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I'd pump out settlers here, get all cities up by ~1AD. Economy will be fine with golds, GLH, etc

Big problem. In short, you need to do the opposite and trade aggressively with your allies. Emphasise researching techs the AI does not favour and trade them around.

Simple enough to just select all units of a specific type in a tile by holding CTRL. Can also try CTRL 1,2, etc to make hotkeys but this can get messy if you start splitting your stack.

Yeah you've ticked (or unticked) a few options there. Set to default if you're unsure.

Whipping pop is situational like most decisions in the game, but learning when to use slavery is powerful. I'd recommend trying to whip away 2 pop once you reach your :) cap, grow back and repeat once the :( wears off. Remember, the more food you have, the faster you'll grow back and the more...

Generally considered to be 1.5 workers for each city :). @paintanker: just keep reading and playing, the basics are quite simple but there are a lot of things things to get your head around so keep chipping away at it.

Can't open BUFFY saves -- post some screenshots? In particular, the land and diplo screens.

I think this depends on which AI you are up against. Certain leaders are more likely to attack at poor combat odds than others (Ragnar as opposed to Gandhi, for example).

Well, cavalry and rifles come before flight too. I think you're really on about medieval warfare here, which can be a tough slog because unit typically become outdated quite quickly. If you want to speed things up then I'd seriously wait for cuirassiers and then upgrade to cavs.

Rush buying at the end is more than useful after you switch out of slavery.

I'd farm this city. Potentially 7 mines here, and unlikely you'll get another food in the fog.

Welcome :). It's a MOD that used called BUG. Here's the link: BUG MOD. Easy to install and use.

I'm not saying fin coasts are marginal. I don't have a problem with coastal at all. All I'm trying to say is that fin or no fin really has very little effect on your coastal tiles at all. Slightly better with Fin, but that's it -- settle the damn city and move on :).

There are a few the AI will usually neglect in their tech path. Philosophy and Aesthetics are usually a safe bet to trade around if you get them first.

Talking w/o wonders, dikes, etc according to your OP.