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== General Principles == | == General Principles == | ||
Your borders will expand to “join up” if you control the tiles all around it, so you won’t be left with tiny “holes” in your borders around your Kingdom. | Your borders will expand to “join up” if you control the tiles all around it, so you won’t be left with tiny “holes” in your borders around your Kingdom. | ||
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When your borders expand, the default is 1 tile adjacent but if the next tile beyond that is a special or an urban tile, then your borders will expand to encompass the special/urban tile as well, so the “right” border expansion can net you an impressive number of tiles indeed, and is almost a mini-game of its own. | When your borders expand, the default is 1 tile adjacent but if the next tile beyond that is a special or an urban tile, then your borders will expand to encompass the special/urban tile as well, so the “right” border expansion can net you an impressive number of tiles indeed, and is almost a mini-game of its own. | ||
== | == Increasing the Number of Workable Tiles == | ||
Ultimately, the number of workable tiles a city has at its disposal is a function of its borders. As a city’s borders cast an increasingly wider net, you get more tiles to play with, and there are several things you can do to help speed that along. Here are the major ones: | Ultimately, the number of workable tiles a city has at its disposal is a function of its borders. As a city’s borders cast an increasingly wider net, you get more tiles to play with, and there are several things you can do to help speed that along. Here are the major ones: | ||
* Urban tile improvements built on your border (examples include Shrine, Monastery, Hamlet) will extend your city’s borders | * Urban Tile Improvements with specialists trained for them (spreads borders one tile in every direction, if possible). | ||
* Urban tile improvements built on your border (examples include Shrine, Monastery, Hamlet)will extend your city’s borders. | |||
* Train | * Train Specialists – Training specialists may expand your borders, provided that the tiles adjacent to the tile the specialist was trained on are not currently inside your borders. | ||
* | * Events – Sometimes, you’ll get an event which has an option to expand a city’s border tiles. | ||
* | * Colonization – This law allows you to buy tiles not yet enclosed by any city’s borders. The tile acquisition cost starts out very low but can scale rather quickly. | ||
* | * Landowners Family – Founding the “Seat” of the Landowners family allows you to buy tiles for that city from the turn of founding. | ||
* The | * The Border Boost Bonus Card – Available at Aristocracy, this card will grant a few extra tiles to every city you have when you complete the research on the card. | ||