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Cities can use a 36 hex grid at maximum.

It seems to me that 3 is also the maximum "range" at which one can purchase new tiles. Is this correct, or is it possible to buy land further off?

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No, you cannot buy tiles outside the city radius of 3 tiles. You can use a great Artist to culture bomb those tiles if you need the strategic/luxury resources there, but don't want to build a city.

The city will continue to expand through culture up to a maximum radius of 5 tiles. But you need a lot of culture for that, the Angkor Wat wonder in that city is very useful for that.

You can never work tiles outside the 3 tiles radius, but you can get the resources on those tiles.

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+1 for the Culture bomb thing, totally forgot about that! – PeterK Oct 19 '10 at 9:46
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First of all, as cities will eventually expand to 5 tiles, another option is to just wait :) secondly, don't you have to work tiles in order to gain the resources there? And tiles beyond a range of 3 cannot be worked. – Oak♦ Oct 19 '10 at 9:52
Thanks, I've added your information to the answer. – Mad Scientist Oct 19 '10 at 10:02
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@Oak - You just need to improve resources for them to be added to your trade network, no? – therefromhere Oct 19 '10 at 10:14
@therefromhere I thought you also had to work them, I'm not so sure anymore. I asked a question about it. – Oak♦ Oct 19 '10 at 10:23
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@Oak you only need to improve a strategic or luxury resource to add it to your trade network. you do NOT need to have a citizen work that tile to gain access to that resource. If you are unsure, just check your happiness icon on the top left to see which resources (luxury) you have access to, or look at the strategic resources listed to the right of that.

sorry that should have been a comment not a reply

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I don't think you would have been allowed to comment, so hopefully people can upvote you so you will be able to in the future. Welcome to Gaming SE! – kazzamalla Oct 19 '10 at 19:23
1. The "@" mechanism only works inside comments. 2. This really should have been a comment (which you cannot post yet, have patience!), so I will delete it soon. 3. I have already asked a question about it, which indeed confirms what you said. 4. Thanks for letting me know :) my mistake! – Oak♦ Oct 19 '10 at 19:47

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