colony building (or lack of)

[godinex]

In Huge Maps is better a colony or a lonely city surrounded of colonies but in a standard map is better to make cities

[Changmai Beagle]

I generally like to cluster map features together (young world). Then I use colonies and defender units for resources in the mountain (or desert, but mostly mountain) areas that are far enough away to be useful for a lengthy time.

[Elucidus]

I usually play on a 5 mil year old map. Maybe I should try a 3.