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My idea that I posted earlier was that you guys talked with eachother in private, came to a conclusion and decide how it's going to be - and that's how it's going to be. If you want to make it two per month I have no problem with that, and I hope that it comes across that I would just personally...

Personally I prefer trying to succeed even when the odds are against me and with whatever dirt I'm given, but that can make for both fun and painfully boring games - so there's a fine line and it is very dependant on personal motivation at the given time.

Agreed.

In my opinion it would be the guys who actually post the maps who need to decide on the schedule, since they are the ones who actually spend their time doing this. It may be hard to gauge all the players actual preferences, I don't know. I don't know either whether the more frequent three a...

I agree with all of this. T100 for Immortal, T90 for Deity is a good general threshold I feel for a three or four city NC, but earlier is of course usually better. It is also, as Consentient mentions, always a good idea to know what you're aiming for as early as possible. I find myself...

Personally I generally dislike replaying maps, since I feel the fog of war is there for a reason, so it is very rare that I do so, but I agree with this learning strategy for you to explore different approaches to the same start and see how they work out. So create a map and try a few different...

Generally: Depending on the hammers in your expos and being able to sell luxes or strategic resources to the AI, it can be a good idea to buy the library in your third city. It is also more important to complete the library in the second city before the granary if you don't have the hammers for...

Your capital location looks decent, but losing out on +1 food from camps is brutal. I can't remember rolling such a bad map happiness-wise ever, it's seriously awful. There's tons of food around with all the fish and deer, and there are several great locations for cities, if you had the...

Personally I often like trying to expand before building a granary, but it depends somewhat on growth-timing in the capital and the dirt around it. The capital doesn't need to be more than pop 3 or 4 for producing for example two settlers for a three city NC, and then after you've been able to...

I support this idea. :goodjob:

Scout, Monument, Shrine is a good buildorder, you'll only spend a few turns finishing the monument before the shrine can be built. This is my normal buildorder for continents or fractal/pangea where I have few directions to scout right away. In most cases, and in my opinion, a pantheon is...

This is good advise. It is of course map dependent, but generally you can only choose two of these three in the early game - and quite often two can be tough enough to handle on high difficulties.

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Growth is the main focus, so food caravans/cargo ships between your cities or at least to your capital is vitally important. It also helps if you can immidiately buy at least one or two universities in your biggest cities when you get education and start working the specialist slots right away...

I suggest Ethiopia. They have the Stele, which is a great building to start you off with culture and faith, and they give a little boost to defensive wars. They're a decent civilization that could help you have a fun game, without being either too strong or weak.

That's a good point playing as Egypt, but depends a bit on the difficulty level. I can't remember ever building it myself on Deity, but on lower difficulties it should certainly be attainable, and the extra gold is very nice.

I like Nicky's point of settling on #2. The spices aren't a tile you will want to work any time soon, so the fact that you get a good amount of gold and won't have to improve it looks attractive. It is also the tile that seems to grant you the most amount of resources in the current vision...

T328 CV Thanks for the map, I'll go bite my pillow and cry now... This was exhausting!!

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T85 resign. The map is cool, though, so do play it. I just messed up :D Takk for kartet og ha en fin midtsommersfest Gustav :)