Tourism wonders - spread out or in Hermitage city?

[Aaron90495]

I've been wondering, what's the best strategy with Tourism and Culture wonders? Should you spread them out among your cities (to get the 33% bonus from Aesthetics) or should you focus them all in your Hermitage/National Visitor Center city?

Discuss!

 

[joncnunn]

Since only my capital has enough production, just about every wonder (that I built at all) will be in the capital.

If you bulb a few GEs, optimum with that policy is exactly one in every city other than the National Visitor Center which would have the rest.

 

[sonicandfffan]

If you have an exceptional capital and the satellite cities aren't as good you should just focus them in your capital (e.g. in my latest game I have morocco in a desert with a bunch of hills and petra, it's a production monster and can churn out most wonders in 5 turns, it's just that good).

However if your satellite cities are pretty good themselves (e.g. in another game as Brazil my second city had petra and was better than my first) then by all means build in them. In truth you just want your civ to build wonders quickly so you just pick the optimal city at the time.

 

[Csjbo08]

I focus on whichever city has enough production to build the wonders (which 99.9% is the capital) unless for reasons pertaining to terrain, I can't. For example having 2 cities besides my capital with wonders because one was near the coast and the other near mountain.

 

[Louis XXIV]

I tend to stack, but if I have two to build at once, I'll move one to another city (better to get both in two cities than to get one in one city).

 

[Aaron90495]

I suppose, in an ideal world, you would get some non-Tourism wonders in all your other cities and could cram all the Culture/Tourism ones into your Hermitage city. With enough Faith, GE rushing wonders in second/third cities seems like it'd be an option semi-regularly.

 

[Autoclave]

all culture wonders should be built in the same city.

 

[bob massingbird]

This is why coastal bias is great, you can stack your Hermitage/Alhambra/Sydney Opera in one city for massive culture boost

 

[Bibor]

I'd say stuff them all into the same city if possible. Sometimes it won't be.

 

[Tachii]

Stuff like the Oracle can definitely be built in your second city. Provided you use a caravan for food to the second city and it's near some pretty good production tiles. Then use Pisa's GE to get Globe Theater/Uffizi in the third and another GE to get Taj Mahal in the fourth. The point of Pisa's GE is that you're not going to able to build it all in the capital regardless.

^ This I think what be the most ideal for a cultural win.

 

[bison21]

I think it depends on how many citizens your capital has- i.e. would running 10 specialists or so cripple growth/production, or can you compensate? What works for me is to have all guilds in a high-pop city where I can get all the bonuses for great person generation, and wonders can be spread to other cities too to get additional cpt/fpt whatever you choose.
(Emperor level)

 

[Pythakoreas]

I thought Flourishing of the Arts policy applies to all World Wonders, not just culture/tourism ones.
Get your tourism slot wonders in one city. If you want more build other wonders in other cities.

 

[Aaron90495]

I thought Flourishing of the Arts policy applies to all World Wonders, not just culture/tourism ones.
Get your tourism slot wonders in one city. If you want more build other wonders in other cities.

It does apply to all World Wonders, but late in the game, there aren't many non-Tourism wonders. Obviously, you should spread out non-Tourism wonders, but Tourism wonders are another deal entirely, as stacking them is often better (with a ton of modifiers typically in one Hermitage/NVC city).

 

[chazzycat]

anything that provides tourism, put in the capital. National Visitor center is one of the biggest boosts you'll get in the game, the more you have in your capital the better.

It's also important to have strong secondary production cities to build things like Leaning Tower of Pisa, which doesn't provide direct tourism but is still important.