Speaking of CKII, most of the DLC is currently on around a 65% reduction in the Steam Hallowe'en sale until the 1st of November. They've excluded the (relatively) new Reaper expansion from the sale for some reason, though.
But, back in the world of Civ 6, I really don't know why the maps are smaller. I've always preferred playing on huge maps with the maximum number of civilizations. Perhaps it's taking something from Civilization Revolution where the smaller maps were partially designed to push the civilizations in to conflict sooner. Which is perhaps okay if you focus on military victories, but maybe not so much if you prefer to aim for other types of victory.
