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The capital has very low commerce. Besides 2 camped Phants the only commerce can come from working the coast. Therefore I'd prioritize Fishing. My tech order probably is AH > Fishing > Mining > BW.

I agree it is not straightforward to find the optimal start here. Settling the PH and build workboats seems a good start. I am not convinced, however, that it is the optimal start. :) I'll be scouting with the settler (SW) and scout(either SW or SE, SW) and then decide. With regard to our...

There are plenty of river tiles for early commerce, so I am not too worried about losing a gold mine. Especially if it secures me at least 2 decent city spots on a (possibly) crowded map. If there no farmable resources on the fogged tiles W of the settler then your worker will be farming the FP...

Thanks for the game! Small map, high sea level plus 5AIs might lead to a crowded map. I might settle on the gold :thumbsup:

I love playing Mehmed, you could conquer the world with Janisarries paired with Cannons (lib Steel!). Not sure if I would settle on the coast, with raging barbs i'd rather build units early instead of workboats. The PH 2S of the Cow looks tempting, it could possibly protect 1 or 2 coastal...

I have played a couple of hours of Civ4 BTS on the SD. In short: the game does seem to work flawless (up to turn 55 ;)). Installation is straight forward in "game mode". Two modifications need to made in the game's properties, which works similar as in Steam on PC. The game plays very well on...

I did some research and found some reports that the game is playable with a little tweaking. "Playable" is a rather broad term, off course. But it seems promising. I have a SD on order so will definitely try it out. Will keep this thread updated with my findings.

Close, but no cigar

Well, the panther was mostly harmless :lol: The land was pretty good indeed, unfortunately capital was located in the middle of the map. With no close neighbors and so much land I around cannot see how you can survive this barb onslaught. They enter borders at turn 26.

Vassals or no vassals, I am having a hard time getting a good game out of the gate... :sad: Guess I should prioritize starts that are on the edge of the map. Or roll a bunch of NO BARB maps :lol:

Played the game to scratch my Civ4 itch. Conquered the world with Cuirs by 1390 AD. Fun game, thanks for the map! :thumbsup:

I'd send the warrior SE first. If additional food resources are found one could consider settling on the marble.

Thanks for the map. Took a quick peek and noticed epic speed and huts. Do you have a screenshot of the settings? The F8 screen is not very helpful

The IMM no huts file works fine :thumbsup:

I also like settling SE. Mainly because it secures at least 3 great future cities: (1) N or 2N of the Wheat, (2) N or NW of Pig, (3) either SE of Cow or between Cow and Gems (depending on location of cities 1 & 2). For early settler production both sites seem to give the same yield, assuming...