News: BOTM 35 - Starts 1 November

i have a strange feeling, i\ll settle the wrong place :] that means iron or bronze will appear on a tile i settle. so with of those plain (fresh water from oasis) should i choose?
 
Looks like a nice, straightforward game to get back into Civ. Though it always looks straightforward doesn't it? I've not played Civ IV in months, not played a G/BOTM in over a year and played Civ V for about two games and got fed up.

However I'm really aiming to improve my Civ IV playing so will be posting in these xOTM forums to try and analyse my game better.

Will aim for a simple conquest in this game, as quick as possible. I'm thinking despite the map type it shouldn't take too long on Noble (I've never played this level I don't think) so will go for mostly specialist economy but with some cottages around the capital (rude not to with the financial trait) and bureaucracy to drive research. So beelining Civil Service (possible Oracle slingshot at this level though I've never been great at that) and then depending on the map most likely Astronomy to reach everybody and finish them off quickly.
 
Nasty start in that the temptation will be to head for a plain hill and miss nice things in the darkness to the east.

The more I look at the map, the more I am agreeing with this. With 5 FP and an Oasis, we are OK for food and absolutely rocking for commerce, but there doesn't seem to be much production around. I think I want both of those PH in the cap's BFC.

So I don't think I will be settling on a PH unless there is more production available

Warrior 1N, to see if there is marble/gold/gems, otherwise SIP for 5 FP, 2 PH, 1 Oasis and at least 4 forest.
 
I'm new here so I'm not familiar with all of the acronyms yet. I checked out the "Commonly Used Acronyms" here, but the only PH on the page was in Alpha Centauri.
My guess is that it stands for "production hill," but I could be wrong.
If anyone could help out that would be awesome :)
 
Bulb: it's plains hill, but your interpretation works just fine :)
 
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