As long as we're on the subject and clearing up any confusion, diagonal is always ="adjacent" in Civ. I mention this because some late-game buildings and wonders (Levee, Hydro Plant, Three Gorges Dam) require the city to be adjacent to a river to be able to build them.Diagonally works just as well as vertically and horizontally for chaining farms.
Good advice. Other things that can help:Generally the fastest way to build a wonder is to build it in a city surrounded by a lot of forests. Get plenty of Workers chopping away, and you'll have the wonder out in no time. If you're particularly organized, you can even make sure your forests are ready on the exact turn you get a tech that enables a wonder, and build the wonder in 1 turn. I built the Great Library this way in a multiplayer game I'm currently involved in.
Generally the fastest way to build a wonder is to build it in a city surrounded by a lot of forests. Get plenty of Workers chopping away, and you'll have the wonder out in no time. If you're particularly organized, you can even make sure your forests are ready on the exact turn you get a tech that enables a wonder, and build the wonder in 1 turn. I built the Great Library this way in a multiplayer game I'm currently involved in.
I also play on Marathon (and on huge maps) and aim for massive empires and I do a lot of micro. A typical game does take a month but since I enjoy the play, why not? It seems to me that a single involved game is more fun than numerous quick ones in the same time period. Of course, opinions may vary.
It's true. Check out the spoiler at the bottom of this post. (Spoiler for players in Realms Beyond Pitboss 7.) That one was even done pre-Maths, which I wouldn't usually do... I had a slow start though, and in multiplayer certain wonders are extremely competitive - so I had to go for broke or risk losing it to other players.
It's true. Check out the spoiler at the bottom of this post. (Spoiler for players in Realms Beyond Pitboss 7.) That one was even done pre-Maths, which I wouldn't usually do... I had a slow start though, and in multiplayer certain wonders are extremely competitive - so I had to go for broke or risk losing it to other players.
Basically a bunch of bonuses. There were 6 forest chops at 20 hammers apiece, plus one forest chop worth 10 hammers (further away), plus the 10 hammers per turn produced in the city. That makes:
Thank you for your patience. I guess a mistake I've been making is not chopping down all the forests around a city.
Yeah... as a general rule, it's worth cutting down forests earlier rather than later. A bonus in the present tends to be more valuable than a bonus in the future.Ok, I get it now.
You could be referring to one of two things here, so I'll deal with both.
No worries.
When you go into the city screen, you can see if the overlapped tile is a part of that city's radius by whether it is greyed out or not. If it is greyed out, you can click on the greyed out tile and switch it to be a part of that city. If you want to switch it back, go into the other city screen and click on the greyed out tile there.
I'm just here to help others enjoy the game, along with the rest of the veteran folks here at Civfanatics. (And I don't have Paypal anyway. 
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and 4 of the pieces of bread with the bite out of it ( 
don't know the terminology), will that grow faster than a city with 31 and 30? In short, does a city grow faster the more surplus it has and is it dependant on it's current size?
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Ok, this is probably a dumb question. If I have a city with 7
Also, I've never messed around with assigning city specialists because I didn't understand it. If I have a city with 4 food surplus, I can assign say 3 scientists and I will still have a surplus but with increased
Man, I can't wait to get home to play (at work now). I'll probably only get 4 hours of sleep today before I have to be back here.
But I did other mistakes which contributed to a collapsed economy too. Maintenance cost can eat you alive, even at Noble difficulty.
It means the forest tile, previously providing 2 food and 1 hammer, will become a 2 food and 1 commerce tile after the cottage is built (removing the forest, revealing the flat grassland underneath). Of course, the cottage will grow, and you'll get the hammer bonus from chopping the forest - so it's all very much in your interests.
It means the forest tile, previously providing 2 food and 1 hammer, will become a 2 food and 1 commerce tile after the cottage is built (removing the forest, revealing the flat grassland underneath). Of course, the cottage will grow, and you'll get the hammer bonus from chopping the forest - so it's all very much in your interests.
due to overpopulation. Is this when I hit the avoid growth button? I've never used it before.
from building a cottage on a forested grassland is the result of removing the forest. This is referred to as "chopping" by many here at civfanatics. It is a one-time bonus. Usually the number is not quite so high, so I suspect you have -increasing modifiers such as buildings such as forges or factories, civics such as organized religion, or leader traits such as Creative, where leaders have double production speed of theatres (at least in vanilla).
, such as aqueduct, grocer, etc, have been built.. Otherwise, maybe using the surplus food to run lots of specialists would work while keeping the city stagnant. (Obviously there are some specialists if you have 21 pop because there are only 20 workable tiles.)
from the whip there will still be a higher total happiness because there will be less from overpopulation. It will, of course, also remove a few from overpopulation.
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