RatSportRM
Chieftain
Just thought I'd pass on a strategy I've used that has helped me get off to good starts.
After founding your capital city, build a unit to defend the city, a second to explore, and a third to defend. By that time, the city should be big enough to build a settler.
After doing so, build another unit, then switch to Wealth until the city grows to 3, then build another settler. Repeat this process two more times. And send your settlers off in four different directions (one north, one west, one east, and one south) if possible.
In the additional four cities you found, build a temple to expand the cities borders with culture, then build a worker, then another unit. By the time each of these four cities have built the three items, they are usually big enough to build a settler to create additional cities.
This works well in giving you a head start, even if you don't have a civ with the expansionist advantage. Once you have the four new cities built, your capital city can produce whatever you need that fits the overall strategy you take.
After founding your capital city, build a unit to defend the city, a second to explore, and a third to defend. By that time, the city should be big enough to build a settler.
After doing so, build another unit, then switch to Wealth until the city grows to 3, then build another settler. Repeat this process two more times. And send your settlers off in four different directions (one north, one west, one east, and one south) if possible.
In the additional four cities you found, build a temple to expand the cities borders with culture, then build a worker, then another unit. By the time each of these four cities have built the three items, they are usually big enough to build a settler to create additional cities.
This works well in giving you a head start, even if you don't have a civ with the expansionist advantage. Once you have the four new cities built, your capital city can produce whatever you need that fits the overall strategy you take.
