Just a quick look at the start ups.
Save 1 Like tupaclives, I tend to take whatever start is given and begin from there. Since we are not England, boats are not our strength, so a coastal start is a waste. The extra commerce is nice but it does not make up for missing city sites. We have a good start place, fresh water is always nice, and two bonus grassland tiles help too. The river is running in three directions, so we have some prime real estate very close by. And three hills for lookouts. Plus, we are not that far north, so we can expand any direction we want.
Save 2 Hmm. Too many forests/jungles too close to our city; gotta spend early worker turns chopping wood and not making roads, building mines or playing with water. The lake/pond is nice but it only helps us and not the rest of our cities, unless that is another lake to the east. Three BG are good and the two wheats are not to be ignored And yet, somehow, I dont like it. We have to expand northward to grow and meet people. I get the feeling that southwards will have more wet terrain, which will slow us down. This start reminds me of Britney Spears, just a pretty face with nothing to behind it.
Save 3 The Polar Express? Frigid Frenchies? Sniffling Snail Eaters? The fishing may be great in the river, but we are too far north and are forced to grow southwards. No thanks.
Save 4 The land mass is Pangea and we get a start on the coastline? And on a forest that gets wasted if we settle here? I would want to keep the forest to chop AND settle on the river, but that means two turns walking to get away from the coast. Also, judging from the mini-map, everything to the north is water, so again we are forced to grow southwards.
I vote for Save 1.
It lets us build and play with a settler factory to help us build. We will need some early defenders/explorers, since we will be in the middle of nowhere/everywhere.
