Recent content by Nilmerf

It's on a grassland hills which provides no benefit. Where the settler was was a much better city. Oh well, live and learn. If you only see one food resource, you are guaranteed to have another in the fog.

Your first mistake was on turn 0 in moving the settler. I can tell because Istanbul was not founded in 4000 BC and only has 1 pig. I don't know where you moved from, but Istanbul is worse because of it and you also boxed out a fish. The good news is that you have enough workers and have...

Spoiler on initial settle:

Settle in place. The plains hill to the NW of the scout looks like a good candidate for a second city, too.

I have to question your choice of building a Barracks and Library in your capital before a Lighthouse and Granary. Play more slowly and get specific feedback, posting screens along the way. You'll get better advice. Now that iron has popped in London it can be used for a decent production...

Willem van Orange is better already. He's financial, and one hammer in the water from the Dike is better than one commerce in the water. The ultimate tile is a coastal fish with Moai Statues, the Colossus, and a Dike. In a golden age.

How can you have 1 hill, and 0 hills if you hadn't moved? What's going on here.

Agree with what's been said already, except that he has already moved the scout.

More so to avoid the anarchy. The golden age +100% GP growth from one specialist would be minimal, but welcome. Mostly this would be during the period where one might not even have Free Market, and some or all of the AI's are running Mercantilism.

Don't overthink it, just get to Drill IV and the combat line after that for most Oromos. Drill IV makes up for first strike immunity by offering a bonus against mounted.

??? In the short run, Mercantilism has its uses sometimes. I often switch into it during a golden age that also puts me into some or all of Representation, Nationalism, Caste System, and Free Religion. In the long run, Free Market and State Property are the end-game choices, depending on what...

I would recommend going with a default map like continents. The worlds planet generator creates are better looking, but they unbalance gameplay. There's too much land available, and it's frustrating and time-consuming dealing with 20+ city AI's. Joao is a rapid expander, so you should be...

Yeah, I generally don't build any cottages unless I'm Financial. And if you have the Pyramids it's a no-brainer. Farms and mines, later adding workshops, is much more versatile. Especially with the only two useful labour civics.. Slavery needs more food and Caste System helps specialists and...

There is an iron in the desert east of Antium. You should have no trouble at all claiming it, the other civs are nowhere in sight right now. A quick tip, your workers have built some unnecessary roads.. use the worker turns to put something on the flood plains instead. But definitely road...

Hannibal with the Dun and Ballista Elephants. Now you can cross the Alps. Think about it.