Hmmm, perhaps im being silly then, before our first settlers come out they could be swapped for Grans
What i've did
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settle capital Babbling Brook, train up some warriors.
Settle Farmstead, train some warriors
Scouts scout..
BARBS!
Worker an settler have to detour to avoid barbs.
Research Tribal Council at 100%
Go searching for
ENEMYS!
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Kill Barb Hut
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Settle Wheat hills, train warriors.
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Red border spotted! Warriors produced at all citys – fortify as police, get building another load.
It’s the Babs
Take: Ceremonial burial + stone working + 4 gold
Give: Warrior Code + Animal Domestication
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BB builds another worrior
Learn Wood working from hut
See
BLUE border
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Wheat hills and Farmstead finish warrior – both on to settlers
It’s the Sumers!
Take: Pottery, Cuneifrom, Worker, Worker, 5 gold
Give: Ceremonial Burial, Animal Domestication, woodworking.
Pop hut – Mining
Trade with Babs:
Take: Sailing, 8 gold
Give: Cuneiform
Trade with Sumers:
Take: Worker, 5 gold
Give: Stone Working
These workers will go into the citys to get those 3 settlers faster.
Pop hut – Astronamy.
So ywah, Mirc you can take it here for however long you like. General expansion i guess... red dots along a nice slice of land.