Cottages suck, but you're right that they are the main source of commerce. We pretty much assumed off the bat that we wouldn't build any cottages and would just workshop and windmill everything. Windmills will give us some commerce but now that you mention it I guess there's going to be lots of Research building.
I'm pretty sure we need to tech, yes. We'll want to tech Steam Power immediately for worker speed and then probably Assembly Line before going for Railroad.
My wild ass guess is that Steam Power will take like 30 turns, then Assembly Line 20 turns, and subsequent techs could be 10 turns.
Workers are 48h assuming the sandbox is correct, WHICH BRICK SHOULD ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT, so no, I don't think we whip them.
IMP is good for sure, I don't think it's broken.
I generally estimate number of cities as land tiles / 12, but I don't know if Brick meant 160 total tiles or 160 land tiles. But yes, you're right that in a later start you'll want to spread out a bit more as well since you can improve and grow faster.
I'm pretty sure we need to tech, yes. We'll want to tech Steam Power immediately for worker speed and then probably Assembly Line before going for Railroad.
My wild ass guess is that Steam Power will take like 30 turns, then Assembly Line 20 turns, and subsequent techs could be 10 turns.
Workers are 48h assuming the sandbox is correct, WHICH BRICK SHOULD ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT, so no, I don't think we whip them.
IMP is good for sure, I don't think it's broken.
I generally estimate number of cities as land tiles / 12, but I don't know if Brick meant 160 total tiles or 160 land tiles. But yes, you're right that in a later start you'll want to spread out a bit more as well since you can improve and grow faster.
Civilization IV: 21 (Bismarck of Mali), 29 (Mao Zedong of Babylon), 38 (Isabella of China), 45 (Victoria of Sumeria), PB12 (Darius of Sumeria), 56 (Hammurabi of Sumeria), PB16 (Bismarck of Mali), 78 (Augustus of Byzantium), PB56 (Willem of China)
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