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I guess I wasn't clear enough. What I wanted to see is that the surrounding tiles get utilized better. if you look at the screenshot above, the surrounding tiles aren't as much "used" as the central tile just spilling over to the surrounding ones. I'm not asking for accuracy, I just want a...

Nothing game-breaking, but would probably help with the over all aesthetics of the game: Do not limit the looks of the "city" to just the starting tile. Extend it to the initial ring at least. This will make the city look a bit more sprawling. Been holding myself back from researching...

Managed to get to 53 pop with Aztecs in GnK, but that's a semi-rigged map: Sandstorm (Forgot if I went all-out on Faith or got Fertility Rites. I think I went faith to rush Swords to Plowshares) Stay one city unless you have a resource you need for WLtKD within your realm Build both...

When pursuing a Culture Victory, the other two or three cities I settle next I treat as extra Granaries for my Cap. Since the only way to produce a respectable amount of culture now is to use the guilds, with the Hermitage boosting the Culture output of the city it's built in, it just follows...

Yeah, I was wondering about that too. The free Wats would be harder to get since Amphitheaters now only provide 1 culture.

What I notice is that sometimes, plantation resources require another tech for you to connect them. Sugar will sometimes spawn on Marsh, making you detour to Masonry Citrus/Silk will sometimes spawn on Jungle, making you detour to Bronzeworking Silk will also sometimes spawn in Forests...

OK, so I was gonna try a Religious Tourism playthrough as Byzantium (Pangaea, Emperor, Standard everything). I rolled a really great map for it too! Even if the start had no rivers, it had three wheat, a Marble nad two bacon. A bit off to the northeast was Uluru. So I grabbed One with Nature as...

I managed to get 1600 CPT in my first BNW game, was only at King though, just to dick around with the new systems. Ended up winning cultural at turn 298 as China. At one point, I had to scramble for The Louvre or settle another city, because I had 3 Archaeologists already digging and I have no...

The "problem" with the perma-friendship thing is all the free stuff you get for basically just using two policies. The delay to the Liberty/Tradition finisher is worth it if you can time it properly, since the earlier you get Free Stuff, the more of it you get as the game goes on. Which is...

My latest game, I was Poland on Emperor, Standard Pangaea. Because of my enormous lead, I managed to pass the Science Funding. The whole world (the ones that mattered, anyway) was against it. It passed (due to enormous lead), while at the same time, Arts funding gets enacted. It was a weird...

If you're actively pursuing science, then prepare to be outpaced up until Medieval. There is no reason that you won't be permanent World Congress host in Emperor and below. Make sure to get your NC before turn 100, then grab Education for Unis (115-130ish, Standard pace).

CS Steals are my favored option if the opportunity presents itself. Just don't make peace immediately afterwards. After 10 or so turns, you can come back for more. This allows you to bypass he perma war CS diplo hit.

Would have gone with the same city location as you. Would have been better if it were on the hill one tile SW but that's too close to the CS. If I can manage it, the second one will be one tile west of 3. It allow you to be coastal, but will give you both fishes from the get go while retaining...

Tried this out on Emperor (I still can't make the jump to Immortal). Save for a 40-turn war with two neighbors (turns 70-110, not a military unit from both were seen), I managed my best SV since I started playing (okay, not quite, but all the research was basically done by me). Turn 289, which...

If you're in the lead, why not? One or two is great enough. If you really want to push it, then put three of your naval trade routes to it (if possible): 2 food and one production. If you wanna go overkill,buy an aqueduct. Even better if you settled that land just for grabbing a rare resource...