Recent content by mark2000

Nah. I'm just incredibly unlucky sometimes. :) I normally play Earth2 or Pangea. The complete opposite even happened to me once. My first city had chock full of resources covered entirely in grasslands but when I explored the farther areas around me, I realized that the free space between me...

Oh no. When I said plains, I was talking about the entire package. Sometimes, I'll get such bad starts that the first city will never grow above 6 pop simply because the terrain has barely any food or hammers to get me moving. The beginner articles I've been reading here always instantly...

With all the emphasis on food tiles, I suppose I'll just have to get used to constant reloading until the game stops giving me plains then.

I see. Looks like I'm in the right track after all. Another thing I'm not quite clear about yet is the City Specialization thing. Production cities I get but what about the Food and Economy ones? Should I make it a point to build my cities near at least one or two hills (or resources that give...

What should be the biggest priority when choosing a new city site? Is there an article here that discusses the different tile types and the best improvements to go along with each of them?