Maximising p(salt)

[Asklepios]

I fancy playing a game with a strong Salt start. I normally go with whatever I roll, but tonight I think I want to play a Salt game. I don't mind what map, civ or other settings, so long as I get Salt.

Is there a particular combination of settings that will minimise the number of rerolls?

 

[joncnunn]

Legendary setting will give you enough copies of whatever your primary luxury is to trade away a copy to just about every civ on the map after you've built a few more cities.

I've never seen salt covered by forest or jungle so perhaps a civ with both avoid forest & avoid jungle?

 

[Zaimejs]

I haven't seen salt in so many games that I forgot about it.

 

[reddishrecue]

Salts usually appear in plains, desert or tundra. Civilizations with starts in these terrains will most likely have salt.

 

[budweiser]

Poland is a good bet for salt. Maya too.

 

[chazzycat]

Poland or Mongolia have plains bias, I think those are the best options.

 

[Thunda]

there is a Maya saved game on here somewhere with 7 salt start

 

[klaskeren]

someone please explain how a salt tile can yield 3 food? how the hell can you feed from salt with a mine, just as much as wheat with a farm ?

 

[ferretbacon]

someone please explain how a salt tile can yield 3 food? how the hell can you feed from salt with a mine, just as much as wheat with a farm ?

I don't think the rationale behind having 3 Food on Salt is that your population is literally eating the mined Salt, but that the Salt is acting as a food preservative, which would thereby increase the amount of food that can be stored and eaten later, effectively increasing your food capacity.

 

[Granty555]

I always find Sweden is good for salt starts.

 

[haniblecter]

Just use an editor to erase what lux you have, and add a new one.

Pretty easy.

 

[Ronza149]

there is a Maya saved game on here somewhere with 7 salt start

Yup this one I remember it really well:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=517929

 

[senshidenshi]

The Zulus's start bias is Avoid Forest and Avoid Jungle, so it's more likely to have some salt than others.

If the Mayans have a high salt chance, though, I would take them over the Zulus any day.

 

[layelaye]

use the mod "really advanced setup". it lets you pick the resources around your cap

 

[joncnunn]

I don't think the rationale behind having 3 Food on Salt is that your population is literally eating the mined Salt, but that the Salt is acting as a food preservative, which would thereby increase the amount of food that can be stored and eaten later, effectively increasing your food capacity.

Yup; salt remains an important food preservative even today. But the population is consuming some of the salt as well. (Namely the salt used to preserve the food gets mixed in)

 

[AW Arcaeca]

someone please explain how a salt tile can yield 3 food? how the hell can you feed from salt with a mine, just as much as wheat with a farm ?

Heck, there was a whole thread solely about that question a while ago: ---> http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=517354