Hey everyone. This is my first post here so sorry if I've posted in the wrong sub section!! But I'm normally a Chieftain player and lately I've upped my game to Noble and I just want to know how I'm doing because initially, I start off very well but somehow I just drop down really fast/the AI overtake me at around this point onwards so I was wondering what I could do with the current game I have at the moment. Right now, I'm planning on taking out Pacal and having the whole continent for myself before I declare war on Monty once I get to Astronomy and build myself a large fleet.
1) Welcome to Civ Fanatics
2) Turn #207 is very late to be asking for help. The opening is hugely important in this game, but 150 turns later, the opening is much harder to see
3) There's a strategy guide on getting advice in my signature, read it
4) Tokugawa is a hard leader to play, relative to many others. If you are transitioning to Noble, it would be wise to consider some of the more friendly leaders (Hatshepsut, Elizabeth, etc).
OK, onto the game
#1 - Kyoto has a suspiciously large number of trees left at this point in the game. The most common use of trees in the early game is to fuel ancient era production - chopping workers, chopping settlers, and the like. You don't appear to have done that, which means that you are behind in time.
#2 - according to the demographics screen (F9/Demographics), you are dead last in soldiers. That's a dangerous place to be.
#3 - You're also way behind in crop yield (food) despite being first in land area. FOOD is LIFE.
#4 - You have at least 4 good city locations available, and you aren't training any settlers.
#5 - You have an inner ring clams tile that hasn't been improved.
#6 - Your religious allies have a number of resources available for trade, and you seem to be ignoring them.
#7 - You have Samurai! why don't you seem to be killing anyone?
#8 - Sistine Chapel and Statue of Zues have been pretty useless, wouldn't you say?
#9 - Kyoto is just a mess, when it should be your best city. It's your capital, you have a happy cap of 18 (good) and a population of 7 (sad). All of your good green tiles are buried under trees, and instead you are using an UNIRRIGATED corn tile to feed a bunch of brown junk.
Actually, I see that corn problem in several places, so maybe you need an explanation of the mechanic? Rice, Wheat, and Corn can be farmed wherever they appear. However, you get an extra food per turn from each if they have access to fresh water. In the early game, that means being next to a river or fresh water lake. After you discover Civil Service, farms that have access to fresh water also count as a source of fresh water. So you can create an "irrigation chain" by putting farm tiles next to each other.
#10 - Six workers isn't nearly enough, which is why your land advantage isn't currently translating to a commanding lead
#11 - Always be teching with a purpose. In this start, Agriculture and Hunting are good initial techs. Mysticism has no immediate value to you, so it can wait. Archery should also wait -- you don't need defensive pieces yet. Your first four techs almost certainly should have been Agriculture, followed by Hunting, Mining, and Bronzeworking in some order.
#12 - 1600 BC for the founding of Osaka is very late. That's turn 60? which is 20-25 turns later than I would expect.
#Last - you are playing without a plan.