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Shelter and Sustenance

Welcome to ancient China, home to the world's oldest continuous civilization. You are about to travel back in time over four thousand years! For it was then, along the fertile banks of the Wei River, that several families banded together, discarded their nomads' cloaks, and established a small settlement.

As village elder, it is your duty to plan the layout of this new settlement. You will be called upon to provide your people with food and water, as well as a means to slake their spiritual thirst.

City - Banpo
Starts Feb 2038 BCE
3000 starting cash on Very Easy; 2000 starting cash on easy to hard; 1600 starting cash on very hard

Requirements:
  • 150 people in Plain Cottage or better

Follow the on-screen instructions ... they say it far better than I could. You learn about providing water, bland food and ancestor worship. A Plain Cottage holds 22 people, so you will need at least 7 evolved and fully populated. Oh, and a warning not to do anything too stupid though, as you'll be in this same town for the next three episodes after this one.

A warning if you are playing on very hard - it will be difficult to get the houses up to Plain Cottage without any beautification available. It's a good idea to put your ancestral shrine in the middle of your houses as that should have enough appeal to evolve them. Also on very hard, you will get continous messages that there is a lot of unrest. Until you can build a watchtower in the 3rd episode there is nothing you can do about this and it doesn't seem to hamper victory.

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