My suggestion is to pick Charlemagne (or whomever is IMP/PRO) of Egypt, move the warrior that should be a scout 9 to check the tiles 8, 9, 96, and 966 of the plains hill forest and then move the settler to the plains hill forest, regardless of what you see. Search for a decent capital location to the NW, plant, AH first and go WC rush someone.
And surprise, surprise, I don't like this start. There aren't any good options for wheree to settle because there is no way to get the settler to the south of the lake because of thee forests and on quick speed can't afford to lose too many turns (ie more than 1). The problem with settling in place is that a freshwater crabs is not a tile that is economical to hook up, whatever traits you have, because you can't afford the 20 hammers. But you can't settle north without giving up both food resources. So IMO the best option is to actually wander into the fog of war and hoipe there is something decent, because the lesson I learnt from PBEM50 is that double land food is better than split land and seafood bcause you can go double workers and then just get ahead in tile improvements too quickly.
And surprise, surprise, I don't like this start. There aren't any good options for wheree to settle because there is no way to get the settler to the south of the lake because of thee forests and on quick speed can't afford to lose too many turns (ie more than 1). The problem with settling in place is that a freshwater crabs is not a tile that is economical to hook up, whatever traits you have, because you can't afford the 20 hammers. But you can't settle north without giving up both food resources. So IMO the best option is to actually wander into the fog of war and hoipe there is something decent, because the lesson I learnt from PBEM50 is that double land food is better than split land and seafood bcause you can go double workers and then just get ahead in tile improvements too quickly.