Quick Question

[Deathwalker]

I was wandering if someone could answer this question, does a resourece (Oil, Iron.....) need to be within the range of a city (Two Squares) and have a citizen working on that square for you to build units that require that resource? Or do you only have to build a road to it amd have it within your boarder?

[0:) Innocence]

To the best of my knowledge, all you need is an uninterrupted road from the resource to one of your cities. If the resource is outside your cultural borders, build a Colony on it too.

[0:) Innocence]

(double post)

[The Viceroy]

In addition... if the resource is not on your island/continent, you will need to make sure that the colony goes back to a city on that island which has a harbour .... and there is another harbour on the continent which is connected by road to the capital ...

[Zealot]

Luxuries and strategic resources need to be connected by road AND to be inside your borders for you to have access to them. If it's outside your borders, send a worker to that tile and build a colony there. Then connect a road from there to a city. But don't forget to connect that city to your capital! Otherwise your empire wont have access to them. Just that sole city will. Of course, any new city you build/conquer must be connected to your road network.

One more thing: another civ can build a city adjacent to your colony. If this happens, you'll lose that colony.

Resources like gold are only useful inside the city radius, with a citizen working on it. It improves commerce. That's all. Build a road and mine there just like a regular improvement.