I'm an almost exclusively tall player, but I was bored, so I decided to try ICSing on a whim. I'm not really having any trouble with the game I'm playing now, but I'm looking for some tips for ICSing in general. It's very hard for me to go against every instinct I have that urges me to play tall, so I'm sure I've made plenty of mistakes. The game is standard size/speed, Pangaea, Immortal.
My one big issue in the game has been religion. I prioritized shrines and temples since I didn't have any terrain-based faith to get. But Arabia is man-handling everyone in the religion department: founding at turn 61 and 28 cities under control compared to my 3. I'm feeling okay with that though because Arabia will be dead soon and I'm going to purge the cities of his religion. I missed Ceremonial Burial, but I did get Tithe/Pagodas/Religious Center/IP/MoTG. My GPT isn't good, but I've had a good amount of money all game from selling resources, so I'm not too worried about that front. My main points of concern are city placement and city size. Right now, I'm capping my cities at 5-6 population to control unhappiness.
On an unrelated note, I'm very underwhelmed by Rome's UU's and I wish I had picked the Mayans to get their awesome UB...
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I do have the NC built, though I'm not really sure it was worth it.
My one big issue in the game has been religion. I prioritized shrines and temples since I didn't have any terrain-based faith to get. But Arabia is man-handling everyone in the religion department: founding at turn 61 and 28 cities under control compared to my 3. I'm feeling okay with that though because Arabia will be dead soon and I'm going to purge the cities of his religion. I missed Ceremonial Burial, but I did get Tithe/Pagodas/Religious Center/IP/MoTG. My GPT isn't good, but I've had a good amount of money all game from selling resources, so I'm not too worried about that front. My main points of concern are city placement and city size. Right now, I'm capping my cities at 5-6 population to control unhappiness.
On an unrelated note, I'm very underwhelmed by Rome's UU's and I wish I had picked the Mayans to get their awesome UB...
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I do have the NC built, though I'm not really sure it was worth it.