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Randomised British Isles Map [R&F Compatible]

A map with coastline shaped like the British Isles but randomised terrain, features and resources in the interior.

The generator is weighted to approximate the climate and geography of the real British Isles, colder and hillier in the north, warmer and flatter in the south, and with moutain ranges round about where the Scottish Highlands, Pennines and Snowdonia should be.

Does not require any DLC or other mods.

Tiny (40x49), Small (50x61), and Standard (60x73).

Amount of forest, marsh and cliffs can be set independantly in the Advanced Setup screen.

Civs who historically held territory in the British Isles will start in those approximate regions. For the sake of variety this will not be the same plot each game, but a random plot somewhere within the appropriate region.

Civs added by other mods should also get placed appropriately so long as they're named after a region of the British Isles (e.g. Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall, Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex) or a historical British tribe (Saxons, Celts, Picts, Gaels).

True starts can be turned off in the Advanced Sertup manu if you prefer an all-random placement.

Cliffs of Dover and Giant's Causeway (if you own the Vikings DLC) will appear somewhere in the south of England and north of Ireland, respectively.

These two wonders should always spawn if the true wonders option is enabled. Other wonders will be placed randomly.

A custom method for placing start locations means this map supports up to 20 players on Tiny size, 25 on Small and 30 players on Standard size. (including city states)

Start locations will be spread evenly across the map, but ignore the usual starting biases civs have toward certain terrains/resources.

Can also be downloaded from Civfanatics.[forums.civfanatics.com]



In addition to civs named after british regions starting in those regions, the following civs have specific placement rules:

Norway - capital renamed Jorvik, starts in Northumbria
Rome - capital renamed Camulodunum, starts in East Anglia
France - capital renamed Calais, starts on french side of the english channel

City state of Armagh (Vikings DLC) - starts in Northern Ireland

Sukritact's Hadrian - capital renamed Pons Aelius, starts in Northumbria
JFD's Antonius Pius - capital renamed Habitancum, starts in Scotland
Sugna's Gaule - starts in France
rob8xft's Iceni - starts in East Anglia
CivilizationAce's Forest - starts in Northumbria
Merricks Anglo-Saxons - start in Mercia