General noob question grab bag

[ArchGhost]

Different game in mp where you have only your own income, here all those buildings like CHs, markets or banks have large value increases.

War heavy games can be this way, or those where you quickly eliminate your only(ish) neighbor and then settle out. i tend to whip courthouses when I know I'll be ending the game with a single continuous war as well, such as pushing everyone over with Cuir>Cav and mass numbers even if Rifles show up.

They are also important buildings where the idea is to settle out a lot of land before the AI comes overseas for it; maintenance can be crippling before Astro or State Property with 20+ cities. I do this on Earth18 all the time as any of the American continent civs but it's not exactly a standard game either, and as Lain has even shown in some games, letting them just settle around you even from off-continent you can still kill em all later so it's not like it's a priority. It just feels....neat, to be more self-sufficient I suppose.