Springfield grows, borders expand. Lux to 20%, writing in 22 at 80%. Settler in 1, growth in 4. Warrior N, nothing notable seen. Screenies tonight.

Urgent, any comments on where the settler should go?

put it somewhere near the wheat

nw, n, n So it can get both wheats

I recommend N,N,N,W to reduce overlap and maximise initial growth

Here is one example of a CxxC settlement pattern. If we think the game will last a long ways past hospitals then this is too close, but until then it should allow close to 12 tiles used per city.

If we build the green one on the other side of the river then it can share both the wheat and cow, but will overlap a bit more later on.

Here is the CxxxC map which was suggested as the alternative with less (almost no) overlap.

I would prefer the cxxc option.....

Our second city would only be 3 tiles away by road so units could easily move back and forth between the capital and our second city. (Defense and MP implications)

We would be able to put more cities along the river maximizing our agricultural trait in the early game and it would be one less aquaduct we have to build in the future...

If this game makes it to hospitals I'll be extremely surprised

I must apologize for my absence... I've been distracted with other things and allowed myself to fall waaaay behind here! Wardance checking in and catching up.

As for the current situation, I like the CxxC option.

What program is that, DaveShack?

I prefer CxxxC

I think its Civ Assist II. Or at least my screens look kinda like that. You can find it in the Utilities forum, just make sure you grab the lastest one.

I thought so.

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DaveShack, until an amendment to the ruleset takes place (hint hint) please take off the Civ Assist II pictures. If you want to show an example of a CxxC city placement, put some dots on the screenie, or better yet, pop open the editor.