what to do w/ 1st Great Spy?

[Archon_Wing]

I like just settling him and scotland yard with the next. If you're running rep eventually, he'll give a few more beakers per turn. The extra EP from the settled spy tends to let you keep up with the AI in espionage.

If Mansa is next to me and the spy is early, I'm infiltrating.

 

[GenerallyGreat]

I won a deity game by domination where I didn't manage to get a single Great Scientist thanks to an early Great Spy. I was able to steal massive amounts of bottom tree techs from a close, shared religion neighbor while beelining the top tree. Infiltration FTW!

 

[Dr.Null]

The Palace is worth 4 , not 8. So building SY with your first GSpy produces an additional 4 only, which is not great, unless you plan to use the espionage slider... a rare state of affairs for me.


So, unless I plan on infiltrating somebody, the first GSpy is settled. The extra beakers can come in handy, too.

Fixed, thanks.

Yeah, settle the first one, but strongly consider Scotland Yards for your second GSpy.