Readme file for rivers.mp

Rivers.mp is a map I designed for my girlfriend, because she was always complaining about being stuck on some island. Basically, most of the world is covered with land, with a single ocean wrapped around the middle of the world. Within the land sections, there are broad swaths of same-type terrain. 

One important aspect of the map is the number of long rivers. Use the rivers to explore the continents quickly, and as starting points for your civilizations to spread out from. 

Because of the large amount of land on this map, explorers become quite useful. Additionally, the dynamics of diplomatic negotiations becomes more important for winning the game. If you engage on a war-like expansion, it is likely that you will get bogged down on one continent, while civilizations on the other continent advance their technologies rapidly.

Cheers!

Mike Rodgers
mrodgers@students.wisc.edu
http://www.globaldialog.com/~miker/