Squeeze or Spread?

[UnlockPotential]

Generally for me..
REX
REX
REX
then some more REX !

(Rapid Early Expansion or was it just Rapid EXpansion i forget )

Same here, expand fast

Rapid Early eXpansion BTW

 

[josephstalin]

Spread, but only if location warrants it.

 

[josephstalin]

double post; this is what happens if you can only use a proxy.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Spread first, then backfill, then conquer.

 

[Solid]

A tight start can be very good. In most of my games I search recources, but every now and then I want to get a really tight first three or four cities, at most five squares from capital. Three most of the time the fourth are hard to get in that close. Can you get good cities in a tight area, then you got a real advantage.

Bu really it depends on the map, you sould not play a tight start if you cant get some pretty good sites.