[Septimius Severus]

Team starting locations (which colored location you start in) will not be known till the game actually starts and will be determined at random. It has been my experience that if these are released prior to starting, it will lead to haggling and bickering and jostling over which team is next to which team. This is a random map, so spacing and so forth is not completely and totally even over the entire map, but some standards have been implemented such as neighbors and so forth. And I do want some surprises in this game. The 4 magic locations will simarily be placed at random. Same applies.

Regarding .map file release, I could release another version with the VPs in, but it wouldn't make sense to put in starts for any nation other than Atlantis, since those will not be known till the game starts.

While we are waiting on the AI creation, and final adjustments, I encourage teams to disuss their starting arrangements (if different from default) who is in front, whose is in back, if not already done. And I also assume most of you have finalized who will be playing which nation on your team.