Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
- About the Featured Games.
- Game in progress discussion. (coming Wednesday June 6th)
This thread is to discuss strategies ahead of time for the Game 5 start location. Please DO NOT post details here after you start. Discuss games in progress in the spoiler thread above.
Game 5 Start Location
- King difficulty.
- Normal speed.
- Normal map size (8 players).
- Modified Continents-Plus map.
- Default advanced game options.
- Any victory type allowed except Time.
- Hiawatha of the Iroquois:
- Faster movement in Forests and Jungle, which count as roads in friendly territory. Starts with a Mohawk Warrior instead of a Warrior.
- Mohawk Warrior replaces Swordsmen, with +25% strength in forest/jungle and no Iron requirement.
- Longhouse replaces Smithy, with +1 on forest/jungle.
No paid DLCs will be used for this game. Before the game starts on Friday, take 2 quick steps to temporarily disable any paid DLCs you have:
- On the Windows desktop create a folder "DLC - Backup."
- Move paid DLCs* to the backup folder from:
C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\DLC
Continents-Plus has better islands and offshore citystates than Continents maps. If you like the maps used for VEM Featured Games, I highly recommend downloading the Explorers DLC for the capability to use the Continents-Plus and Pangaea-Plus map scripts in your own games. It's by far the best DLC for Civ 5. These map scripts quickly became my favorites in the Civilization series, and provide better VEM gameplay than standard maps.