I'm sure this has been said before, but reseaching Iron Working is very critical to the early game as it reveals iron deposits on the map.
Once the deposits are revealed, you can start wars to take over iron depsits. All civs need iron to make swordsman, and if you can deprive other civs of their iron you have a good chance of dominating that civ militarily.
This works well in the early game as most civs don't have trade routes established to trade for the iron they don't have. Later on in the game the civs will trade each other for iron.
Another big point in this game is initial starting position. I'm not referring to the type of tile squares you start on, although this can be a big game factor, I'm referring to what your position is on the game map.
Starting out on a small island or on a panhandle of a large land mass with other nearby civs, can put you way behind the AI civs. This chokes your expansion at a very early stage of the game and gives the AI a very big head start.
After you make 3 or 4 cities your postion on your continent should become clearer, if you're isolated, you might want to start over. If you want a real challenge, play on.
Once the deposits are revealed, you can start wars to take over iron depsits. All civs need iron to make swordsman, and if you can deprive other civs of their iron you have a good chance of dominating that civ militarily.
This works well in the early game as most civs don't have trade routes established to trade for the iron they don't have. Later on in the game the civs will trade each other for iron.
Another big point in this game is initial starting position. I'm not referring to the type of tile squares you start on, although this can be a big game factor, I'm referring to what your position is on the game map.
Starting out on a small island or on a panhandle of a large land mass with other nearby civs, can put you way behind the AI civs. This chokes your expansion at a very early stage of the game and gives the AI a very big head start.
After you make 3 or 4 cities your postion on your continent should become clearer, if you're isolated, you might want to start over. If you want a real challenge, play on.
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