I gave this a whirl, because I wanted to see the map. I started by founding my first city to the SE of my capital, with horses in first ring. That reveals my game plan:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0219.jpg]](http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8458/civ4screenshot0219.jpg)
That was my first "real" offensive, I harassed my neighbours with chariots while researching horseback riding. My chariots razed a few weakly defended AI cities. Here's a random image from later, my horseback army racing southwards:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0225.jpg]](http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6426/civ4screenshot0225.jpg)
It turned out one of the opponents was on another continent, so my conquest plan was foiled. Therefore, I set the slider to 0%, my city builds to wealth, and spammed settlers:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0230.jpg]](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7438/civ4screenshot0230.jpg)
That quickly led to this:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0234.jpg]](http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/4804/civ4screenshot0234.jpg)
Now in true form I misread the rules again, and somehow thought it was okay to build roads, so I built a few of them - maybe 10 tiles
. Chalk me up for another shadow game.
![[Image: civ4screenshot0219.jpg]](http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8458/civ4screenshot0219.jpg)
That was my first "real" offensive, I harassed my neighbours with chariots while researching horseback riding. My chariots razed a few weakly defended AI cities. Here's a random image from later, my horseback army racing southwards:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0225.jpg]](http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6426/civ4screenshot0225.jpg)
It turned out one of the opponents was on another continent, so my conquest plan was foiled. Therefore, I set the slider to 0%, my city builds to wealth, and spammed settlers:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0230.jpg]](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7438/civ4screenshot0230.jpg)
That quickly led to this:
![[Image: civ4screenshot0234.jpg]](http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/4804/civ4screenshot0234.jpg)
Now in true form I misread the rules again, and somehow thought it was okay to build roads, so I built a few of them - maybe 10 tiles
![rolleye rolleye](https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/images/smilies/rolleye.gif)
![jive jive](https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/images/smilies/jive.gif)
I have to run.