Although not overly appealing, it can be argued that in conjunction with serfdom, you get ultra fast workers! It seems good if you have a bunch of Jungle to clear.

The Hagia Sophia simply provides the steam power worker bonus earlier.

Requires: Engineering (vanilla and warlord) Theology (BTS).

Cost: 550 (double production rate with Marble).

If you start in the middle of a big continent, forget about it. You would then have an economic powerhouse. Try to build coastal cities as much as possible, and prepare yourself to go for the Colossus. If you build it early on, be sure to send out your Galleys to scout open up foreign trade routes, or you would be wasting the bonus. The Pharos provides a decent bonus if you are playing on islands or sneaky continents. In terms of beaker generation, this wonder is not bad, great on small maps (few cities), and wonderful if running Representation with Pyramid. If you want to avoid too many scientists, build the national epic elsewhere. You would find that great scientists would be pumping out of it soon. Therefore, a total of eight scientist points are added to your GPP pool. It should be noted that the two free scientist also generate +3 scientist points each.

Cost: 350 (double production rate with Marble).

If you are facing fierce competition, turn your attention to Hollywood, Rock n' Roll instead. The broadcast tower is not expensive, and you should build it just to reduce micromanagement. The broadcast tower +25% culture, add happiness with the cultural slider and double happiness from movies, musicals and hits. If you're dominating, you can build it with relative ease and little competition.

Cost: 1250 (double production rate with Iron)Ī rather late wonder.

The Dai Miao Note: Can only be built in a holy city with a Great Prophet. The only reason you would like to build it is to prevent the AI from building it.Ĭhurch of the Nativity Note: Can only be built in a holy city with a Great Prophet. +25% defense might seem like a significant advantage, but if you consider that it still can be negated by siege units, you realize that it is a waste of hammer that can be used to produce units that actually do the defenses. Never build this wonder if you're the aggressor, and you have enough prophets. However, its effect is not bad if you want extra production for your military. This wonder tends to make your cities produce prophets in the mid to late game when you really want something else.

Cost: 500 (double production rate with stone)Ī wonder geared towards Great People Strategy.

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