by NateStraight
astroglide wrote:
It does change the tempo if P1 "breaks pattern" and takes 1 reed or 1 clay on the 1st round, but I don't think it's a generally optimal play.
I often take the 1 clay. If Sow / Bake Bread comes out in that first or second round, I'll sometimes take Grain or Plow Fields, too, instead of either of the 2-resource spots [clay or reed] on turn 2.