A very good map

[xifeng]

I am playing this map on monarch, marathon, random leader.

The first warrior explored from the north-east direction then circle counter-clockwisely. He met 3 huts and got hunting, masonry, and animal husbandry. The second warrior explored from the south-west then circle counter-clockwisely. He met 2 huts and got writing and a warrior. How lucky!

My buliding order: 2 warriors, one worker, then 2 settlers to settle on the east for marble + 4 golds, and on the south for stone + pig + copper. When I was building the worker, I robbed 3 workers from Egypt, England, and Persia.

So that just 700 years in the game, I am the tech leader and the game difficulty has been reudce from monarch to noble.

Noble players please try this game and enjoy beating monarch AIs.

 

[futurehermit]

wow, marble + stone + 3 gold pits + 1 gems

v. nice indeed. too bad england is right there, making city placement a little less than ideal for those 3 gold pits.

any surplus food to the north of those gems?

 

[Khalid]

Looks like you had some real luck there.

2 settlers to settle on the east for marble + 4 golds, and on the south for stone + pig + copper.

I would suggest to split the gold between 2 cities. To get all the 4 gold in one city you have to settle on the forested plains hill. But you will be short on food. 2 FP allows to run 3 gold mines while stagnant, but to work marble and 4th gold you will have to farm the grasslands in the middle of the desert.

 

[xifeng]

Yes. I realize this problem after I settle my 2nd city. Now I am playing this map a second time, and I settle the city south-east to the marble.

Looks like you had some real luck there.



I would suggest to split the gold between 2 cities. To get all the 4 gold in one city you have to settle on the forested plains hill. But you will be short on food. 2 FP allows to run 3 gold mines while stagnant, but to work marble and 4th gold you will have to farm the grasslands in the middle of the desert.