Ray Patterson
the dude is not in
I love the opening phase of the game... you know every discovery you make will have tremendous impact.
Well the game I just started is really weird, but then all civ IV games seem to be. There are so many different resources no map is 'normal'. Anyway, it's my second monarch game, huge fractal, I'm Ramesses. Cow, Wheat and Marble in my first city radius, not bad at all. Soon I discover a whole lot of resources to my north, but unfortunately also the end of the world.
To the south is some pretty sweet space too. And a neighbour.
If I want to have a considerable chunk of that I have to act fast. The pigs and the two gold mines are just too good to be left up for grabs I think. Then again, the city to the north can provide me with stone, the best early non-military resource, and horses. Then again the horses can wait (and no way is anyone ever going to beat me to that spot. But if I have stone very soon, I can create a LOT of wonders very soon. Stonehenge, Pyramids and Great wall are all very much on my wish list, and as industrious and with stone, I should be able to get at least two. Then again, I might say that with industrious and stone my wonder position will be so amazing (especially if I chop some of the richly present forests) that it can wait. While, as mentioned before, the space to the south can't. So, what comes first? Shall I try to become a wonder powerhouse and worry about the rest later? Or is a decent landgrab the highest priority? I guess there is no easy answer, but I'd like to hear someone's opinion.
Well the game I just started is really weird, but then all civ IV games seem to be. There are so many different resources no map is 'normal'. Anyway, it's my second monarch game, huge fractal, I'm Ramesses. Cow, Wheat and Marble in my first city radius, not bad at all. Soon I discover a whole lot of resources to my north, but unfortunately also the end of the world.

To the south is some pretty sweet space too. And a neighbour.

If I want to have a considerable chunk of that I have to act fast. The pigs and the two gold mines are just too good to be left up for grabs I think. Then again, the city to the north can provide me with stone, the best early non-military resource, and horses. Then again the horses can wait (and no way is anyone ever going to beat me to that spot. But if I have stone very soon, I can create a LOT of wonders very soon. Stonehenge, Pyramids and Great wall are all very much on my wish list, and as industrious and with stone, I should be able to get at least two. Then again, I might say that with industrious and stone my wonder position will be so amazing (especially if I chop some of the richly present forests) that it can wait. While, as mentioned before, the space to the south can't. So, what comes first? Shall I try to become a wonder powerhouse and worry about the rest later? Or is a decent landgrab the highest priority? I guess there is no easy answer, but I'd like to hear someone's opinion.