[Beorn]

Over msn I hinted at the US overspending military and crumbling under it - wartime was declared before we met

I found a bunch of goody huts and I thought I was alone - I'm on an isolated peninsula anyways - so I figured I'd pull a scout out and open them up. Might have been just dumb though.

After 2 power sessions, I have slain Mama Lion, Papa Lion and Baby Bear with my first warrior.



Contact is made with mauer and Mehmed 2 (organized and whatnot, gunpowder UU, won't make a difference in the early slugfest)

Dragon's belly has already whipped away some stuff (before cow and pasture were done with, extras were carried over into a settler) and settler #1 is underway. With the discovery of a choke-point, of Copper and of Horses, city placement becomes much more tricky and I need to come for advice. If this was C3C I'd jump on the occasion of doing a nasty-quick ICP swords rush. This might be good here. Might not either.






I was thinking NE of Wheat (super water city), NE of cow (copper+fish+hills), NE of Horses (horse, wheat and 2 hills) plus the choke - maybe 1 real city, 1 as a purely defensive wall? I really don't know how to place cities. N of rice would be a good city I think, and then 2S of crabs would completely seal the other guys out.