I played this game for a bit and kinda butchered it. I'm interested in how other people would approach a start like this with Augustus.
Played to 400BC:
**edit - I ended up bailing on the 400BC game and replaying it: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=11799001&postcount=11
*edit - oh yeah it's std/normal size/speed, forgot that in the title.
Played to 400BC:
Spoiler :
It is an unaltered pangaea map but we end up in an area that resembles more of a snaky archipelago start. I was having a tough time finding a good balance of water wonder building(GLH/Colossus), rexing(inland and island), and expansion via war.
I got the iron hooked up pretty late but I was able to trade for ivory so a construction rush on pacal seems like a possibility. I just kinda feel like I'm moving in slow motion with a start like this, especially compared to IMM AI with more standard pangaea starts.
I didn't play long but here's where I decided I was butchering it and to ask for advice:
I think settling on the wine was solid, leaving room for the GP farm right below. My second city was on the stone which I also think was decent. Unfortunately a barb city popped up NW of the stone site and kinda messed me up. I waited to trade for iron working instead of researching(I never play the romans, this was probably a mistake) so I didn't get prats hooked up in time to take it. I built the GLH, was working on the hanging gardens and teching to the colossus. None of which were helping my construction "rush" plans.
Bleh, that save is pretty embarrassing. Believe it or not I can beat IMM pangaea, but I was just plain lost in this game.
I got the iron hooked up pretty late but I was able to trade for ivory so a construction rush on pacal seems like a possibility. I just kinda feel like I'm moving in slow motion with a start like this, especially compared to IMM AI with more standard pangaea starts.
I didn't play long but here's where I decided I was butchering it and to ask for advice:
I think settling on the wine was solid, leaving room for the GP farm right below. My second city was on the stone which I also think was decent. Unfortunately a barb city popped up NW of the stone site and kinda messed me up. I waited to trade for iron working instead of researching(I never play the romans, this was probably a mistake) so I didn't get prats hooked up in time to take it. I built the GLH, was working on the hanging gardens and teching to the colossus. None of which were helping my construction "rush" plans.
Bleh, that save is pretty embarrassing. Believe it or not I can beat IMM pangaea, but I was just plain lost in this game.
**edit - I ended up bailing on the 400BC game and replaying it: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=11799001&postcount=11
*edit - oh yeah it's std/normal size/speed, forgot that in the title.