Re: Civ 4 : Early game strategy

"Paul Hyett" <pah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> At the start, what do you usually build first?
>
> I normally wait until my first city gets to about size 3 before building

> workers or settlers, since doing so stops them growing for the duration
of 
> the build.
>
> Which buildings are your first choices? Technologies?
> -- 
> Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

Same here - no settlers or workers til city pop 3.
Set city to max food for growth.
Til then continious warrior.
I explore with these hoping to find and pop goody huts.

Once city is 3 either settler if I see horse or bronze otherwise worker.

If really lucky I pop a hut and get bronze working.
Find copper and plonk 1st settler straight on it.

Warriors kill a few lions wolfs etc and gain exp.
Once copper city is up best warriors are converted to axemen
Any rival city with no archers defending watch out....


General:
I like India / Ghandi as civ / leader.
(love the fast workers and quicker great people)
I try for Stonhenge but make the orcacle a must have.
Slavery and city set for food n' growth helps.

If things are going really well I get writing then research monarchy.
I time getting monarchy to coincide with the oracle wonder.
(switch to building something else if necessary the switch back)
Hey presto - feudalism.

1st great person - Prophet gets Theology.
Then build Hagia Sophia Wonder.
With Serfdom & Hagia Sophia fast workers soon chew the landscape into 
shape.....


Techs:
Meditation / Buddism 1st
Wheel, Animal husbandry & Bronze working after.
Then again it depends a bit on what bonus resources you have near.

Priorities: secure a scorce of copper or horse - preferably both.

HTH