Perhaps i wasn't clear in the manner i explained.
lets try this:
group 1 explores the coastline.
group 2 explores an innercontinental forest.
group 3 finds a mushroom ring in the middle of the great plains.
next turn, cycling through are units:
group 1 attacks and enemy city discovered on the coastline. Battle ensues.
group 2 picks up the contents of a treasure chest in the big dark forest.
group 3 steps into the ring and discovers themselves somewhere else, which they begin to explore (they happen to be a scout unit with a high movement score).
we cycle back and forth between the units to gaze fondly on our cities and the sea of colours on the cloth map, and compare the different foliage of the new area to the well known place from whence they came.... (lions and tigers and bears...)
edit: so would these two areas be on the same map but distinct zones, or did we open up a second map and we are flipping back and forth between them.
