Hunger in the city?

[Looon]

Hello!
I have several cityes connected through roads, suddenly one of them (in the middle) get -1 food and popultion gone from 5 (heads) to 3. Now I use max food located in the area and still stay on -1.
What shall I do?

 

[ElephantU]

In the middle portion of your city screen, near the bottom, do you see anything that says "Food route"? Or did you just produce a settler when you had no surplus food sheaves? Or have you been neglecting the improvement of your grass or plains tiles around your city? A decent screensave or gamesave of your city would help us figure out what is going on and suggest remedies.

 

[Looon]

It was AD 400 but I left the game and replace the save file. But there is no food route.I am just a biginner and since yestarday I loos a few more games and do not have a strategy. Now I am looking for a Manual or something alike. To see the tree of evolution drawn, to choose a goal.
PS: Sorry for my english- I am from East Europe.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

This section may help you:
http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2/strategy/

 

[ElephantU]

And here's the Manual; give the Tutorial a try:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2/reference/Civ2manual.zip