Iron

[Jon Shafer]

There are two sources of iron that we are aware of. One is already within ND territory. The other is within the hills of the Military Border.

[ixnay]

DUN DUN DUNNN

Let's get that unclaimed iron asap.

[BigFurryMonster]

Damn! That block of iron is in non-fertile land.

What do we research now?

[jordie]

We could put a city on those forest plains just a bit above then have it get a temple and it's first expand will will include the iron, and until then we could colonise it. Then the city would have the iron but also those advanced grasslands.

I don't know how you can actually play with those graphics....

[BigFurryMonster]

Yep. Put the city on the southernmost forest tile. After expansion, it will have the iron within its borders, and it can use plenty of bonus grasslands.

IIRC, this is the spot where I proposed to put a city earlier.

[WarriorPoet]

I say, let's make this a real military border with a city on the hill in the corner of the river next to NDE's city. This will also grab the iron when it expands.

[BigFurryMonster]

This is another possibility. I think we must choose between those two options (this can be done later, when we actually have a settler).

[CiverDan]

The only reason I don't think we should put the city on the hill is that would then have TWO rather unproductive cities. The Forest location will have more food AND less corruption.

[Jon Shafer]

Is it necassary to build a city adjacent to the source of iron?

We do not need iron yet... it is also deep within the Military Border, beyond the grasp of ND, and most certainly GoW. Placing our next city there would mean that both the borders of the Northern Province and the Southern Province may very well be compromised. I strongly urge the rest of you to consider placing a city near the iron when we can accomodate it, and no sooner...

[ixnay]

Comedy colony option.

[BigFurryMonster]

Trip is correct.

This seems to happen a lot lately...

[WarriorPoet]

Trip, my option is not adjacent to the iron, rather, it would place our third city on the edge of the hills and just north of the spice, SE of the NDE city closest to us. I propose this merely to boost our defensive capability in the region, and our claim in the Military zone.

[Jon Shafer]

I didn't mean exactly on top of the iron, but you know what I mean.

It's more important to force our borders, then expand backwards now than anything else. Iron is a low priority until we can build Knights.