retreat

Civilization is a game of Systems, Strategies, and Efficiencies. Over the course of a few years, players unravel the most efficient strategies to do things, and the game starts to become stale. Most of the suggestions people make for Civilization 7 are too deeply rooted in existing game...

The length of a turn is never less then a season, and that is only on marathon at the very end of the game. Most turns are 5-20 years. I get why unit movement has to scale the way it does, but lets be realistic here: when you start a war it doesn't take hundreds of years to reach a nearby city...

When a Settler is attacked by a hostile combat unit instead of capturing the Settler, the Settler runs back to the nearest city. This prevents abusive strategies around stealing Settlers from AI players.