24-06-2003 12:01									#1
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We have a pretty good starting location, and we settled immediately. It now comes down to exploring the countryside. Tourist maps have not been invented yet, so we'll have to do this on our own.

Let's say we have 2 warriors (we might build more later). Where should we send those?

There are 4 main goals in exploring:

1. Find huts
   
2. Find city locations
   
3. Find other civs
   
4. Uncover some land to avoid surprises
   

Some thoughts on this:

1) I think it's possible to find huts just anywhere.
2) We should explore some of those rivers.
3) We should look to the west and east. Somewhere in the Strategy Forum, Aeson explains why it's better to scout E-W than N-S: both generally and in this specific situation, where we can see the border between the temperate zone (grass) and the warm zone (desert).
4) We should check out multiple directions. Also, our cultural border will expand, uncovering a bit more land in 10 turns.

I recommend scouting along the grass-desert border first, maybe use those hills to the east as a start.

	24-06-2003 13:32									#2
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This map was made by Panzer32. It is not a purely randomized map, so what ever Aeson found does not neccesarily apply here.

I would like to go North and East, with our first two Warriors. Followed by West then South with our next two. I want to use the hills to our advantage to scout out any possible huts.

I agree with BFM's 4 main goals.

	25-06-2003 04:40									#3
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I think the first warrior should go east up to the hill that the river comes out of. The hill will provide some site advantage. Also that area is a candidate for the second city since it can share the second flood plain tile. After we see a little more then we can talk about where to send the second warrior.

	25-06-2003 06:45									#4
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I'm thinking north east so we can scout out more of the hill and grasslands. I also agree with Harry's assesment about the possible second city site.

	26-06-2003 11:36									#5
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By the way - do we have any idea which concepts Panzer used in this map? Is it lot of islands, or one big continent? This may affect our scouting plans greatly.

	26-06-2003 12:37									#6
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Go ahead and ask him...; it's worth a shot.

	26-06-2003 19:06									#7
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quote: Settings World Size: Standard * Map: Custom * Custom map to be created with these guidelines: Oceans: Random * Landmass: Continents * Climate: Normal * Temperature: Temperate * Age: 4 Billion * Barbarians: Restless * Difficulty Level: Monarchy *

Thats all I can tell you.