[help] Beginner in 1910BC

[feiyun]

Hello everyone!
I want to post the whole stroy originally,but it's a pity I am so focus on the game that I forget to write it down.

Background
Map:tiny,all random
CIV:China
Rivals:Japan(green),Korea(blue),Iroquois(purple)
Difficulty:Monarch
Rules:All default

Now it's in 1910BC,My situation is as follows(see pictures)
My next plan:Use the settler heads west,build the 3rd city next to coast(looks like a lake),including gem and cattle square.
Since I has been falled behind with AI ,could anyone give me some useful suggestion ? Thanks in advance

 

[DragonRunner]

In this case, I'd build up military and try to take out a near rival. You look pressed for space. That's a matter of personal opinion, though, because I hate being surronded with no room to expand. Also, the spot to the southwest of TL is a good spot- costal, a river, furs, and wheat. Settle there.

 

[Tappara]

I think you should concentrate in micromanaging your cities:

XCY
- has two bonus grasslands, you should build roads and mines
- building mine on the mountain with gold was waste of time at the beginning
- why is your worker building a road on a hill?

TL
- irrigate cow
- build road on the eastern bonus grassland with mine
- why a road on a hill

And why are you building the pyramids? It's a tiny map, so you should expand fast and not to build wonders at the beginning!

 

[Sandman2003]

And why are you building the pyramids? It's a tiny map, so you should expand fast and not to build wonders at the beginning!

Ditto! Rapid early expansion is the key. Wonders at this stage (2 cities) will slow you down. Hopefully one of your neighnours will build the Pyramids, and you have a nice target to go an d capture....

 

[Point13]

cant disagree Sandman, 70 turns for Pyramids is a little long.... and when they complete it should be a nice priority for you to catch, feiyun, always nice to have a goal... Plus, get a little more muscle (offensive and defensive) you wont take any land with just spearmen...

 

[Rik Meleet]

I like this spot the best: Between the gems and the cattle. 4 x NW of XCY.
Next sites:
Between the furs and the wheat. 3 x SW of TL.
Between the Dyes and the game (not everyone likes to settle on a BG) or on the Dyes.

And do get rid of the Pyramids and build something useful.

Don't worry really about falling behind. If you switch off research after you've researched philosophy, you'll get tons of gold you can use for tech-trades. That usually works better and is cheaper. Good luck with the game. I hope you'll post the results someday here.