I like to play standart size continents with 16 civs and 8 citystates and raging barbarians and legendary starting positions.
standart start would be:
Tech: pottery, calendar, mining, animal husbandry, stoneworks(name?), trapping, the wheel, bronze, iron, writing, archery, math (if i didnt forget anything)
build order is:
monument, warrior, warrior, stonehenge, warrior, settler, pyramids, warrior, settler
culture goes to:
Liberty opener, free worker, free settler, road-happyness bonus, golden age, production bonus
all new citys start with:
monument, then either trireme if theres ocean res around to be protected (followed by a workboat, possibly purchased) or stoneworks for +1 happyness
the free great person from liberty is an engineer who builds hanging gardens in a secondary city, the second (early due to stonehenge and pyramids in capital) builds Hagia Sophia, spawns the third who builds Machu Picchu if possible.
If possible I start a war to capture a worker from an AI. If theres a CS nearby, plus a barbs camp I surround the camp and kill the spawning units to ally the CS. I need many workers so I build them here and there early on as well.
I hardly scout and I dont build librarys or the national college or anything like that early on. I just go for massive food and production and I got so many workers early on that every field in my territory is enhanced by a worker the very turn it comes into my posession. Its quantity over quality for me.
I know many people will tell me that things like rushing to Steel or any other smart--man move works better but I tried it and it doesnt.
standart start would be:
Tech: pottery, calendar, mining, animal husbandry, stoneworks(name?), trapping, the wheel, bronze, iron, writing, archery, math (if i didnt forget anything)
build order is:
monument, warrior, warrior, stonehenge, warrior, settler, pyramids, warrior, settler
culture goes to:
Liberty opener, free worker, free settler, road-happyness bonus, golden age, production bonus
all new citys start with:
monument, then either trireme if theres ocean res around to be protected (followed by a workboat, possibly purchased) or stoneworks for +1 happyness
the free great person from liberty is an engineer who builds hanging gardens in a secondary city, the second (early due to stonehenge and pyramids in capital) builds Hagia Sophia, spawns the third who builds Machu Picchu if possible.
If possible I start a war to capture a worker from an AI. If theres a CS nearby, plus a barbs camp I surround the camp and kill the spawning units to ally the CS. I need many workers so I build them here and there early on as well.
I hardly scout and I dont build librarys or the national college or anything like that early on. I just go for massive food and production and I got so many workers early on that every field in my territory is enhanced by a worker the very turn it comes into my posession. Its quantity over quality for me.
I know many people will tell me that things like rushing to Steel or any other smart--man move works better but I tried it and it doesnt.