Re: Civ 4 : Early game strategy

In alt.games.civ3 on Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Eddie Grove wrote :
>Paul Hyett <pah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> In alt.games.civ3 on Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Hank Stalica wrote :
>> > Very first thing I build is two workers, then a settler (depending on
>> > surrounding terrain).  I use the first worker to chop another worker
then
>> > both to chop a settler.  Gets the 2d city up really fast.
>>
>> 'Chop'? I've not heard that used in this context before.
>
>It means to cut down forests for the production to quickly build the
unit.

Oh right - Bronze Working is not one of my early priority techs.
>
>I think a single worker is enough if you are very careful to plan
everything
>exactly, and I like to save my forests for the health benefit

Health benefit - I never realised that?

I normally just do a 'Texas chainsaw massacre' for farmland/food!
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Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett