Hub Regional Map: No world wrap Large Land-Heavy Map: 64 plots wide, 40 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Polar Climate: Icy at the map's center, warmer in the surrounding regions. Balanced Landmasses: Each player gets their own subcontinent, roughly equal in quality. Spokes: Landbridges connect each player area to the map's center region. AREAS PER PLAYER - Choose whether there will be "extra", uninhabited buffer zones. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. 1 Per Player - DEFAULT - One subcontinent per player, regions may be close together! 2 (10 Players Max) - Adds extra uninhabited regions, but this can only be done for up to ten civs. If more than ten civs are included, then you get 1 per player. LAND SHAPE - Choose the roughness of the shoreline for player areas. Random - DEFAULT - Randomly picks one of the options. Natural - Player areas will have spidery peninsulas, maybe small islands too. Pressed - Player areas will have some variance, maybe a peninsula or two. Solid - Player areas will have smooth shorelines and be more densely packed. NEUTRAL TERRITORY - Choose the roughness of the shoreline for neutral/uninhabited areas. Random - DEFAULT - Randomly picks one of the options. Varied - Differs from one neutral zone to another, within the same game! Pressed - Neutral areas will have some variance, maybe a peninsula or two. Natural - Neutral areas will have spidery peninsulas, maybe small islands too. Islands - Neutral areas will contain numerous small and tiny islands. ISTHMUS WIDTH - Choose the width of the "spokes" that connect each area to the center. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. 1 Plot Wide - Spokes will be one plot wide. (Can build cities here to act as canals.) 2 Plots Wide - DEFAULT - Spokes will be two plots wide. Some canals may be possible. 3 Plots Wide - Spokes will be three plots wide. Canals are unlikely or impossible.

Ice Age Global Map: World Wrap left to right Oceanic Map: 84 plots wide at "Standard" map size Glaciation: 36 plots tall at "Standard" map size Bitter Cold: Only the equatorial region is still temperate. Little jungle, some forest. Very Low Sea Level: Much of the oceans are now locked in ice. Where the land is still habitable there is more of it to inhabit now. This makes for a unique Civ experience. LANDMASS TYPE - Choose the size and number of landmasses Random - DEFAULT - Weighted random roll that favors Islands and Narrow Continents but is capable of giving you any of the landmass options. Wide Continents - Will give you one to three large continents. Narrow Continents - Can vary in number of continents, but they tend to be narrow and snaky. Islands - Large islands, mostly, perhaps some will snake together and combine. Small Islands - Small islands and rarely anything you could call a continent.

Inland Sea Regional Map: No world wrap Land-Heavy Map: 52 plots wide, 32 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Balanced Start Plots: Civs are evenly spaced around the "hub" that is the inland sea Temperate: Almost no rain forests or cold terrain at "Temperate" Climate.

Islands Global Map: World Wrap left to right Oceanic Map: 84 plots wide, 52 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Balanced Terrain: Each player starts with their own "large island", roughly equivalent Coastal Start: All players guaranteed to start along the coast NUMBER OF LARGE ISLANDS - Choose whether there will be minimum large islands, or extras. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. 1 Per Player - DEFAULT - Each player has their own large island. No extras. Extras - One or more "extra" islands. Players are put on the best islands, leaving the lowest quality "large" islands as uninhabited. Several Extras - More extras. (Still less than two large islands per player, though!) NUMBER OF TINY ISLANDS - Tiny islands act as "water bridges" that open coastal-water pathways. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. No Tiny Islands - No extra tiny islands. Large islands will be isolated until Astronomy! Few Tiny Islands - Not many! Maybe some crossings from island to island, but unreliable. Various Tiny Islands DEFAULT - Enough tiny islands to ensure some early crossings. Many Tiny Islands - Plenty of crossings, almost like "Archipelago with Large Islands too".

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