Prince difficulty, standard speed, normal size map. Did shuffle and got an arch map.
I know I screwed up with Poverty point not on the coast, the extra gold enticed me but losing harbor/lighthouse for it isnt worth it
Ive also settled the island to the left of my capital
and here is what i have remaining on my island
The random number generator hates me, as I keep losing triremes to barb galleys somehow. However I was successful in getting GLH, I beelined to the colossus, and even got a great engi to get a free pyramids.
My capital has a ridiculous amount of food so will be a GP farm (new to city specialization, but then one seemed obvious) and figured Parthenon would be a good build. And it looks like I may even get a great engi for the GL.
I just popped literature, but Im sure i am the first to it so waiting to see if I get the engi first before building GL. I should probably drop out of currency and go machinery-> optics. I also need to push out triremes in the meantime, the barbs are out of control.
Any critiques and suggestions? City placements? The allure of wonders (along with the relative safety of land availability due to isolation) has hurt my infrastructure somewhat, but between GLH, Colossus, and the gold my commerce has been fine so far. Looks like Ill be going for science victory.
Spoiler:
I know I screwed up with Poverty point not on the coast, the extra gold enticed me but losing harbor/lighthouse for it isnt worth it
Ive also settled the island to the left of my capital
Spoiler:
and here is what i have remaining on my island
Spoiler:
The random number generator hates me, as I keep losing triremes to barb galleys somehow. However I was successful in getting GLH, I beelined to the colossus, and even got a great engi to get a free pyramids.
My capital has a ridiculous amount of food so will be a GP farm (new to city specialization, but then one seemed obvious) and figured Parthenon would be a good build. And it looks like I may even get a great engi for the GL.
I just popped literature, but Im sure i am the first to it so waiting to see if I get the engi first before building GL. I should probably drop out of currency and go machinery-> optics. I also need to push out triremes in the meantime, the barbs are out of control.
Any critiques and suggestions? City placements? The allure of wonders (along with the relative safety of land availability due to isolation) has hurt my infrastructure somewhat, but between GLH, Colossus, and the gold my commerce has been fine so far. Looks like Ill be going for science victory.