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    I can't believe I've never had this happen in a game before, but I don't think it has and I'm stumped. Here's the deal: I have a city on a coast, separated by a channel from a 2-square island that falls within its BFC. Because the game like to be cruel and taunt me, that island turns out to hold my one-and-only source of horses. So I research Sailing and send over a worker to pasture and road the horses, but I still have no access to horses. Since I can't build a city on the island, because it's too close to the extant city, how do I get my horses?
    "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

  • #2
    You'll need

    a) a pasture on the horses
    b) a road on both tiles
    c) A fort on the second tile

    Or

    a road and fort on the horses.


    Note that the "can't build a city in another city's fat cross" rule only applies to cities on the same land mass. You could build a city on Horse Island and hook them up that way as well.

    Hmmm.... I guess that's three options.
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    • #3
      Also, I believe a road + river on the little island would work, once you have sailing. (The river connects to the trade network same as a fort or city.)

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      • #4
        @Thoth - makes sense, thanks

        @wodan - nope; I needed sailing to get to the island in the first place, after all. What Thoth says actually makes a bit of real-world sense (not that that has anything to do with Civ) because, in real life if you had an resource-rich island you'd not only need a way to exploit it (pasture, mine, plantation) but also a place for ships to dock and carry it away; hence the need for a city or fort, I guess.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly View Post
          @wodan - nope
          Are you saying you put a river on the island in worldbuilder and it didn't work?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by wodan11 View Post
            Are you saying you put a river on the island in worldbuilder and it didn't work?
            No, I'm saying I misread your post because I'm an idiot.
            "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly View Post
              No, I'm saying I misread your post because I'm an idiot.
              Oh, okay. no worries.

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              • #8
                If those 2 tiles are on a separate landmass you can still settle a city on the other land mass even though it is "too close".
                You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Thoth
                  Note that the "can't build a city in another city's fat cross" rule only applies to cities on the same land mass. You could build a city on Horse Island and hook them up that way as well.
                  Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
                  I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure

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