Cross expension

[LaRo]

What about this: you expend your cities in the form of a cross by going north, west, east and south a the same time.
When you meet civs, you close your frontier get a kind of cube. it would be empty. when you can't expand anymore, you fill the cube.
Ai will try to go there so protect your territory. maybe you'll need to go to war for that.
I think this strategy help to get more territories because it count a lot for the score.
I never tried this strategy. anyone did?

 

[zebomba]

New ideas are always welcome.
My strategy for expansion is simply taking enemy territory by force. Sites around their capitals are always full of luxuries and resources. Use the AI cheats for your advantage.
What I can't get is, seems like you're trying a peaceful solution, but you're talking about war to defend what you'be built.

For a reasonably peaceful expansion, 2 enemy capitals are enough to have most of the resources. Opposite solutions uh? Yours grabs lots of land, not always that good. Mine is all about getting the prime quality land, even if it's not that much.