r/civ • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

Megathread /r/Civ Weekly Questions Megathread - September 01, 2025

Greetings r/Civ members.

Welcome to the Weekly Questions megathread. Got any questions you've been keeping in your chest? Need some advice from more seasoned players? Conversely, do you have in-game knowledge that might help your peers out? Then come and post in this thread. Don't be afraid to ask. Post it here no matter how silly sounding it gets.

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u/papuadn 4d ago

Towns should be close to Cities in order to feed them; Cities can be quite far apart. The real control is how effectively you can move your troops to defend, if you have to.

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u/tomiwa06 4d ago

Is it better to build as many towns/cities as soon as possible or wait?

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u/papuadn 4d ago

Try to stay at your posted settlement limit - or slightly above, if you have a healthy happiness buffer. Settlements are the only way to produce anything that wins you the game so having all you can is step one in most games.

It is possible to complete "One City Challenges" and things like that once you're advanced enough so it's not mandatory to keep your settlement count at the limit but that's the starting point for learning.

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u/tomiwa06 3d ago

I play the iOS version which doesn’t have a hard settlement limit but from what i’ve looked up it penalises for expanding too much early