If you and your friends don't like the maps from vanilla, well you are in luck thanks to the Play the World Extended mod.

Try out Play the World Extended yourself:

Changing the texture of some units granting them a more pleasing look.

Rescaling of the units make them look more realistic.

Moreover, this mod adds diversity among units with hundreds of new unit models for diversity. Thanks to this mod units are looking different from each other, making them more realistic and special. This mod creates a more visually appealing look of the units you and your friends are playing with. Try out City-State Diplomacy Mod yourself: Moreover, this mod adds a ton of stuff to make the world more real and feel more alive, having stuff like diplomatic units, new great persons, new specialists, buildings, and much more. Now you and your friends will have to put in real work to be able to please and maintain a good relationship with the city-states. Well, thanks to the City-State Diplomacy Mod you now have a more in-depth interaction with them. Playing the base game is very fun and interesting, but sometimes you want more, especially when it comes to interacting with the city-states around the world.

More time for playing and less time for waiting.

Try out Faster Aircraft Animations yourself: Thanks to Faster Aircraft Animations you don't have to worry about it anymore, now the animations are faster allowing you and your friends to enjoy the game by playing it rather than waiting for the rounds to end. Don't you hate it when the animations are so slow? And when the animations are so many that you have to wait 5 min just for the round to finish, it can be a real pain in the ass.

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