Inspired by a post from Sovietman in one of the main threads and the fact that Leoreth seems in a mood of putting decolonized civs into the game, I thought I'd take my chance and present you guys my ideas for a South African civilization, or better a Boer/Afrikaner civ.
I don't think it should represent the whole of South Africa nor should it be a very succesful civ or expand to much when not played by human player.
Spawn some time between 1830 and 1850 in either Pretoria or Bloemfontein (I am not sure the Dutch have this in their settler map though).
UP: The Power of the Voortrekkers: Free tile improvements when a city is built or borders expand.
This is to simulate the importance of the Trekboers, since they were experienced farmers and went to buy land from the natives (sometimes under dubious circumstances) and started to cultivate it for later arrivals.
UB: Plaas: Replaces Castle, + 1
, doesn't require walls, doesn't obsolete with economics.
Plaas is the Afrikaans word for farm and during the phase of settling the country they acted in a similar way to castles, protecting families and sometimes whole villages.
I added the economics part so you can actually use it, despite the late spawn date.
UU: (Haven't found a good name yet, still looking): Replaces Grenadeer
About this one I'm not sure yet, I was thinking about something to represent the Anglo-Boer wars and the fact that the Boers were quite succesful in using guerilla techniques. Unfortunately I also don't yet know what atributes are best suited for the UU.
UHVs: 1.Kill X European units by 1902 (End of the second Anglo-Boer war)
2. Maintain 100 % Boer culture in your cities in year X (since they start relatively late with one city this might be challenging or not)
3. Acquire 10 (or maybe more) mineral resources by year X
These are all the mining resources, to represent South Africa's rich soil.
I have two other UHVs in mind in case these are not good:
Own X slaves in X (to represent the harsh treatment of the native people/Apartheid)
or just the plain "No european colonies in Southern Africa".
I think this civilization could be a very interesting one to play simply because it is different from the other newly added ones. The boers did not fight wars for gaining independence but for keeping it, making it the only european civilization to resist colonization (for some time). On the other hand they behaved a lot like the colonizing civs.
Your thoughts?
I don't think it should represent the whole of South Africa nor should it be a very succesful civ or expand to much when not played by human player.
Spawn some time between 1830 and 1850 in either Pretoria or Bloemfontein (I am not sure the Dutch have this in their settler map though).
UP: The Power of the Voortrekkers: Free tile improvements when a city is built or borders expand.
This is to simulate the importance of the Trekboers, since they were experienced farmers and went to buy land from the natives (sometimes under dubious circumstances) and started to cultivate it for later arrivals.
UB: Plaas: Replaces Castle, + 1
, doesn't require walls, doesn't obsolete with economics.Plaas is the Afrikaans word for farm and during the phase of settling the country they acted in a similar way to castles, protecting families and sometimes whole villages.
I added the economics part so you can actually use it, despite the late spawn date.
UU: (Haven't found a good name yet, still looking): Replaces Grenadeer
About this one I'm not sure yet, I was thinking about something to represent the Anglo-Boer wars and the fact that the Boers were quite succesful in using guerilla techniques. Unfortunately I also don't yet know what atributes are best suited for the UU.
UHVs: 1.Kill X European units by 1902 (End of the second Anglo-Boer war)
2. Maintain 100 % Boer culture in your cities in year X (since they start relatively late with one city this might be challenging or not)
3. Acquire 10 (or maybe more) mineral resources by year X
These are all the mining resources, to represent South Africa's rich soil.
I have two other UHVs in mind in case these are not good:
Own X slaves in X (to represent the harsh treatment of the native people/Apartheid)
or just the plain "No european colonies in Southern Africa".
I think this civilization could be a very interesting one to play simply because it is different from the other newly added ones. The boers did not fight wars for gaining independence but for keeping it, making it the only european civilization to resist colonization (for some time). On the other hand they behaved a lot like the colonizing civs.
Your thoughts?
, 2:movement:, Guerilla 1 & II, Drill 1 (or 1 first strike) no bonus ves
