I've outlined where our following cities could be built. You'll notice that one city isn't on the spice, but is close enough to the hills to claim them. I could have put a 5th city, which could be 1 west, or 1 west and south-west of the Japanese warrior. Also, city #4 could be 1 to the SE, but the Spice city might need the extra food.


http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/fanatika_cities.jpg

Looks good... I assume the settler will be placed at 1 in the next chat?

However, I think 4 should be a high priority. The game there will be of benefit early without us needing to clear it. Also, it is close to Tenochitlan and the Aztecs.

Looks good, though i also think 4 should be prio 1 to get closer to the aztecs. before we settle 2 we should put someone on the hill near it so see more of the terrain.

prio i would propose: 1,4,3,2 (3 for fast growth *moo*)

3 is going to be a fast grower and a powerhouse production center. Look at all that lovely game in the woods! I vote for 1,3,4,2.

Originally posted by Shaitan
3 is going to be a fast grower and a powerhouse production center. Look at all that lovely game in the woods! I vote for 1,3,4,2.

I also think this should be the next spot for a city.

After a second thought, i also support 1,3,4,2... we will get a settler for 4 and 2 really quick with 1,3.

I concur with 1, 3, 4, 2. Best to settle on the high production/food sites quickly to gain momentum.

1,3,2,4 i like that format just because i want to get that spice lux. into our cities sooner.

I think that 4 should be the highest priorty, mostly for it's proximity to the Aztecs, after 1 is settled.

Originally posted by Octavian X
Looks good... I assume the settler will be placed at 1 in the next chat?

You assume correctly.

I concur with the opinion of my fellow citizens of fanatika as well, we should curb the aztecs expansion into territory we can claim as our own

I would go with 1, 4, 3, 2. :)

I propose that our third city be constructed two tiles northwest of the spot marked 3 on the map above.

Why?
We would also have to discuss position 4 then because of the spacing.

Another idea:
position 3 one tile north, then 1 nw.
another city 1 se of pos 3, pos 4 one tile more to the se.
this would make a 2-tile spacing.

EDIT:
on a second thought, i could second donsigs proposal when placing another city 1 tile se of 3 and moving 4 1 tile se.

this would give us the most perfect 2-tile spacing we can get except for city 1.

Just to graph it:
yellow would be the proposal i talk about... the X'ed white cities will be mooved and 1 city added.

I think part of the decision should be considering the settler's origin. The next settler from Bavaria should probably take spot #2. The first settler from Valhalla should go 2 tiles NW of #3 (as Donsig suggested), to allow us more growth. The walking distance for the settler will be the same as if they were going to #3, but the benefits would be greater. Keeping the thought of more growth from better placement in mind, I think the next settler should go to 1 tile SW of #4. Expanding towards the Aztecs is a good idea, and if you count the tiles, this placement fits in well with the Aztec city. We've got some room and some resources, let's use them. We can still use the archer attack on the aztecs while we loosen up on the tight build theory.

EDIT: The city placement numbers I used were from CT's map, not Dis' map.

I'd still like to get the next city close to the Aztecs. so at least our troops won't have far to travel outside friendly territory.

i vote for Chieftesses original city number 4. It is closest to the aztecs and reduces overlap wich will eventually help our cities grow larger.

The Great Iguanaman

my 5 is even closer to the aztecs with the same amount of overlap.

Dis: The problem with your city #4 is that building on the game will cause the city to lose the bonus food.

i did not notice that, disorganizer, then i vote for number five to be built ASAP.

Dis, your spot #4 is a criminal waste of bonus resources, and your #5 looks rather underpowered. :p

I continue to advocate 3, 4, 2 using the positions as marked on CT's map.