How would you handle this start?

[isau]

Rolled this as Lautaro. Note I'm using mods, so a few things aren't as usual. Just wondering how you would handle this start. Is this a case for Lady of the Reeds and leaving the swamps in place? Or is this a case for clearing the swamps with Magnus in place and getting a huge population? Or both?

 

[Civ_Gumby]

Probably settle in place or on the marsh north of the river. This is a pretty bad start, both of your luxuries are 3 tiles out and in tundra, so placing another city down there is unlikely. I would just load another start.

 

[Japper007]

Settle in Place, Builder first while teching Mining, get a mine on the two grass hills and quarry the stone.

I'd say your Swamp pantheon idea is better than chopping them: 3/1 tiles are better than farms, need no Builder charges and food choppng is pretty low value to begin with.

 

[liv]

Is there a wonder to the left or did you change crabs a bit?
I would also settle in place
Maybe not the greatest place for those luxeries for France but otherwise it is pretty good start
God of harvest could be good

 

[Esperr]

Settle on planes hill on coast. That start has low production and a bunch of useless food tiles that you dont need, plains hill will double early production. Your going to waste a lot of time at your pop cap and charges clearing those marshes.

You also have access to a 4 yield tile right away, hopefull to the south theres another mountain you can grab a +2 campus. Theres a 4 food tile that you can upgrade to a 5 food in your second ring as well. Crabs also means +3 harbor. You also get access to that forest for a chop, if you can get a plaza there you can maybe get a +3 campus.

SIP just means your city will hit the cap faster. You can mine those hills, bit thats early charges you don't want to waste. Its going to be a pretty low production city either way.

Edit:also if you plaza the forest you can get a +4 harbor or a +3 hub on the other side of the river.