I did not settle on the stone because warrior move to the south did not discover any food and I saw that settling the stone would leave me with very low production and health in the capital. Also, there were unrevealed tiles in the north which could have been food or strategic resource, or at least a green cottage. It turned out to be a copper, and I ended up with 16H capital. Super important since we lack food. Since I intended to chop everything and we did not have any Agriculture food source, early production and 3T earlier worker were not that important. Sheep were mined.
I settled my 2nd city on furs and 3rd city on the western river in a way which allows sheep sharing and also prevents AIs from settling at my borders and me becoming a land target which is crucial with warmongers. And also did not adopt a religion. When I got AH, I found out that I had horses in 3rd ring :facepalm:. HA rush was probably viable if someone gambled on useles (at least earlygame) AH.
Early tech path: BW, Fishing, Wheel, Pottery, Hunting, Archery, Sailing, Writing, Meditation, Priesthood, Monarchy (as a trading chip for Alphabet and for happiness). I got Alphabet, Maths, Iron Working from trades and Masonry with some gold. Dod not trade for small fry because I do not want to hit WFYABTA. Then I went for the Engineering slow tech path, mainly because I do not remember how to bulb it (it has been a long long time.
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