MAPS: Star Series for PTW/C3C

[Quasar1011]

Antares map

Antares is the map where all 31 civs start on mountains in the middle....

[sabrewolf]

woohoo, quasar is back

can you post an all-maps-including zip file? that's easier to download. ideally including all previews too

[Quasar1011]

Antares for COnquests

Here is the Antares file for Conquests:

[Quasar1011]

Well, Sabre, I guess I could, except that I have not modified all of these yet. I am currently playing my Mira map, which is the last one I modified. I have several to go before I am done. Maybe I will batch up the first dozen, would that be cool?

[Quasar1011]

Arcturus file

Here is the Arcturus file:

[Quasar1011]

Arcturus map

Here is the crazy-isthmus-laced world of Arcturus:

[Quasar1011]

My most popular vanilla civ map was Betelgeuse. At last count it had been downloaded 753 times. Here is the Conquests version of Betelgeuse:

[Quasar1011]

Betelgeuse file

Here is the file for Betelgeuse-Conquests:

[Quasar1011]

STOP HERE IF YOU WANT A BATCH OF THESE MAPS!

Okay, I batched up all my Civ 3 Conquests maps for the letter A, 8 maps in all! Included are:

Aldebaran
Algol
Alkaid
Alphecca
Alphertz
Altair
Antares
Arcturus

[Quasar1011]

"A" batch- 8 maps

Here is the file for the 8 maps:

[Quasar1011]

B-G batch

Here is a batch of the next maps, 9 in all. Included are:


Betelgeuse
Canopus
Capella
Castor
Denebola
Diphda
Dubhe
Fomalhaut
Gienah

[Quasar1011]

B-G maps, screenshots

Okay, here are the screenshots, with the names of the maps listed under them, in red:

[sabrewolf]

ouch... if you start antares on deity and unfortunatly begin in the middle, you'll lose the first turn AND have to walk 50 turns to plant your first city. because the AI will always be a step ahead. and with 2 settlers, 4 workers, 12 defensive and 6 offensive units... you'll never get past

[Quasar1011]

Reminder

Just a reminder on these maps... I have restricted cities to: forest, plains, flood plains, grassland. That's it. I design a lot of these maps to force humans and AI alike to use colonies. Many of these maps will have large land areas that cannot be settled. Of course, a human can plant a forest on a tundra square, or clear a jungle, to get at a key resource.
Also notice that these maps are climatologically correct. Rubber is most likely to be found near the equator.
Barbarians like to hoard resources. It is likely early that the gold, ivory, or dyes are located at barbarian camps. The barbs don't know about iron and don't tame horses though; that's why they remain barbarians!
Artillery and radar artillery is set to kill. That's the only change to units I made to the rules. I changed a few cities around, chiefly adding Luxor to the Egyptian list, and re-doing the American list.
I will post more maps when I play-test them. I am currently up to Mira .

[Quasar1011]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
ouch... if you start antares on deity and unfortunatly begin in the middle, you'll lose the first turn AND have to walk 50 turns to plant your first city. because the AI will always be a step ahead. and with 2 settlers, 4 workers, 12 defensive and 6 offensive units... you'll never get past

I play-tested it. Nobody can found a city in the first few turns, AI included. They plop down cities as soon as they find a site... which isn't always the best site. If you can get nearer to the coast, you'll find better sites for your capital. Hey, I never said it wasn't challenging!