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Civilization 7has taken the decades-old strategy franchise in bold directions.
Wondering how to get some multiplayer going in Civilization VII?
Confused by the crossplay feature?
We’ve got you covered.
Overbuilding is the solution, but it’s not entirely clear how this works.
Thankfully, we’ve trialed-and-errored our way into a decent grasp of the system.
Improvement Replacements: The “Minor” Overbuilding
So, you may already be feeling confused.
After all,there’s an overbuilding option of sorts available at any time in the game.
Indeed, you will likely have bumped into itat some point during the Antiquity Age.
Select a yellow-green tile, however, andyour new building will remove that improvement.
Now, why would we ever want to do this?
You see,each worked tile in your settlements operates because you’ve assigned a citizen to them.
It can alsopropel your settlement’s range closer to a desired resource.
How many hours will it take, on average, to finish a game of Civilization VII?
Here are our findings based on every game length setting.
Here’s where things get more complicated.
You’ll maximize your adjacency gains when youbuild an Observatory over a Library, or aBazaar over a Market.
Overbuilding Considerations
Butdon’t let this rule your playstyle.
Consider how the game may have shifted over the course of the past Age.
A coastal city out in the middle of nowhere might have found itself surrounded by unfriendly rivals later on.
Is a war brewing?
Perhaps it’s best torevamp that settlement with more military buildings instead.
And then there’s the nature of thechanging Legacy Path goals.
What’s our point?
Former trading outposts will need to be bastions of production by the end, in the above case.
Overbuilding on Libraries with more Templeswouldn’t be a bad idea at all.
It can be a lot to wrap our heads around, but it’s pretty fun once it clicks.
Make bucketloads of money, and force your wealth upon the world, in Civilization VII.
