Is this "cheating"?

[Atotarho]

Originally posted by Jan Mistique
I wonder what people consider a good starting position is?

I like a lux near my capitol or next city, river, some forest, couple of hills, and wheat/cattle in at least one square and plenty of room for expansion. One thing that I dont want is my capital by the sea, you loose too many highly productive cities that are now sea squares.

 

[JazzToucan]

Originally posted by Jan Mistique
I wonder what people consider a good starting position is?

I'm a commerce/science type of guy so I usually look for a coastal spot that has shielded grassland with rivers, a gold hill, or thanks to conquests, those sugar hills are nice, too. A luxury adds to the science value, too.

The key for me is a good combo of production, science, and food. This was one of the best sites I've gotten so far (although sans coast and commerce doubling Colossus) that led to a one city cultural victory. I only had about six or seven cities total and would build cities to increase the number of armies I could have and then quickly abandoned them. Monarch level.

 

[JazzToucan]

The result:

 

[Frostyboy]

Cheating for yourself?`I mean, when playing against the AI (=playing against yourself) you set your own terms, and if you play like that each time, then "cheating" or not isn't relevant.

I often restart the scenario if I get crappy terrain (something which should be avoided by the game, and give all civs almost the same starting terms) Of course, if playing on lower diff, you can look at it as just a challenge.