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This is something that has been percolating in my head for a couple years now. Over the years I have mostly played standard continents maps on normal speed. Last few years have been on Emperor. The reason I've been thinking about this is that -- assuming the same leader -- there are some maps...

Just put my first 20 hours into civ6. It's ok so far, but some disappointing things carried over from 5. Rather than simply revisiting the stacks vs. 1UPT debate, which has its own threads, I wanted to suggest a different, blended take on the matter. I love stacks. I've played cIV for the...

Started my first ever game as Spain. Wasn't sure what to expect. A couple turns in, I find Mt. Sinai and get $500. I was like...WHAT?!?!?!?! So, once I hit size 2 on my cap, I rushed a settler and plunked it down beside Mt. Sinai. I stagnated the city at size 1, working it. This gave me 16...

Hey everyone, I encountered this tournament bracket style series of reviews recently, which was intended to pick the best tv drama of the past 25 years: link I thought it was a really interesting idea and enjoyed the write-ups a lot. Is there any interest in doing something like...

I'm trying to fully wrap my head around comparing Liberty vs. Tradition. I think that ICS is generally inferior to full tradition with 4 cities (or less, if culture for example), except in specific situations (e.g., see the maya/arabia thread). However, what about comparing Tradition with 4...

I naturally went for tradition when I started to play Egypt, but have had mixed results. Wonder spamming and growth are obviously better, but empire defense and basic expansion seem worse for me for some reason. I've had improved openings going for liberty and using the free worker and settler...

1) Under what conditions/in which situations do you open with (and complete) the honor tree? 2) What is/are your approach(es)? I.e., what do you do with your honorable empire? 3) What policy tree do you move into after honor? I've had some success just unit-spamming with the capital and...

The French Kiss of Death First off, big thanks to BWS, Sanabas, and the gang over in this thread for helping me to reason out that 8 (correction, thanks BWS!) up to 10 cities is the way to go for the opening for this France strategy. Overview The general idea for this strategy is to leverage...

Hey everyone, I'm wondering what the "break even" point is, in terms of # of cities, for a French liberty opening such that the next city would introduce diminishing returns in terms of the culture produced vs. the increase in social policy cost. I want to take into account representation...

And, if not, is it possible to keep the peace on your continent? Sometimes I have a neighbour close enough (10-15 tiles away) that any city settled in their direction is likely to instigate negative diplo hits. If I avoid that area, the neighbour settles there and starts to covet my lands...

I can't help but feel in my games that Tradition is the strongest way to go the large majority of the time. However, I'm curious what tree people most often go for after Tradition? Piety makes sense if one is confident in a cultural path, but, otherwise...?

Say you start out with an honor rush and build 0 (or 1) cities of your own before starting to conquer enemy cities. You puppet the first empire and continue on conquering and puppet a second empire. During the post-war recovery, you decide to dive back into the Tradition tree and get...

Hi everyone, Looking for feedback on this interesting situation I've found myself in. Settings are Emperor Continents. I'm playing as China. Here is the lay of the land: I started out with Japan close to my East and Huns close to my SE. I knew that there would be no reasoning with...

cIV and the Total War (TW) series (I am primarily basing this on my experience with RTW and M2TW) are both awesome imo (ciV not so much). They both have very strong points in their favour, and I am fantasizing (since it probably would never happen) about what a game that featured the best of...

I've played a few games recently where I imposed a house rule on myself that I could not declare war to conquer. The first game was with the Canadian mod civ and I was role-playing. But, since the first game went so well, I've kept doing it. What was really interesting about the first game...

I've finally settled on a warmongering strategy that I really enjoy. Not claiming it is original, just that it is fun. It allows for a lot of social policies (vs. ICS) and will still be doable after the patch. I played out a game as China and am working on one right now with Japan--two civs...

I'm curious how others deal with AI unit-spam at immortal+ Tried a few starts last night to practice warrior rushing. Had some good games and made note of some situations where warrior rushing is not as ideal (terrain, AI units, etc.). However, a few times I ran into AI unit-spam. More...

I'm just wondering if any other meta-strategies have been developed that don't hinge on ICS or rushing (warrior, sword, or horseman primarily). I've had a lot of success with both approaches at immortal level, but things seem fairly repetitive after awhile. Any interesting strategies in...

I tend to get tired of games I start where I go knocking heads, wiping out AIs. I end up with a ragtag empire and a lot of unsettled land. Leaves me missing the domination land/pop requirements from cIV. In contrast, I've been enjoying my ICS starts, as I was always a hardcore REXer in...

I was playing as France on immortal today and thought I'd try for something different. I had marble in my capital and no really close neighbours. I was on a smallish continent with Songhai to my East--close, but far enough away that I could keep on decent terms. I thought, what the heck, I'll...