Re: Civ 4 : Early game strategy

In alt.games.civ3 on Wed, 12 Dec 2007, ><(((°> wrote :
>
>I don't like forests on the tiles adjoining my cities and always chop
them.
>However I'll keep those within city radius but not directly adjoining the
>city.
>
>Reason: If attacked, the attacking units make a beeline for the forest
tiles
>and the defence bonus there makes it much harder to kill em'
>
I used to think that the Barbarians attacked on sight, but have since 
noticed that if they face a really strong unit, they flee in terror, 
leaving a brown trail behind them! :)
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett