User`s manual

The FIDSI
These numbers represent the 5 basic outputs of a city. The higher the number, the better. These
numbers are called FIDSI, which stand for:
 Food: the basic sustenance used to increase and maintain population
 Industry: used to produce buildings or units
 Dust: a quasi-magical substance, so precious it has become the currency of this world
 Science: used to research new technologies
 Influence: Used for important empire-level actions
As some terrain types are more likely to produce certain types of FIDSI, you should adapt your city
placement to make the best of its surrounding tiles. Please also note that your city zone of
influence will evolve over time and will allow you to exploit more of the tiles around it.
City tiles
A starting city is made of two types of City tiles:
 One District tile: Gives a bonus to your city from the FIDSI on the tiles. It can be upgraded
by surrounding it with 4 or more other District tiles. Each new District is surrounded by
additional Exploitation tiles (see next point). Note that the City center is considered as a
district.
 6 Exploitation tiles (in red in the picture below): Give a bonus to your city from the FIDSI
on the tiles.