The cities of Caerbannog

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Caerbannog

Pop 1, food: surplus 2, bar 0/22; grow 11 turns.
Health: 7 (2 fresh water+3 forest+2 level).
Unhealth: 1 (population).
Happy: 5 (1 palace+4 level).
Unhappy: 1 (population).
Yield: (4-2) 2 F; 2H; 9C.
Production: warrior (8 turns).
Science: 9 (9 commerce).
Gold: ---(---).
Maintenance: 0,24.
Culture: 2/turn; (0/10).
GPP: ----
Buildings: Palace.
Unities:----

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Looking at Caerbannog

With 5 pop. (our current happy cap, and no visible fast increase) :

Food first: from site, fish, cow, stone, plains/forest/hills and grass/hills
we shall have 2 food surplus. One interior lake and 3 grass can give
more, but at a price.

Production: the same tiles give 15H. 4 forests can give more, but at a
price.

Commerce: 11C. 1 interior lake+5 coast at 2C each, later one of them
+2C; the 3 grasses...

Two health resources and stone; later +1 health and 1 happy.

Well, IMHO far from great, but a reasonable city, with enough food
(not to be a GPfarm,of course) very reasonable hammers and some
commerce.

What my fellow rabbits think about?

Best regards,

[GeoModder]

With a lighthouse, we'll have 4 extra . 3 if the other city works one of the whales later on.
If that is the "price" you're refering to, that's part of the builder game in my opinion.

[UnOrthOdOx]

I say you're better served not working the Plains/forest/Hills, and instead going with one of the grasses or the lake for more food surplus, setting up a better whip cycle to cover the lower hammers, and getting better commerce.

edit: And yes, a lighthouse is key. More food is more whipping.

Whipping good.

[fed1943]

By "price" I was mostly thinking about some strategical decisions,
like grass to farm or cottage: farm gives +food, but no commerce,
cottage +commerce, but not food.
So, I counted first no brain tiles,like pastured cow, net fish, quarried
stone.
And fish was counted with lighthouse; said lighthouse makes coast
tiles neutral food,not surplus.
The 1 happy is the whale, as the later health is the wheat.
Best regards,