pomthom
Drive & Reverb
RE: fog busting City 2 spot
There's my 3rd border pop in 4 turns
There's my 3rd border pop in 4 turns
A part from spot A food is not that bad..? And even spot A is alright because I have FPs. Didn't mention it but there's a backfill spot South with Sheep+Fish so that's good too. Maybe more seafood SE of capitole and probably more food NE of capitole.
That's ~5-7 good city spots, and I might catch some more a bit further away
Why is City 2 so bad? It grabs the Horses but still remains close to capitole to work FP cottages and has "decent" tiles (Cows, FP to irrigate, PH, some riverside...). No fresh water however. If I wasn't CRE I definitely wouldn't consider it
Xpost BIC: Yes but Pottery before Mining..? Production is already going to be tough whereas commerce will be very easy mid-term. If I want to grab some land I need a Mine and Slavery asap no? A Granary too ceci dit...
EDIT: a Granary will be crucial but will be of much smaller use if I don't have Slavery so I still think going BW first is the right call
Why not horse city on a plainhill? Sheep give better food than cows.
Didn't really cross my mind in my own game, but there are a couple of reasons I can think of off the top of my head:
- No need to wait for a border pop to be able to improve the horses
- Settling the PH kills the option of having 2 seafood cities instead of one.
- Less room for barbarians to spawn into after the 1st border pop.
Playing a shadow (poorly). What would you do now?
Spoiler :Joao has just converted to Confu and gone wheoorn the same turn.
Sorry to see this didn't work out for you... I'll watch for that PortugeseSpoiler :It worked fine, gifted drama, begged meditation for 10 turn peace treaty. Unfortunately as soon as the peace treaty expired Joao invaded with a decent size stack (swords, cats, LBs etc). Gave up.
Why are you planning to settle your 2nd city away from the Nile? I always get dislikes when settling outta river in NC games.
It wouldn't necessarily have been bad. I chose this spot for the reasons JSS evoked plus also because I was thinking of other city spots: I had to grab the horses whilst not screwing up another spot near the Sheep or Fish.Ok, point taken. If this was my game I would've settled horse city and riverside sity as a noob.