# What would I need to do in order to create bigger maps in Civ II?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 28, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-need-to-do-in-order-to-create-bigger-maps-in-civ-ii/587186 "2011-06-28T21:27:45Z")\
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**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:** [June 28, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-need-to-do-in-order-to-create-bigger-maps-in-civ-ii/587186/1 "2011-06-28T21:27:45Z")

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This game has been around for donkey’s years but I’ve always enjoyed playing it. I was wondering if there were a way I could make bigger maps. That is with more game squares. I think it’d be great to have one that was double the dimensions of the standard large map.

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-need-to-do-in-order-to-create-bigger-maps-in-civ-ii/587186/2 "2011-06-29T01:09:38Z")

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You can input your own dimensions into the map generator directly; I think the game simply asks you. The product of the X axis and the Y axis must be below 10,000; the simplest way to make this is 100 by 100. Doesn’t the game prompt “custom” or something like that when it asks you for a map size? Input 100x100 or any other divisors of 100.

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**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:** [June 29, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-need-to-do-in-order-to-create-bigger-maps-in-civ-ii/587186/3 "2011-06-29T01:22:35Z")

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I know, but I’m asking if there’s a way to make the map bigger again, like 200x200 for example?

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-i-need-to-do-in-order-to-create-bigger-maps-in-civ-ii/587186/4 "2011-06-29T04:20:05Z")

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Google it; there’s some discussion out there. I have no idea if any of it is helpful or easy, but people seem to be discussing it.