Dominix
Warlord
I remember someone posted a pic of an awesome start he had (regarding capital cities), I just got this playing regent. What have you guys gotten?
Awesome capital cities
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philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
my best sitting right on a wheat plain with river
and there where 4 hills.1had gems.
later in the game the other hill had iron
later in the game the hill had saltpeter
there was saltpeter on another hill!!!!!!!!!!
and there was a coal jungle!
thank god that i didnt cleared that jungle.thank you iron works
and there where 4 hills.1had gems.
later in the game the other hill had iron
later in the game the hill had saltpeter
there was saltpeter on another hill!!!!!!!!!!
and there was a coal jungle!
thank god that i didnt cleared that jungle.thank you iron works
Japher
Voted for Bush
My best start is the one I got right now. When I lose, I restart on the same map, becuase if I can't win here I don't think I can win anywhere.
The capitol is situated between the bend in a river, behind the town is completly grassland, a little north are wetlands, south and across the river are hills and mountains. I am kind of in a little valley.
No real luxury or strategic goods (only 2 cows, and one wheat) within my capitol's boundaries, but - and here's what I like about the location - my four surrounding towns, all about 5 tiles away, have:
Town 1 - 2 iron
Town 2 - 2 horses
Town 3 - 4 gems!!!
Town 4 - 3 game, 2 whales, and only two tiles from the neighboring continent.
Love them gems. I will try and capture it and put it up.
The capitol is situated between the bend in a river, behind the town is completly grassland, a little north are wetlands, south and across the river are hills and mountains. I am kind of in a little valley.
No real luxury or strategic goods (only 2 cows, and one wheat) within my capitol's boundaries, but - and here's what I like about the location - my four surrounding towns, all about 5 tiles away, have:
Town 1 - 2 iron
Town 2 - 2 horses
Town 3 - 4 gems!!!
Town 4 - 3 game, 2 whales, and only two tiles from the neighboring continent.
Love them gems. I will try and capture it and put it up.
ozmodiar
Homer's space age friend
My current game I started next to 5 gems and on 2 rivers. I can post a pic if you like. I have tons and tons of luxeries as I conquered most of my continent (this is on Monarch and playing as Japanese).
However when I started out i was crammed in and could only settle 4 cities at max until I waged war, so hang in there
I'll post the save where I'm at now if yall would like to see.
However when I started out i was crammed in and could only settle 4 cities at max until I waged war, so hang in there
I'll post the save where I'm at now if yall would like to see.
-proletarian-
Chairman and CEO
Dominix, that really is a beautiful starting location. All that cattle makes for a great settler/worker factory if you irrigate two cattle and mine the other two.....-drooling-
However, there are only one hills within it's soon-to-be radius, so in the middle ages you could start to find yourself for wanting when it comes to shield production. Forests are only good for shield production until you reach republic, when a mined hill will give you 3 shields, while a forest is still stuck at 2. Still, I wish I could get starts like that more often.
However, there are only one hills within it's soon-to-be radius, so in the middle ages you could start to find yourself for wanting when it comes to shield production. Forests are only good for shield production until you reach republic, when a mined hill will give you 3 shields, while a forest is still stuck at 2. Still, I wish I could get starts like that more often.
Dominix
Warlord
No kidding about the food part, that city was growing so fast I was completely caught off guard on dealing with happiness.
JuicyCivNewbie
Greatest civ player ever!
One of my best starts was in elite tournament game 1-1 when I tipped a hut in 3950BC and got a settler (obviously this is pretty rare).
My best would be not the capitol (though it started out in a good spot), but the desert just to the north of it that kept Russia away from me until I could take them over. Not only that, but on my side of the desert were no fewer than SEVEN incenses in one well-placed city's border! Trade for techs was no longer a problem for me 
Sam
Sam
The best start i have ever seen was a regent game i was playing. The zulu's had there capitol city next to a river, then there second city they founded had 5 wheats within its starting radius and a river running through it. Think at one point that city had a pop number of 45.
Dutchman
consul
My best start ever was on two floodplain rivers with 3 wheat on them and 2 cows, a few hills one with Iron and one incence!!
Originally posted by philippe
my best sitting right on a wheat plain with river
and there where 4 hills.1had gems.
later in the game the other hill had iron
later in the game the hill had saltpeter
there was saltpeter on another hill!!!!!!!!!!
and there was a coal jungle!
thank god that i didnt cleared that jungle.thank you iron works
philippe, you would have got that coal even if you had cleared the jungle.
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
cool so this means you can clear all junlg without risking to have no coal?COOL!
Reboot
Privateer
The best starting location I got from a random map was 4 cows within the city radius AND 2 different luxuries very close by. 
later in the game I found my continent/island didn't have saltpeter... tough luck.
later in the game I found my continent/island didn't have saltpeter... tough luck.
