Hodory
Warlord
It's been so long since I played a round of Civ 4. I lost my original copy around the time I moved and haven't played for over 2 years. Now I am getting back to it, and it seems I am very rusty and have forgotten a lot of things...
Currently, I am playing as Alexander. I share a continent with Brennus, Justinian, and Darius I. Justinian (founded Hinduism) and Darius I are Hindus, and Brennus (founded Buddhism) is a Buddhist. Both are sending their missionaries over my way, and apparently in the next turn, Brennus will be asking me to stop all deals with Justinian. It seems they are not getting along very well, considering they both are religious fanatics.
I have four cities in 775 BC, running representation after having built the Pyramids. The land is big, though there is a lot of jungle. I could try to expand peacefully but the map layout doesn't seem very ideal for it. Taking out Justinian who is directly north of me could be an option, but there is certainly no copper available to me, and I am 3 turns away from Iron Working, which will hopefully reveal iron around me.
I am not quite sure what is optimal here. Representation just gave me 3 extra happiness cap room, so I am letting Athens grow to happy cap at the moment after running a couple of scientists with a library for a while. I settled my first great scientist in Athens.
Should I be preparing for war, assuming that iron will be readily available? I feel like as if I will be boxed in and left too short of good land if I don't, but all that jungle and my apparent situation with my cities and my military makes me nervous about war. I certainly do not want to crash my economy... which is what happens quite a bit when I try to war not too early but before I get courthouses built.
If anyone has the spare time to look at my save, any expert advice will be greatly appreciated. I've been playing shadow games on lots of ongoing series in this section of the forums, trying to replicate the level of success.
Many thanks in advance. It's good to be back.
Currently, I am playing as Alexander. I share a continent with Brennus, Justinian, and Darius I. Justinian (founded Hinduism) and Darius I are Hindus, and Brennus (founded Buddhism) is a Buddhist. Both are sending their missionaries over my way, and apparently in the next turn, Brennus will be asking me to stop all deals with Justinian. It seems they are not getting along very well, considering they both are religious fanatics.
I have four cities in 775 BC, running representation after having built the Pyramids. The land is big, though there is a lot of jungle. I could try to expand peacefully but the map layout doesn't seem very ideal for it. Taking out Justinian who is directly north of me could be an option, but there is certainly no copper available to me, and I am 3 turns away from Iron Working, which will hopefully reveal iron around me.
I am not quite sure what is optimal here. Representation just gave me 3 extra happiness cap room, so I am letting Athens grow to happy cap at the moment after running a couple of scientists with a library for a while. I settled my first great scientist in Athens.
Should I be preparing for war, assuming that iron will be readily available? I feel like as if I will be boxed in and left too short of good land if I don't, but all that jungle and my apparent situation with my cities and my military makes me nervous about war. I certainly do not want to crash my economy... which is what happens quite a bit when I try to war not too early but before I get courthouses built.
If anyone has the spare time to look at my save, any expert advice will be greatly appreciated. I've been playing shadow games on lots of ongoing series in this section of the forums, trying to replicate the level of success.
Many thanks in advance. It's good to be back.