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I've just started a new game & I had a dream start. My first city location had grasslands w/rivers & 4 (count 'em) squares with cattle inside the city radius...
Anyway, needless to say my expansion has so far been meteoric & my closest neighbors (N) are the Romans (closely followed by the Greeks (E)). For some reason, either their empire has not been expanded much (if at all) or they settled in a direction away from me (not enough map visible to see where they went). I originally couldn't see which city it was, but after I saw their border expand I twigged it must be their capital & sure enough it is.
At best then, they maybe have 2, possibly 3 cities, I have 6 or 7, one of which is next door (originally to secure an incense resource square) to Rome (but far enough away so there aren't any potential resource overlaps).
The good news is I'm playing the Egyptians (Religious/Industrial), I've rush built a temple, already connected to my capital by road, token defense in place & then the thought occurred to me.
I usually rely on culture capture to expand my empire after the initial land grabbing exercise. What would happen (if it was actually possible) if I managed to capture the capital?
Okay, so the city in question has mostly desert tiles (but does have a hill with gold & the aforementioned incense).
Anyone know if this can be done? And what would happen if I did?
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I'm guessing that since it has a Palace, I'll be at a constant disadvantage culture wise, unless I can overpower it with my own culture enhancing improvements. Moving my palace, or building the Forbidden City might help to even the odds, but I think the problem will be that I'm always going to be playing 'catch up'.
I suppose I could attempt to settle 'around' Rome, but even with my super growth rate, the time it will take to get the settlers up there may not be fast enough to curtail the Romans' expansion.
(I'm not interested in military solutions!)
Anyway, needless to say my expansion has so far been meteoric & my closest neighbors (N) are the Romans (closely followed by the Greeks (E)). For some reason, either their empire has not been expanded much (if at all) or they settled in a direction away from me (not enough map visible to see where they went). I originally couldn't see which city it was, but after I saw their border expand I twigged it must be their capital & sure enough it is.
At best then, they maybe have 2, possibly 3 cities, I have 6 or 7, one of which is next door (originally to secure an incense resource square) to Rome (but far enough away so there aren't any potential resource overlaps).
The good news is I'm playing the Egyptians (Religious/Industrial), I've rush built a temple, already connected to my capital by road, token defense in place & then the thought occurred to me.
I usually rely on culture capture to expand my empire after the initial land grabbing exercise. What would happen (if it was actually possible) if I managed to capture the capital?
Okay, so the city in question has mostly desert tiles (but does have a hill with gold & the aforementioned incense).
Anyone know if this can be done? And what would happen if I did?
(edit)
I'm guessing that since it has a Palace, I'll be at a constant disadvantage culture wise, unless I can overpower it with my own culture enhancing improvements. Moving my palace, or building the Forbidden City might help to even the odds, but I think the problem will be that I'm always going to be playing 'catch up'.
I suppose I could attempt to settle 'around' Rome, but even with my super growth rate, the time it will take to get the settlers up there may not be fast enough to curtail the Romans' expansion.
(I'm not interested in military solutions!)
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