New Lands Discovered! Old Lands Remain!

All right. The Zulus have thwarted us. Well, only slightly. We got 1 silk and might get the entire bunch if we get that Temple ASAP.

We still have a few sites.

Red is our "Hill near a Wheat" site. It may be more culturally dangerous now, but it's still outside Zulu Territory.

For those who'd want a place a bit safer, there's a "1-Away" hill on the other side of the river, marked in Pink.

While the chief "Blue" site is which the Zulu Radius (because they settled on the First Alternate ) one of the other "blues" is still available. It's marked in Orange.

Yellow is the old "deny the Romans Iron" site.

Green is the "Ironport".

And Blue... I know what you're thinking. Why this again?

Well... it seems that both Rome and Babylon Admire our culture.

If we get a Temple up there and fast, we may not need to put the Babs to the Sword. Romans, well...

Well, what say you now?

Of these, I'd go with Pink (not Red).

Now people, let us fill in the gaps, please vote Roman Iron (Yellow), so I can get another secure Iron from the Romans so we see no legion and that we can time the war better with them. Please do so. I have asked for this multiple times, may someone get to their senses this time?

I would vote red and orange to put a squeeze on Swazi to make it flip. Once that is done we can accept the invitation and then destroy the city. The Ironport is a future city site in my opinion and should be protected so that it cannot be taken over by any other city.

Classical, for a Roman War, we need Roman Iron, and this is NOW

What about my new Culture War site in Blue? Given we are admired by both the Babs AND the Romans, we could nab a few cities with a Temple (and a Library) instead of 3-4 Swordsmen.

SD3, I agree with the Culture War, as a prelude to a well planned Roman War.
But please secure Roman Iron anyways

Sir Donald III said:

What about my new Culture War site in Blue? Given we are admired by both the Babs AND the Romans, we could nab a few cities with a Temple (and a Library) instead of 3-4 Swordsmen.

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I don't think we need Blue or Green. The Gems and the Iron will soon be ours by growth. No need to waste a Settler. We will also take those foreign cities by Culture eventually. If neccesary, we can do away with the Roman city during the war, if that ever comes around.

One more time.

We have 1 Active Settler, and 3 places I can see to put it.

Red: Culture War. Try to flip Eridu and possibly Neapolis
Green: Regent Plains North. Grab the last reasonably habitable spot in our Quadrent.
Blue: Roman Iron. Deny Romans Legions and Pikes once and for all. Also, possibly, set Rome up for a Sword Slaughter.

Now, these options are quite limited. However, you guys may have a few others. Give me some pics and show me if you have any fresh ideas.

How about up NW of Windurst?

We can't get green -> Bab settler is already in place.

Roman iron - NO. If they expand borders we will attack them anyway. Almost everything is ready for war. We would just stupidly crowd that area.

Red position is fine but we will probably need to abandon Eridu.

NW, W of Windurst could be possible locations.

Are you guys sure you don't mean NW of Pete? Could you please give me a screeny of what you're meaning?