OCC - I am useless

[JosefGiven]

I just had my first crack at OCC, and only on King level.

I got hammered badly, Persians to the left of me, English to the right of me. And to think I thought I was some great shakes at Civ, too.

Any basic suggestions/strategies, folks? Is it standard procedure to start again if you get a bad starting position, or only one settler? Or to reload if things don't go your way? I hasten to add, this is not the kind of thing I do, you understand.

Is it any of the above, or am I just crap at Civ?

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Josef Given
josefgiven@hotmail.com

[Roman]

Hello JosefGiven,

I have never played OCC, but there are several rules:

Always play on Deity - you then always get two settlers.

Check out the Paul's OCC guide. You can find the link to this in the Apolyton Great Library thread on the top of this forum.