Settling next to a river, where there is also forest around, can result is you not being able to build anything other than a pier - EVER. You can't clear forest either (for some reason). You're just stuck. I've played thru a game for over 100 turns and never could build anything but pier and upgrades to that (dock and such), except for whatever resources eventually came within my city limits (iron, crystal).
Weirdness abounds. I went back to the game and 2 turns later ALL of the special buildings showed up in my various build menus. Started another game and the Merchantcross Bazaar showed up right after I finished researching it. Strange, but welcome. Odd bug I'm sure now. At least it's working again. Thanks for the input everyone.
Have 3 towns, 4 conclaves, 3 fortresses. Season 194. I've essentially completed all warfare research and most of the civilization research. Frankly it seems to be just buggy software since this happens over and over again in games. Even tried with only 2 opponents on easy (their tech was pathetic) and still only offered 2 of the total buildings by end game.
I research tech to build the goodies, Great Mill, Merchantcross Bazaar, etc, LONG before AI factions have any tech at all. Still unable to build them, even when my cities are of adequate size and have build what I presume are the required precursor buildings. Just got access to Great Archives over 80 turns after I'd researched the technology, and in my smallest Conclave - all the others had already build every building in the menu. Ideas?&n