# Colonization question. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 20, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563 "2008-11-20T01:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/1 "2008-11-20T01:06:47Z")
Are the Great Lakes navigable in the new version in the Americas map? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/2 "2008-11-20T13:54:45Z")
Sorry, which map do you mean? On ‘Custom Game’, the game offers me: - A New World - the Caribbean On ‘Custom Scenario’, the game offers me: - Northwest Passage - South America - Western Hemisphere (huge) - Western Hemisphere - WBQuickSave (whatever that is) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/3 "2008-11-25T11:26:40Z")
I haven’t played it yet. I presumed there’d be a generic Americas map of some sort like in the original version. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/4 "2008-11-26T11:35:56Z")
Oh, OK. Western Hemisphere covers both North and South America. Boats are used to transport to and from Europe (and occasionally fight!), and there isn’t a navigable Great Lake system. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/5 "2008-11-26T12:59:14Z")
Is the Western Hemisphere map significantly large in terms of squares than in the original Colonization? I love the original, still play it but would love a larger game map. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/6 "2008-11-26T22:21:11Z")
Strangely the maps don’t seem to differ much in size. 😕 The main change seems to be how many Europeans you face (i.e. more on Huge maps) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/7 "2008-11-27T09:59:47Z")
That’s a pity. I don’t know then if I’ll be purchasing it. Thanks for your replies **glee**. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/8 "2008-11-27T13:26:26Z")
I bought the original game and enjoyed it. When the new game was announced recently, I dusted off the old game, found a computer it would run on and played it. Having done that, I felt some improvements were necessary - and I believe the new game has them! 🆒 So I commend it to you. (If you want to ask more questions, I’ll answer them. I did post a [Colonisation blog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=488010) or two here, so you could look at those…) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/9 "2008-11-27T13:34:27Z")
Ok I’ll give it a go. What do you think were the most needed improvements that are realised in the new iteration. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonization-question/473563/10 "2008-11-27T15:09:41Z")
- better graphics - game displays which Indian villages you’ve entered and what they want to trade - Wagon Trains don’t stop when they enter a Settlement