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Sir Ralph speaks wisdom throughout this thread. I am heartened that people listen.
May I propose the following?
1. Without much good land to settle, knocking off our closest neighbour is imperative.
2. To win any war we will need more than 1 productive city.
3. We have room for 2 more cities (max) which could each use 2 mined grassland tiles on the Apolyton plains. This would place them closely, thus restricting the future size of one or both. However, that would give us 3 productive cities for an early war.
4. We have not located the French settlements. It is not even necessarily the case that the French cities are the closest to us. While we erect our two additional arsenals, we can continue scouting in sweeping arcs to locate our prey.
Building the worker hurt us a bit, however it may help by the time hostilities can commence. By the time Apolyton can build the 2 daughter cities, Thebes should be productive and be working on it's Barracks. That would give us 4 cities for the Archer rush. Very doable, if we find them and they are close enough.
This plan requires discipline and commitment. If we decide on it we must stick with it from the moment we embark upon it. Any actions which diminish our ability to pump out Archers at the earliest possible date must be avoided at all costs, or the Archer gambit is lost.
May I propose the following?
1. Without much good land to settle, knocking off our closest neighbour is imperative.
2. To win any war we will need more than 1 productive city.
3. We have room for 2 more cities (max) which could each use 2 mined grassland tiles on the Apolyton plains. This would place them closely, thus restricting the future size of one or both. However, that would give us 3 productive cities for an early war.
4. We have not located the French settlements. It is not even necessarily the case that the French cities are the closest to us. While we erect our two additional arsenals, we can continue scouting in sweeping arcs to locate our prey.
Building the worker hurt us a bit, however it may help by the time hostilities can commence. By the time Apolyton can build the 2 daughter cities, Thebes should be productive and be working on it's Barracks. That would give us 4 cities for the Archer rush. Very doable, if we find them and they are close enough.
This plan requires discipline and commitment. If we decide on it we must stick with it from the moment we embark upon it. Any actions which diminish our ability to pump out Archers at the earliest possible date must be avoided at all costs, or the Archer gambit is lost.
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