[PB61 Spoilers] JesseL's First PB Game

[Charriu]

I wanted to make sure there were no sea resources up north that would have caused me to not settle in place.

Ah I missed that. I think it's fair to say that our mapmakers are not so evil to orphan a sea food by settling in place

[JesseL]

I am used to random maps. This start is way better than most random starts.

[Ramkhamhaeng]

tinyjpg.com worked great.

If you press the "Print" key, Civ4 will made a screenshot in "[My Documents]\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Screenshots". The size of this JPG depends on the screen resolution. Are this images already too big in your environment?

[JesseL]

That is even better. The images are around 250kb.

[JesseL]

Even more resources. The bare plains hill looks like a good second city site to me. Also it looks like this is a map of South and Central America...

[JesseL]

More gems.

[The Black Sword]

That plains hill spot does look super juicy. What are your thoughts on techs after agriculture?

[JesseL]

I went with fishing next for some more commerce and so the city can produce a work boat and grow. Techs that I think I need next are the wheel, animal husbandry, mysticism, and archery. Good thing I did not start with a workboat as I thought that I already had fishing when I could build one.

[JesseL]

What I am currently thinking of for city sites. This may change as I explore more. Did I mention I like settling on hills for the defensive bonus?

[Lazteuq]

Did I mention I like settling on hills for the defensive bonus?

I think this is an under-appreciated idea, especially since you're Protective as well. I recommend trying to figure out where you think the "border regions" will be so you can know where that hill defensive bonus is most valuable.

There's a probably more important reason to settle on hills though: A city on a plains hill gets 2 hammers, where all other normal city tiles only get 1 hammer. That free hammer can be a pretty big deal for the initial expansion.