[Freeciv] Re: What is this smallpox thing about?

[Per Inge Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> > Smallpox - the strategy of placing lots of small cities tightly together,
> > and usually not building any buildings.
> >
> > Often confused with ICS - infinite city sprawl - which relates to the
> > strategy of endless horizontal expansion, that is, making cities, instead
> > of improving existing cities with buildings.
> >
> > See also http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Civ:Terminology
>
> Actually, that article says they're the same... what's the difference?

Smallpox is ICS, but you can have ICS without smallpox, such as bigpox
(ICS with bigger cities).

  - Per