DaviddesJ
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MrCynical said:Iron mined on plains/hills gives 6 hammers. Ordinary plains/hills give 4. Therefore the iron is giving +2 hammers. A city founded on plains/hills/iron gives 3 hammers. A city founded on plains/hills gives two hammers. Therefore the iron is only giving you +1 hammer.
That is true if you have a plains/hill space that you can put your city on that gives you access to the iron and also all of the other resources that you would have had from the iron space. I find this is very often not the case.
My point is only that (1) the difference is not 5 or 6 hammers as suggested in post #1146, but usually 1 hammer at most; and (2) there are pretty common cases where the difference is not even 1 hammer.
I'd be happy to discuss this further in a different thread if you like.