World maps

[EmperorJay]

I've seen quite a lot of these exist, which ones would you recomend?

IMPORTANT: starting positions should be correct, I refuse to play Rome, and start in Mongolia just beside the Aztecs

[Sheik]

Ka-El
El Mency

are the good ones. If the starts are not right then just change them yourself.

[minke19104]

Marla Singer's?

I havent played any of them though

[Boris Godunov]

Depends what size you want. El-mency just put out a massive 362X362 map in the files forum. I imagine it would make for an unbearably long game, and would kill anything but the top-of-the-line systems. But it's incredibly well-done.

[MrDictator]

theres one called Earth 256 or something thats pretty good but also huge. I think the incans replace the iroqois

[Boris Godunov]

The problem with the world maps, for me at least, is that the European civs get an unfair shake in terms of expansion room, and in Civ that's a killer.

[Theseus]

I like the El-mency maps, but have stopped playing known maps.

(God, how well I remember the Civ2 worldmap... I can still envision the glory and pain of China, the incredible riches of North America, the frustration of South America, etc. Greenland for goody huts...)

[badams52]

I played on a world map once, back in civ I. I prefer not to know the underlying terrain.

[2manyusernames]

I too, don't like playing with any of the pre-made maps. They take away the discovery/exploration part of the game.

[Jon Shafer]

I think a variation of Marla's is probably best. He did a very good job on it, and I think there may be a version that has the civ-sites pre-set already.

[Manya]

for all of you is not el-mency is el mencey

[VJ]

(God, how well I remember the Civ2 worldmap... I can still envision the glory and pain of China, the incredible riches of North America, the frustration of South America, etc. Greenland for goody huts...)

US and Africa we're goldmines in Civ1.