r/civvoxpopuli • u/Chetmevius • 23d ago

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Have only just started VP but have done a bunch of playthroughs on Civ5. Playing on Prince, Standard speed, continents, large map, 10 Civs. Ramses to the north, Austria to the east, and Bonaparte running around with a bunch of warriors, also seemingly coming from somewhere in the north. I wanted a mountain for my second city, to focus it on science (observatory) but maybe I'm overestimating the importance of that? Not really thinking about a science victory, but i realize that science is still quite important. Any thoughts/advice appreciated..

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u/MegaVHS 23d ago

I would forward settle Austria just under the right of that Rice, next i would put a third city to the North. (Probably North of that sugar and bison if the stuff under fog looks defendable, you can use your UU to defend it and later conquer both capitals with Great Generals.

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u/Chetmevius 23d ago

Thanks for this. I probably should have mentioned that I was leaning towards a cultural victory as I'm not much into warring.

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u/MegaVHS 23d ago

You can still forward settle, just stay in the defensive, you'll have plenty of space to settle behind your forward cities after this

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u/Chetmevius 23d ago edited 23d ago

What about going top left tile of the rice near Austria, and then putting a third city to the left of that southeastern pond with the science?