Official Poll: Should we follow the "Genghis Plan" for French Territory?

[realpolitic]

No, unless we destroy all of France. Avigdon is in a good spot for trade, and a city at 1b is out of reach of the gold. If French cities are to corrupt, we can build workers, we're not far from Steam Power. Let's milk them. In those cities that have reasonable waste, we can build courthouses in anticipation of Democracy.

[E_T]

Three possible plans - First Tours NE1

I've come up with three possible plans, that I'll show in three posts. All three are the same, except for the placement of New Tours. All three combine Lyons & Besancon into one city that covers both the Iron & Saltpeter. In the maps, the Iron is under our Forces just outside of Besancon.

Here is the first map. This shows moving Tours NE by 1:



It took me a while to figure out the layers thing in Corel Draw, but I did it.

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[E_T]

Socond plan - Tours NE1, E1

This shows New Tours at NE1 and E1 from the current position

Here's the map:


In this one, if we really wanted to, we could move Grenobie up the coast a bit. If that is done, there would only be one overlap with New Tours, right where old Tours currently is.

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Third Plan - Tours NE2

THis moves New Tours NE by two:



In this one, Grenobie can also be moved, but there would be 2 tiles overlapping.

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[Shiber]

You've addressed some important issues in your plan... but still, it leaves a lot of mountains and hills and a gold tile out of our city radiis.

[zeit]

-We should move those cities to best use the terrain, but how we should do that, that's what i ask?

Disbanding a size 4 cities means having tens of thousands of french citizens as refugess, this is not the way of the new Republican Apolytonia!

I support using the cities as Worker Factories, then disband them- the workers will be used to developed their own land, and justice will be done. We hold no grudge against the French people- only against the ill-stricken leadrship of Joan the heathen.

I'm aware this might be more expensive than just disbanding- but let us not forget that it is people (virtual ones- but so are the lytons) we have on stake here.

[Shiber]

Actually, converting the populace into workers before disbanding them is exactly the thing to do. They'll turn into French workers which are somewhat slower than Apolytonian workers but they don't cost upkeep.

[E_T]

Originally posted by Shiber
You've addressed some important issues in your plan... but still, it leaves a lot of mountains and hills and a gold tile out of our city radiis.

Sometimes, you just can't have it all. At least not on a tight budget and within a timely manner.

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