darkace77450
Emperor
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I almost always play tall, and I always play on small maps. I aim to get four cities going early, but I also aim to space them six tiles apart unless a luxury good, great cluster of high-yield tiles, or a natural wonder dictates I not. The problem with spacing my cities this far out that I'm running into over and over again is a lack of space for the fourth city. If I'm quick enough, I usually wind up with three cities built in some pretty choice spots. But there's never enough room for that fourth city.
So that leaves me with the choice of making room for the fourth city by force, even if I'm aiming for a peaceful approach, or waiting to colonize after I research Navigation. I'm loathe to start an early war of conquest when I intentionally set out on a peaceful approach to my empire-building, but waiting so long to get a fourth city up and running really puts me behind in Research, money-generation, etc.
So what's a guy to do when going tall? Do I take a "peace be damned" approach? Or do I compromise on my six-tile separation and start settling with five or even four tiles between cities that are eventually going to be rather populated? How do you guys do it? Any feedback would be appreciated.
So that leaves me with the choice of making room for the fourth city by force, even if I'm aiming for a peaceful approach, or waiting to colonize after I research Navigation. I'm loathe to start an early war of conquest when I intentionally set out on a peaceful approach to my empire-building, but waiting so long to get a fourth city up and running really puts me behind in Research, money-generation, etc.
So what's a guy to do when going tall? Do I take a "peace be damned" approach? Or do I compromise on my six-tile separation and start settling with five or even four tiles between cities that are eventually going to be rather populated? How do you guys do it? Any feedback would be appreciated.