awesome! that’s a majority I can get behind right there. so it’s decided – we’ll conduct a draft providing each player with as many options as feasible (2 or 3) after eliminating civs with special advantage. Here’s the civs that jump out to me as having navy/coast advantages:
Australia (coast bonus)
Byzantine (unique naval unit)
Netherlands (unique naval unit)
England (unique naval unit)
Germany (unique naval unit)
Indonesia (coast bonus & unique naval unit)
Maori (naval tech bonus & various naval bonuses)
Norway (naval tech bonus)
Ottoman (unique naval unit)
Phoenicia (unique naval unit & coast bonuses)
Portugal (unique naval unit & coast bonuses)
Spain (mild naval tech & trade bonuses)
that’s 12 civs, assuming no one has any further suggestions for civs to ban – leaving 38 civs – certainly should be able to give each player a list of 3 civs to choose from
what does everyone think? should we ban all 12, or ban the 12 and additional civs?