Settling Location

[mapfi]

Well - since Wise Ass does not seem to be around currently and IW as delegate is not doing it I'm taking the liberty to kick of the discussion.

If you look at the map, I'd say there are two spots for the next two cities. The first one just south of the potato, the second one north of the coal.

Furthermore I think we can risk moving the settler along without protection. There were no barbs around when Dave passed through and really - i'd just risk it, because it's most important not to delay settling.

So - city 2 south of the potato on the river - any thoughts?

[HuangShang]

Dave better rush over there, but the settler will not be slowed

i go w/ the southern city place, althought ur map doesnt show it

[Locutus]

I think Dave should explore the terrain near the grape while we build an extra Warrior. Though far away, that looks like it might be an excellent city location as well.

[Maquiladora]

I agree, on the river below the spud, that allows for 2 border bumps for each city without overlap.

[Pedrunn]

Originally posted by Locutus
I think Dave should explore the terrain near the grape while we build an extra Warrior. Though far away, that looks like it might be an excellent city location as well.

Nooo!!!

Even if there is a good place it is too far away. Lets move west or north-west

[H Tower]

i didn't think i had stopped paying attention to the game altogether, but right now i'm highly confused, who is Dave?

[Maquiladora]

Dave is the "southern warrior" as he has been known. In the screenshot hes the bloke on the right.

[mapfi]

Originally posted by Locutus
I think Dave should explore the terrain near the grape while we build an extra Warrior. Though far away, that looks like it might be an excellent city location as well.

I can't imagine a spot that would be so good that it allow for waisting quite a number of turns of moving the settler. It's a must that we build our second city ASAP.

[Immortal Wombat]

We have a settler?

[MrBaggins]

My vote is for the potato site.

We need to ICS a bit... with a little garrisoning thrown in.

In this case, closer is better... we can worry about spreading out when we've got a foothold in the world.

MrBaggins

[HuangShang]

no need for a vote, [almost] everone agrees to the potato site

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
We have a settler?

i'll finish next turn

[Turambar]

Potato site looks the best. We can get there in a couple of turns and the river allows for quick troop movements between the cities etc.

[mapfi]

Originally posted by Pedrunn
Lets move west or north-west

Any reasons for the west? If you look at this screen shot http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...04#post1668304 the best place in the west would be south-west - though the Austrians are close nearby. Maybe we should settle there to fend their expansion off. But then, it'll take us at least 4 turns to get to a equivalant site to the south-of-potato-spot, which can be reached in 2 turns.

[Tamerlin]

I think Dave should explore the map around him and especially to the west where there should be a very valuable site to settle.

I also think we should move the settler unprotected to the east where Dave will explore the map, do we really have the time to wait 4 more turns?

Bob should go East and help Dave exploring the area as I think we will be forced to extend our empire in the East/South-east part of the map.

[HuangShang]

we shall expand into Austria