One of the things in Civ3 that pissed me off was the inability to move food and shields around your empire. I would watch as a new city making 2 shields struggled needlessly while the city making 20 but 4 squares away got rich and productive. Why can't I move some shields every turn into the poor city?

So, my idea is to be able to trade shields between cities with road/sea connections, and to introduce a Frozen Food technology in Industrial that allows the same with food. Any thoughts?

i don't think you should be able to move shields, but you should be able to move food. i liked the freights in civ 2, which can help supply a starving city. this to me was very realistic and made it easier to keep a city from starving.

i don't think you should be able to move shields

Why not? Surely you aren't saying that the movement of raw materials over long distances is unprecedented in ancient history. Maybe there should be a cost for movement though.

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