okay, Rick as first neighbour is not ideal.
Praetorians are still a good UU. I'm not sure about the offensive potential. Praets alone
I don't really fear them - especially with numidians.
Otherwise Rick is in my opinion the weakest player here.
And you can see the first city planning in the south.
Rick has the same points and a size 4 capital too.
So he learned and researched bronze working relative quickly.
This is good for him, but not good for me.
I'm 1 prod short of whipping the settler this turn.
So I chopped the forest and I will built the settler normal.
The norther city planning.