I have some questions if anyone wants to chime in. Since about 95% of the games I play if not more have good food starts, I'm a little unsure about how to manage a low food start. I assume there will be no granary and you will explore your immediate area for a high food source for your 2nd city. But when do you produce the first settler out of your capital? Do you do it right away as soon as the capital is size 3? Or do you wait longer? Does it depend if you find food bonuses nearby? Does it depend on other factors? For instance if you're going for the republic slingshot you might want to keep your research rate high and dropping your capital to size 1 could hurt that. Then again the gold hill will always be worked and will be your best commerce tile anyway so size 1 might not hurt your research too much.
If you find no food bonuses anywhere close will you build a granary in your capital? Will you devote more production towards military and try to use pointy stick expansion instead? Or just keep building settlers when you can and hope there's room to expand before the AI gobbles it all up?
Have there been deity GOTM's with no food bonus at the start location before? I'd like to read the QSC's from those games if so.
edit: I guess this post is assuming there isn't a food bonus just under the fog. There's a decent chance there will be one.
If you find no food bonuses anywhere close will you build a granary in your capital? Will you devote more production towards military and try to use pointy stick expansion instead? Or just keep building settlers when you can and hope there's room to expand before the AI gobbles it all up?
Have there been deity GOTM's with no food bonus at the start location before? I'd like to read the QSC's from those games if so.
edit: I guess this post is assuming there isn't a food bonus just under the fog. There's a decent chance there will be one.