charon2112
King
Hi guys, First off if anyone has a link to a good beginner guide could you please post it. The one's I've found on this site and others aren't terribly informative, although I have seen some excellent regular Civ IV guides. I've been playing Civ IV BTS for a long time and like to think I'm good at it. I know that Colonization is a really great game, if I could just figure out how to play. I've read the manual, the Civilopedia, and a few strategy guides and the guide for Civ IV new to Colonization, but I'm still at a loss on how to play the early game (or the late game for that matter). For instance:
When the game starts, I move my ship to a good place on the coast, and unload the two units. I build a settlement with the soldier, and begin exploring native villages and such with the other unit. What's the best thing for the ship to do? Go immediately back to Europe and get two more units? Or stay in the New World and explore the coast? And once I get two new units should they join the existing settlement or build a new settlement? Is this what I should have the ship do, just keep going back and forth picking up new units? Is this how I should build the population of a settlement? Or let it grow just with food? It seems like I could fill a settlement with units pretty quickly if I keep ferrying them over in twos. I am in desperate need of a really detailed beginner guide.
Thanks very much...
When the game starts, I move my ship to a good place on the coast, and unload the two units. I build a settlement with the soldier, and begin exploring native villages and such with the other unit. What's the best thing for the ship to do? Go immediately back to Europe and get two more units? Or stay in the New World and explore the coast? And once I get two new units should they join the existing settlement or build a new settlement? Is this what I should have the ship do, just keep going back and forth picking up new units? Is this how I should build the population of a settlement? Or let it grow just with food? It seems like I could fill a settlement with units pretty quickly if I keep ferrying them over in twos. I am in desperate need of a really detailed beginner guide.
Thanks very much...