To Sacrifice Granaries?

[Jon Shafer]

REX: Rapid-Early-Expansion.

When you build as many cities as fast as you can early on in the game. Unless you build up a large powerful empire early on, you're only making yourself a target later on, along with the fact that you won't be as powerful.

[Theseus]

Originally posted by Dominae
The idea is to supplement the standard REX strategy (finish a Settler in a city whenever it hits size 3)...
Dominae

I still don;t buy this.

It's not pop that matters, it's number of shields.