Dhoomstriker
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Thanks for the screenshot. I can see a few things from it.
EDIT: Here's that screenshot again, since my message appeared on a different page from that screenshot:
1. Pig + Gems City isn't viable as a Legendary-to-be City, which is going to make a Cultural Victory even more unlikely (boo, Neil)
2. Pig + Gems City could be settled in 1 of 4 locations to grab both Resources and remain coastal... there is a 5th non-coastal possibility (3W of Delhi aka SE + E of the GH Pig) but I doubt that we'd opt for that option... although, that said, it would be the most feasible Legendary-to-be location, since:
i. We'd actually have sufficient production squares if we shared production with the capital
AND
ii. It would be very low Maintenance
AND
iii. It would allow for the use of up to 4 Grassland Hills squares for production-purposes when the cpaital isn't using 3 of them and could share up to 2 Cottages for use when the capital isn't using them
AND
iv. It has a ton of useable squares plus only 2 non-Lighthouse-able Coastal squares
The other Legendary-to-be location that I would consider is NW + W + W of Delhi, i.e. 2E of the GH Pig--it would have less Grassland Cottages that it could work but it would gain the ability to build a Lighthouse for its 4 Coastal squres and would have access to the same Grassland Hills squares PLUS would pick up an additional Grassland Hills square.
The major downside is that neither the GH Pig nor the GRiv Gems would be workable until the City's borders expanded. A minor downside is that it would be even lower on Food.
The location 1W of the GRiv Gems and 2S of the GH Pig looks to be terrible.
The location 1N of the GRiv Gem and 1SE of the GH Pig looks to be very poor for long-term production.
The location 2N of the GRiv Gem and 1E of the GH Pig would let us start improving the Pig Resource right away and picks up a Grassland Hills square, but it's not amazing in the long run (unless there is a Fish Resource to the NW of the GH Pig) and it might even be the location of a Horse Resource (a Plains square with Forests around it looks semi-suspicious for a possible Horse location).
Realistically, if we are going to either build Stonehenge or immediately Chop out a Monument in the Pig + Gems City, I would aim to settle 2E of the GH Pig (NW + W + W) of Delhi as being the strongest location in that area, even if we would have to wait until our Cultural Borders expanded to work either the Pig or the Gem.
To mitigate this fact, we could aim to have the Grassland River that is 1E of the Gem be farmed when the City is founded.
If we liked this location, we'd also want to Chop the PFor that is NW + W + W of Delhi before settling on top of that square, so as not to waste that Forest.
3. Whether we go for Cultural or whether we go for another Victory Condition but plan to use Bureaucracy, a Cow + Deer location would be useful for upgrading 3 Grassland River Cottages for the capital. As a result, I'm even more set on settling the Corn to go with the Gold (i.e. settling Gold-1E).
4. Fortunately, we don't need to stand on the GH Pig to see the square to the NW of the GH Pig (i.e. to spot if there is a Fish Resource there or not)--we can also see that square from the GH square with the "T21 Lion" sign on it, but I'd be tempted to lose a few turns of exploration with that Warrior in favour of avoiding a battle with a Lion.
EDIT: Here's that screenshot again, since my message appeared on a different page from that screenshot:
1. Pig + Gems City isn't viable as a Legendary-to-be City, which is going to make a Cultural Victory even more unlikely (boo, Neil)
2. Pig + Gems City could be settled in 1 of 4 locations to grab both Resources and remain coastal... there is a 5th non-coastal possibility (3W of Delhi aka SE + E of the GH Pig) but I doubt that we'd opt for that option... although, that said, it would be the most feasible Legendary-to-be location, since:
i. We'd actually have sufficient production squares if we shared production with the capital
AND
ii. It would be very low Maintenance
AND
iii. It would allow for the use of up to 4 Grassland Hills squares for production-purposes when the cpaital isn't using 3 of them and could share up to 2 Cottages for use when the capital isn't using them
AND
iv. It has a ton of useable squares plus only 2 non-Lighthouse-able Coastal squares
The other Legendary-to-be location that I would consider is NW + W + W of Delhi, i.e. 2E of the GH Pig--it would have less Grassland Cottages that it could work but it would gain the ability to build a Lighthouse for its 4 Coastal squres and would have access to the same Grassland Hills squares PLUS would pick up an additional Grassland Hills square.
The major downside is that neither the GH Pig nor the GRiv Gems would be workable until the City's borders expanded. A minor downside is that it would be even lower on Food.
The location 1W of the GRiv Gems and 2S of the GH Pig looks to be terrible.
The location 1N of the GRiv Gem and 1SE of the GH Pig looks to be very poor for long-term production.
The location 2N of the GRiv Gem and 1E of the GH Pig would let us start improving the Pig Resource right away and picks up a Grassland Hills square, but it's not amazing in the long run (unless there is a Fish Resource to the NW of the GH Pig) and it might even be the location of a Horse Resource (a Plains square with Forests around it looks semi-suspicious for a possible Horse location).
Realistically, if we are going to either build Stonehenge or immediately Chop out a Monument in the Pig + Gems City, I would aim to settle 2E of the GH Pig (NW + W + W) of Delhi as being the strongest location in that area, even if we would have to wait until our Cultural Borders expanded to work either the Pig or the Gem.
To mitigate this fact, we could aim to have the Grassland River that is 1E of the Gem be farmed when the City is founded.
If we liked this location, we'd also want to Chop the PFor that is NW + W + W of Delhi before settling on top of that square, so as not to waste that Forest.
3. Whether we go for Cultural or whether we go for another Victory Condition but plan to use Bureaucracy, a Cow + Deer location would be useful for upgrading 3 Grassland River Cottages for the capital. As a result, I'm even more set on settling the Corn to go with the Gold (i.e. settling Gold-1E).
4. Fortunately, we don't need to stand on the GH Pig to see the square to the NW of the GH Pig (i.e. to spot if there is a Fish Resource there or not)--we can also see that square from the GH square with the "T21 Lion" sign on it, but I'd be tempted to lose a few turns of exploration with that Warrior in favour of avoiding a battle with a Lion.