My instincts are to expand towards the AI, cramping him and reserving some space for ourselves. I don't necessarily like going into the jungle for an early war (before they've had a chance to clear it for us). There's quite a bit of land still open, if we settle to the south first.
Hm, not much food. That makes me want to stretch what we've got as far as possible. I'm looking at the desert tile south of the SE Corn. I count 14 cottages plus a couple of hills. The capital's Corn could be poached to the SW, again for a mess of cottages. If the Corn is poached, the Pigs shouldn't be, so brown '?' could be moved SW, losing Stone but netting 2 grassland and 2 grass hills for a good production city. It fits better with the capital, and it might even be possible to work that Stone from the east, we don't yet know. Site B will be reasonable once Optics is in, but not before -- ignore it for now.
Agree that you need a second worker. Oracle is probably possible if you prioritize it (and for once, the GP would be a blessing instead of a curse). But I'd also like to see Pottery soon. City maintainence scales up fast on immortal, and there's danger of a real fiscal crunch around 3-4 cities. Cottages for the win?
peace,
lilnev
Hm, not much food. That makes me want to stretch what we've got as far as possible. I'm looking at the desert tile south of the SE Corn. I count 14 cottages plus a couple of hills. The capital's Corn could be poached to the SW, again for a mess of cottages. If the Corn is poached, the Pigs shouldn't be, so brown '?' could be moved SW, losing Stone but netting 2 grassland and 2 grass hills for a good production city. It fits better with the capital, and it might even be possible to work that Stone from the east, we don't yet know. Site B will be reasonable once Optics is in, but not before -- ignore it for now.
Agree that you need a second worker. Oracle is probably possible if you prioritize it (and for once, the GP would be a blessing instead of a curse). But I'd also like to see Pottery soon. City maintainence scales up fast on immortal, and there's danger of a real fiscal crunch around 3-4 cities. Cottages for the win?
peace,
lilnev