessarily be changed, there's already been discussion about settling overseas for the fish affecting starting moves. If it is left as a peak then they can fight over it with culture for vision.

+1 to the inland sea being a lake though.

Other than that looks fine. Any problems are the challenge, right?

[Tarkeel]

Still think that Start D/2 should lose the far away silver and furs to have lux in line with the other starts.
Start B/4 could use a crab/clam on either side of the bay, feeding the oil and incense cities, but I guess it's in line with making this a bad start.
I think the peak is good, as it provides some defense/buffer against the super start.

Going to shrink the oceania lake and remove the surplus lux at D/2 and then the map should be ready to go.

[Krill]

Yeah remove the extra lux at d2.

[Tarkeel]

Final map:


I've gone through and checked that techs and locations are according to Scooter's summary post.

[Tarkeel]

Yuri's start was the unnerfed version, and signs have now been removed:

[Qgqqqqq]

I can't believe you put a start as isolated. Probably the map should have been one continent, but I just completely discounted that idea as possible, and I think I was right to. It added an extra element that no one could have known when picking.