![]() These 4 fishing nets in Capua made it a powerful early-game settler pump You want at least some Growth in every city, but only 1 or 2 with very high growth for settler production. A city with 2-3 exploited wild animal resources and 2 granaries is a fine settler/worker pump for the early game, and can rapidly generate Citizens to turn into Specialists later on. Food primarily comes from farms and Growth primarily comes from granaries, and from fishing nets, pastures and camps on various natural resources. Settlers are produced using both Food (an empire-wide stockpile resource), and Growth (a city-specific currency).Be prepared to pump out a lot of military units early on to take and hold barbarian camps. ![]() Military units and scouts can camp on a city site and hold it until you can get a settler to it, but be aware that the AI loves to occupy all the sites as quickly as possible. Avoid playing as Assyria or Carthage until you know what you’re doing they are both very strong when played well but they’re also harder to play correctly. Greece and Persia are both fairly standard factions with a decent mixed skillset. Egypt is a very strong choice for a builder game, but they are relatively weak militarily and the AI will mercilessly attack you if it thinks you are weak, so avoid them until you know how to fight properly. ![]() Rome has outstanding military production with very strong unique units, while Babylon has extremely high early science, which will help cover any deficiencies in your play. I recommend playing either Rome or Babylon for your first few games. The AI does not need them, at least until you have a firm grip on every aspect of the game. Right to business: for your first game, after doing the tutorial scenarios, use the Advanced Setup to set the AI to have no starting development and no handicap bonuses. As a 2021 holiday gift from eXplorminate to the 4X community, I’ve enlisted the help of one of our very best to help those of you that might be receiving Old World as a gift, or might finally have some time to sit down with it during the holidays.
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