I was trying to come up with interesting ideas for the Mapmaking contest, and I was trying to think of a way to have early uncontested water.
The only thing that seems like it would work is parallel coasts that are lined with trees. There would be land bridges across for land units, but nowhere to dock. But with no was to break out with boats it wouldn’t be fun, just forcing free fish.
What if there were mangroves that you could place on shallow water? Then you could chop through to bring forth your armada, or try to gain map control to stop your opponent from doing the same?
This could lead to some interesting maps. Probably way cooler than what I’ve sketched out.
