My start isn't so great either:
And here is the total map:
Apparently we know the top, bottom and left border, so grahamiam and BCLG100 should be somewhere in the northeast, probably much closer to each other than we are. That means Darkness will probably be the one catching all the blows.
Let's use this thread to discuss strategy too, Darkness.
So far we haven't done that really, but it wasn't that necessary. But I thought that it would be nice to have a religion on our hands, so that's why I've started on Mysticism. However, with all the flood plains, I could use pottery as well for cottages.