I just got steam power (as Babylonia), I'm miles ahead of every other civ in tech, i have an army of workers ready to build the railroads and what happens? No coal appears! ...
Eventually, I discover that thre is no coal in my territory, none on my continent, and finally 3 coal sites only , in the egyptian territory on a distant continent. I cannot trade for coal with the egyptians beacuse they cannot se it! I even try togive them steam power but I can't ' cos they arre to far behind in tech. Itb will take me 12 - 15 turns to get a force to the 'coal' city to conquer it.
Coal is one of the commonest resources in the world: much commoner than spices, incense and many of the other resources. In play terms it is also nonsense to make it so rare. I think this is a flaw in the game caused by lack of pre-release game play: something a good few reviewers pointed out. Any comments?
Eventually, I discover that thre is no coal in my territory, none on my continent, and finally 3 coal sites only , in the egyptian territory on a distant continent. I cannot trade for coal with the egyptians beacuse they cannot se it! I even try togive them steam power but I can't ' cos they arre to far behind in tech. Itb will take me 12 - 15 turns to get a force to the 'coal' city to conquer it.
Coal is one of the commonest resources in the world: much commoner than spices, incense and many of the other resources. In play terms it is also nonsense to make it so rare. I think this is a flaw in the game caused by lack of pre-release game play: something a good few reviewers pointed out. Any comments?