budweiser
King of the Beers
I'd like to get some thoughts on this strategy. I think it has potential for seafood starts, especially Carthage (fishing & mining) and possibly some IND civs.
Metal Casting only requires BW & pottery. On some starts it's possible to research pottery after the wheel and then go BW to MC. However, it may be better to do BW first to see if bronze is revealed, then get pottery and or a 2nd city.
It's a long way to MC it cost 450 beakers. But to help you get there you have water tile bonus and cottages from pottery. You have things to build like granary, workers, maybe boats as scouts, settlers, maybe axemen.
I played a few starts to try this out and was getting MC around 1500BC on normal maps. Once you get it, you can get a bonus to production, possible happy increases if you have precious metals, maturing cottages, and a really strong tech for trading.
Metal Casting only requires BW & pottery. On some starts it's possible to research pottery after the wheel and then go BW to MC. However, it may be better to do BW first to see if bronze is revealed, then get pottery and or a 2nd city.
It's a long way to MC it cost 450 beakers. But to help you get there you have water tile bonus and cottages from pottery. You have things to build like granary, workers, maybe boats as scouts, settlers, maybe axemen.
I played a few starts to try this out and was getting MC around 1500BC on normal maps. Once you get it, you can get a bonus to production, possible happy increases if you have precious metals, maturing cottages, and a really strong tech for trading.