What kind of world do you like?

[Agathon]

I always play on a 60% archipelago. I've never played on Pangaea.

The reason is that I like being able to cut off my borders with lines of fortresses and this gets close to impossible with a huge border that stretches half a continent. On a 4 or 5 tile isthmus this is a feasible strategy. It also brings ships into the game more since they can shoot across narrow straits pretty quickly.

[dexters]

If you never played on pangea, you're missing out.

I used to like Archipelago maps, especially in Civ2, because that game was different and displomatically, it was a joke.

With Civ3, the intrigue level is about three times higher on pangea maps when you have 5 civs crammed into a continent and another 5 crammed into another.

[Alex]

I like 60% continents, it is a fairly balanced map.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by dexters
If you never played on pangea, you're missing out.

I used to like Archipelago maps, especially in Civ2, because that game was different and displomatically, it was a joke.

With Civ3, the intrigue level is about three times higher on pangea maps when you have 5 civs crammed into a continent and another 5 crammed into another.

I think I'll try it. I guess it's better to be expansionist on such a map?

[Wittlich]

I prefer the challenge of "island hopping" myself.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Wittlich
I prefer the challenge of "island hopping" myself.

Yeah, but who wants to run the risk of being stuck alone on an island with the foul Aztecs?

[Menlas]

Archipelago...i hate to see my beautiful cities changing sides because of the cultural effect

[Nym]

I like archipelago because I fill quite secure. But I like continents or pangea due to the speed of research and the possibility of selling techs to a great number of civs a so earn lot of money.
In conclusion I prefer pangea with myself alone on an isthmus protected by a chokepoint! But for fun I very often play on a random map.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Nym

In conclusion I prefer pangea with myself alone on an isthmus protected by a chokepoint! But for fun I very often play on a random map.

No kidding.

[Catt]

I play random maps and have fun with lots of different types of games. A word of warning if you always play archipelago and are going to try pangaea -- the tech rate advances quite a bit more quickly on a pangaea primarily due to the (generally) much earlier contact and trading opportunities.

Catt

[Spiffor]

I hate archipelagos, and prefer continents / pangaeas. I also much prefer an old earth rather than a young one, to have more fertile lands to settle.

I love building huge empires that look awesome on the map, and rivaling against Civs that do the same.

Off topic : did you decide to go for your custom avatar at last, Ag ?

[Jaybe]

Large continents. Usually ends up with 2 of them, so I have a balance of neighbors and also a race to contact the other continent.

In my current mod, gallies are wheeled and cannot enter the ocean.

[asleepathewheel]

i play mostly pangea, sometimes continents. I like the quick pace of the games and the tumult that new techs creates

edit: by quick pace I meant the tech race. I like how the turns take longer and involve more units and cities

[Demerzel]

normally a couple of large continents between the 7 of us gives a good game I find.

[Egbert]

I am a builder so I distinctly prefer (uncrowded) archipelago for most of my games. That way no one bothers me much.

When I feel like a violent game (seldom) I use a pangea map and make it very crowded with many civilisations so they act with pyschopathic aggression. The violence is extreme, the wars never end, the tech progression is slow because everyone is fighting so much that advanced government is not possible due to war weariness, less improvements are built due to never ending war. I make sure that no one is ever at peace, ever.