Um the Muse
King
Turns 89-160: Population Expansion
Give yourselves a point if you know what the title is from.
I decided that my first playthrough was the best because it turns out that I couldn't manage to get my copper hooked up in time (I could defend my cities easily enough, but I couldn't stop barbarians from pillaging).
Quick and Dirty Looks Ugly
This turnset involved whipping and odd build swaps. Learning from the barb activity in some of those alternate play-throughs, I decided that it was a good idea to keep 1 in an archer just in case. I also started to build a barracks in the cap with a settler on the backburner when I researched writing. Oops.
I've chopped granaries in all three cities and should have them start contributing soon, but I'm really starting to second guess my city spots
Somehow, I thought that SRP had plains-hills in its BFC. The fact that it doesn't is really gonna hurt my plans. I think that SRP is in the best place to get that copper, but it doesn't have a food resource. The only saving grace is that I'm Exp with pottery (for quick and easy granaries, doncha know).
Tech-wise, Toku (no, really) appears to be ahead of everyone. He's already got alphabet, while I just started aesthetics. Since he don't trade wit' no-one, I'm thinking that I should probably go for alpha too. I should be able to research it faster since somebody else has it, right?
So, what do you think? Have I already shot myself in the foot too many times? Or can such a commerce-rich start pull me out of dead-beat central?
Edit: I have no idea why I have Copper Mount building a library. Obviously, that would be a horrible place for it.
Give yourselves a point if you know what the title is from.
I decided that my first playthrough was the best because it turns out that I couldn't manage to get my copper hooked up in time (I could defend my cities easily enough, but I couldn't stop barbarians from pillaging).
Quick and Dirty Looks Ugly
This turnset involved whipping and odd build swaps. Learning from the barb activity in some of those alternate play-throughs, I decided that it was a good idea to keep 1 in an archer just in case. I also started to build a barracks in the cap with a settler on the backburner when I researched writing. Oops.
I've chopped granaries in all three cities and should have them start contributing soon, but I'm really starting to second guess my city spots
Somehow, I thought that SRP had plains-hills in its BFC. The fact that it doesn't is really gonna hurt my plans. I think that SRP is in the best place to get that copper, but it doesn't have a food resource. The only saving grace is that I'm Exp with pottery (for quick and easy granaries, doncha know).
Tech-wise, Toku (no, really) appears to be ahead of everyone. He's already got alphabet, while I just started aesthetics. Since he don't trade wit' no-one, I'm thinking that I should probably go for alpha too. I should be able to research it faster since somebody else has it, right?
So, what do you think? Have I already shot myself in the foot too many times? Or can such a commerce-rich start pull me out of dead-beat central?
Edit: I have no idea why I have Copper Mount building a library. Obviously, that would be a horrible place for it.