Surely I must be missing something, but Ive tried 2 games now, one as empire and another as kingdom, and they both go the same way. I build a garden in my city, which then lets me build a house.

Now my city can grow to level2. However now I cant build any more gardens, so no more houses, and my city is stuck.

I can build another city and build a garden in that, which lets me build another hut in my first city, but then Im stuck again.

I want to test this game properly, but I really cant do jack with my cities cripples like this.

Please tell me Im missing something and what it is. This cant be how the game is meant to be.

(Why I cant just build another garden escapes me)