Fixed resources on Earth map?

[Bronso]

I wonder whether the (strategic) resources on the world map will be fixed according to historical accuracy. This would mean:

- No horses in both Americas
- Plenty of oil in the Arab peninsula
- Gems in Africa
- Gold in Mesoamerica
- No resources at all in Japan
- and so on...

This would have, of course, large impact on gameplay, and would certainly cause unfair, but also challenging situations. If resources can be randomized (and I am sure they can) this would be an interesting addition, especially for those of us who like everything historical (like me), without annoying the others who prefer equal distribution.

[Yoleus]

Iroquois

The Iroquois special units needs horses.
And I fear the Japanese samurai needs iron.

[cyril25376]

Originally quoted by:
I wonder whether the (strategic) resources on the world map will be fixed according to historical accuracy. This would mean:

- Plenty of oil in the Arab peninsula

I agree but don't forget that there is also oil in Texas and in Russia

[Faboba]

No horses in America???? Explain.

[Lord_Davinator]

well the horses in america were brought over by the europeans. There were no horses prior to that... or so I think.

[Jason Beaudoin]

Originally posted by Faboda:
No horses in America???? Explain.

Horses where imported into the Americas. Before the time of Cortez, the Native Americans never saw a horse before, and they assumed that they must be gods.

The wild mustangs of North American today are actually horses that got loose sometime after Cortez's initial contact and they became wild.

[Bronso]

AFAIK there was a kind of prehistorical horse in America, but it died out before it could be domesticated.

And for the Iroquious having no UU: well, they either expand or play without it. that's challenge...

[Andrew1999]

Firaxis has said there will be horses in America. It was listed as an example of game balance trumping realism.

[LordGrey ofLeva]

I'm not an expert...

...in american History, but wasen't there some sort of Ponies in North America prior to colonization?

[Crouchback]

Re: I'm not an expert...

Originally posted by LordGrey ofLeva
...in american History, but wasen't there some sort of Ponies in North America prior to colonization?

No. The speed with which the Native Peoples adopted and adapted to the horses which arrived with the Spanish is legendary. Scared the hell out of the Americans when they reached the plains.

David

[Green Giant]

*grumble* I hope the only make one square with horses. I think it was a bad idea to make the iriquois UU a horse unit. Oh well, I am sure it will be editable.

[Jason Beaudoin]

Ya... Firaxis should have made thier UU a warrior!

[Gramphos]

I hope there will be an option to either randomize the resources or to play with fixed positions.

[Dauphin]

I would prefer random resources. Adds to the variation of the game.

Its bad enough knowing where the other civs start, let alone knowing where the best resource locations are.

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Big Crunch
I would prefer random resources. Adds to the variation of the game.

Its bad enough knowing where the other civs start, let alone knowing where the best resource locations are.

I'd like to be able to randomize everything but the map if I wanted to, but I also would like to be able to play without any randomness if I wanted that.