Expand Expand Expand! And more expansion. In the time you waste irrigating and roading the two squares leading up to your city I'll be half way onto my first settler in that city. that settler will build a second city Soon after, while you're probablly still building a defensive unit for your first city. By the time you get around to founding a second city I'll have 3 and at least one settler irrigating and mining. I'll crush you
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Of course there are risks, barbarians could appear, and rapid expansion can leave parts undefended, though I would consider a minefield of cities to wade through a better defense of the capital then any irrigation it may posess. But those who don't take risks are doomed to rule mediocre civilizations. And I eat those for lunch.
Of course there are risks, barbarians could appear, and rapid expansion can leave parts undefended, though I would consider a minefield of cities to wade through a better defense of the capital then any irrigation it may posess. But those who don't take risks are doomed to rule mediocre civilizations. And I eat those for lunch.
