Settings are Hemispheres, 7 AIs, standard map size, Marathon speed, NHNE.
I've been trying to figure out how to play better in the early game, and I rolled this start, which looks pretty good. It has plenty of forests, but the real joy came from spotting what look like floodplains to the south with a riverside plains hill to start on.
I moved my warrior to the hill, and saw that I six FP if I settled on the hill. Since my settler could move twice I checked out the sheep on my way, and found dry corn.
But now I'm not sure what to do.
If I research agriculture to do something with those floodplains and corn, and build a worker, I get the worker four turns before agriculture comes in.
Do I try to leverage IMP for an early second city sharing the FPs next to the oasis? I could probably get it to autoconnect along the river, so it would boost my early commerce.
Thoughts?
I've been trying to figure out how to play better in the early game, and I rolled this start, which looks pretty good. It has plenty of forests, but the real joy came from spotting what look like floodplains to the south with a riverside plains hill to start on.
I moved my warrior to the hill, and saw that I six FP if I settled on the hill. Since my settler could move twice I checked out the sheep on my way, and found dry corn.
But now I'm not sure what to do.
If I research agriculture to do something with those floodplains and corn, and build a worker, I get the worker four turns before agriculture comes in.
Do I try to leverage IMP for an early second city sharing the FPs next to the oasis? I could probably get it to autoconnect along the river, so it would boost my early commerce.
Thoughts?