Best maps to play?

[Sayers]

Hi,

I have the complete edition with all the extra maps and add ons.

Just wondering what maps people like to play?

I usually play Continents, Continents Plus, or Fractal, but I'm getting a little tired of them. ( 30+ full games)

So what are the maps you guys like to play? And why do you like to play them?

Thanks

[zxcvbob]

Try the Mesopotamia map with "raging barbarians". (no matter what victory you go for, you'll want to open Honor) It's a very challenging map. There are no natural wonders, there's a lot of land, and the resources are kind of sparse.

For something completely ridiculous, the Highlands map as the Incas, or the Great Plains as Poland or the Huns.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Watermaps for England...
I played a lot of TSL maps as well.
Very true, Mesopotamia is also a very good memory to me. Call it a smart map..

[Sayers]

I'll try mesoptamia.

Any other feedback or advice on maps to play?

[Desperado]

for multiplayer pangea works very well.... no where to hide when everyone is on the same land

[Jipsu]

PerfectWorld and similar map scripts from the community give quite pretty maps. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171848014

[civ]

I like trying to use the map that is optimal for the civilisation i'm playing, some civs that don't have a science focus have no need for ocean at all and in that case playing on highlands is pretty awesome. Science civs = Large islands. Some modded civilisations excel in snowy lands that otherwise suck for 99% of civilisations but they would prefer "ice age".

Some civs love Forests therefore arborea etcetc.

[adkjake]

Originally posted by zxcvbob:

Try the Mesopotamia map with "raging barbarians". (no matter what victory you go for, you'll want to open Honor) It's a very challenging map. There are no natural wonders, there's a lot of land, and the resources are kind of sparse.

For something completely ridiculous, the Highlands map as the Incas, or the Great Plains as Poland or the Huns.

i tried those, mst fun ive had in forever

[dcain3456]

Originally posted by Jipsu:

PerfectWorld and similar map scripts from the community give quite pretty maps. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171848014

+1. I particularly like Tectonic.

[Imhotep]

There's screenshot examples of all the game's included map scripts here: https://imgur.com/a/pMGtM

[gingerboyz4]

giant earth map ;)

[Sayers]

Originally posted by gingerboyz4:

giant earth map ;)

I go with the more traditional maps but i tried "fractal" and liked it. It's pretty randomized with some normal landforms & some snaky areas & medium sized bodies of water. It also seems pretty balanced in terms of resources etc.

[KatArus]

My favourite so far is Lakes set up to sea-sized lakes of Huge size I modded to be 160x100 tiles big (default size is 128x80) with as many civs as possible. Yummy. 5-6 BIG bodies of water not connected to each other one of them separating world in half, multiple grassland, wood, jungle, plains and desert regions. Every game is an adventure.

[ThisIsFRSH]

Originally posted by KatArus:

My favourite so far is Lakes set up to sea-sized lakes of Huge size I modded to be 160x100 tiles big (default size is 128x80) with as many civs as possible. Yummy. 5-6 BIG bodies of water not connected to each other one of them separating world in half, multiple grassland, wood, jungle, plains and desert regions. Every game is an adventure.

I usually play continents and earth but more land would be nice. I may have to try Lakes

[hutchster]

I'm really liking the Isolation map mod, it basically gives you a 3-5 block fertile area with miles of sand or snow between civs and city states.

I make the map large or huge but limit the civs to 8 or 10 with the same amount of CS so it leaves more space between, makes transporting an army tricky as you get too far from home and the AI attacks from the other side

[knighttemplar1960]

Originally posted by ThisIsFRSH:

Originally posted by KatArus:

My favourite so far is Lakes set up to sea-sized lakes of Huge size I modded to be 160x100 tiles big (default size is 128x80) with as many civs as possible. Yummy. 5-6 BIG bodies of water not connected to each other one of them separating world in half, multiple grassland, wood, jungle, plains and desert regions. Every game is an adventure.

I usually play continents and earth but more land would be nice. I may have to try Lakes

You can get more land on a non-earth map by selecting low sea level and an age of 5 billion years (turns some of the unusable mountains into hills) when setting up the game.