This is NOT a complaint

I started my first 1.2 game last night (random map, large). I'm not using any mods. I got a nice starting position right off the bat - 3/3/3 next to a forest. Not earth-shaking, but pretty nice. However, what floored me was the amount and type of resources available there. I had wild game, gold deposit and a life shard. I mean, I haven't even SEEN a wild game square in all the other games I've played. And gold? Fugedaboudit. Only place I've ever seen gold (except maybe once) was in a wildlands. I usually play resource dense/normal pacing 'cause I like a long, leisurely game. So my question is: was the "rare" resource (twilight bees, wild game, gold, etc) frequency increased by 1.2, or did I just have a phenomenally lucky start?