CEGE: Where to found our 4th City (part I) ?

[BigFurryMonster]

Our 3rd city will be founded near the cattle in the north, sealing off GoW a
bit.

Where shall we found our 4th city?

Options:

1) Near the game/wheat in the NE. Close to Invictus, low corruption. On a
river, at the end of the existing road.

2) Near the iron source in the SW. Inside the Military Border, trying to
seal off ND. If possible, near a Spice source, and protected by hills and a
river.

3) Elsewhere.

The exact location can be determined later.

[Admiral PJ]

We should consider making some ports soon also, perhaps this northeast city site could be made a port, though its probably unsuitable.
Map making appears to be being researched soon by some, so we may be able to trade for it hopefully.

Maybe we should reconsider and make our 3rd city near the iron, as NDE could easily take that with another city, and their culture is getting big in that region.

I;d make the 4thcity near the iron for sure.

We could be in trouble if we stretch our country out too big, and get too many cities near enemy territories, where we will have difficulty defending against allied enemy attacks from numerous fronts, but I suppose that is the risk we must take, and we need a strong army for defence.

[CiverDan]

Don't put our third city near iron. GoW would take a high food production square close to their capital long before ND founds a city far from their cap and on bad terrain. I would make our 4th city close to the iron though. With the Granary in Invictus and the Cattle near our food city, we have enough food production, we will need the iron, and we can't assume ND won't try to keep us from that resource (though as I said above, ND has no other incentives and a couple of disincentives for building a city their this earlier in their expansion.)

[ixnay]

Go near the iron.

[Jon Shafer]

Option 1... I don't care about the iron.

After that we need a coastal city, as PJ pointed out.