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See I missed a turn or two - think getting religious settlements is a good call. An extra settler is just too good to pass up. :) I would put the government plaza in the middle of the three cities we have so far - we can get some monster IZs with aqueducts and a dam (all built along the river)...

I'd also suggest mining. Getting extra production out of the amber (and gold when we sell it) is worthwhile - mining also leads to our UU and the Pyramids. This start is one where the UU will shine - once it gets its first promotion it'll have 40 CS and should be able to one shot barb scouts...

I'd lean towards urban planning too. At this stage an extra 1 production in both cities is very useful (it'll shave turns off settlers and military production), whereas there's no rush to get a pantheon. We probably won't get religious settlements even if we did slot god king, and we have a mix...

Few of my thoughts: - I agree with MrRadar that the barb camp needs to go ASAP. I'd cross the river (no need to take a -5 penalty), attack twice and heal. Ideally we want the warrior ready to escort the settler when it finishes. :) - I'd prefer settling on the river between honey and amber...

If I eliminate them, they can't pop up every other turn for the rest of the game to demand 4 gpt. That's usually reason enough for me.

Agree that it's a slow start which is why I'd be looking to get a second city out quickly. :) Since the barb camp is close to the capital, I think there's time to clear it and have the warrior back in time for escorting the settler - it'll take 12 turns to build the settler I think. As for...

I would build a settler. The extra settler the AI gets on Emperor is significant - the thing which helped me most step up to Emperor was learning that I needed to expand early before the AI takes the land. :) A single warrior can take out a barb camp early game if it heals between attacks. I'd...

Thank you both for your help with finding the preview :) As for first tech, is mining worth considering? Unless AH reveals some horses near the starting location, all it will do is let us build a camp on the honey which won't get us any more production. Moving the warrior did reveal a mining...

That's a fair point Buktu, I'd completely forgotten that you can't put Sphinxes next to each other :) How do people get those fancy spoiler tags? I'm about to start the map and don't want to inadvertently spoil something (I don't see a way to preview a post before submitting it).

There are miles better Civ players than me out there, but seeing how I've made the step up from struggling on Prince to consistently winning on Emperor by lurking on the forum and reading lots of great advice, maybe my perspective would be useful. :) I would move the warrior two hexes NW first...