Ugliest start ever

[The Omega]

My worst start:

All grasslands. Nothing else. No mountains, no hills, no plains, no nothing other than grasslands, and a few bonus grassland. I though it would be good for expansion (lot's of bonus food), so I expanded extremely quickly. And I found *gasp* more grasslands! And 3 mountains, 2 hills, a small bit of plains, and to the norht, marsh and desert. My top production city had 7 shields per turn with every tile improved.

 

[Chieftess]

My worst start:

All grasslands. Nothing else. No mountains, no hills, no plains, no nothing other than grasslands, and a few bonus grassland. I though it would be good for expansion (lot's of bonus food), so I expanded extremely quickly. And I found *gasp* more grasslands! And 3 mountains, 2 hills, a small bit of plains, and to the norht, marsh and desert. My top production city had 7 shields per turn with every tile improved.

Is that with all of your tiles mined? That's where you build very tightly... Even an all grassland start can get up to 120spt with all production improvements at the end of the game...

 

[André Alfenaar]

My worst start:

All grasslands. Nothing else. No mountains, no hills, no plains, no nothing other than grasslands, and a few bonus grassland. I though it would be good for expansion (lot's of bonus food), so I expanded extremely quickly. And I found *gasp* more grasslands! And 3 mountains, 2 hills, a small bit of plains, and to the norht, marsh and desert. My top production city had 7 shields per turn with every tile improved.

You could have put some forrests on those grasslands.

 

[The Omega]

You could have put some forrests on those grasslands.

Ah, but that would have taken up time that could have been used trying to catch up with my rapid expansion (lot's of food) trying to build roads.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

@Morchuflex: Do you happen to have a save from the start in post #1? Looks like a nice challenge

 

[morchuflex]

@Morchuflex: Do you happen to have a save from the start in post #1? Looks like a nice challenge

Sorry, trashed it in haste! But I'll think about you next time I get such a start.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Trying to find a decent start for another Sid attempt, I got this :

 

[thetrooper]

Ha Ha Doc! That was a nice one...

 

[Pook]

Wow, Doc. I'd heard of an all mountain start, but I'd never actually seen one. Well done!

 

[Paradigne]

A 'quaint fishing community in the mountains'. Not the best place for a capital....

 

[MSTK]

At least you have a chance of early contact.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Yea, with England, which start with Alpha as well, and won't give me Pottery for BW
Adding insult to injury

I think I'll just run it as SG - not on Sid, but maybe Monarch. Free Palace jump forbidden, of course!

 

[morchuflex]

Nice one, Doc!