
So you want to make sure you establish your borders quickly before another Civ or city-state grabs those tiles.īuilding additional cities causes increased unhappiness across your empire, and it also makes it more expensive to adopt social policies. Once a tile has been claimed, you can't "steal" it like in Civ 4 (except using the Great Artist in the base game, or Great General in the G&K expansion). So if you need a particular resource, you should either build next to it or be prepared to buy access to the tile.


It will take a long time before your cities are generating enough culture on their own to add many tiles, unlike earlier civs where it was quite easy to boost to a full 2 square radius. Initially your cities will only be able to access the tiles next to them. There's a number of things to think about
