News: TSG99 Announcement

Welcome to the Ninety-nineth game in the GOTM V Training Series! There are plenty of features in Civilization 5 Brave New World to explore and the Training Series games will allow new and old GOTM fans to try out these features in a friendly environment. You are all encouraged to post your questions, stories, advice, tricks and failures in the dedicated game threads described below. You can read more about the GOTM and Training Series concept in this thread. Before going into the details of this game, we would like to ask you to abide to our most sacred rule: don’t replay any turns. If you make a mistake, accept it and try to recover. It's better to do the bad moves in the Training Series instead of in the actual GOTM competition, once it starts.

Please note: If you wish to make a video of your game, please do not post any links to it until after the game submission date has passed. This is because of the potential spoilers that are created by posting before the end date. Thank you for your cooperation.

Intentional use of the Science Overflow Bug is banned. Its use will result in your game being disqualified for results.

In this game, the designated VC is Science. All VCs are enabled but results will be published by fastest Science victory turn.

In this game you will play as Casimir III and lead the Polish Empire to victory. It's a standard-sized Europe map played at Emperor difficulty and at standard pace. Science is the designated VC for this game, all victory conditions are enabled. You will have until January 1st (2015) to complete the game and submit.

Civ V BNW - TSG99 Game Settings:
Playable Civ: Casimir III - Poland
Number of AI Opponents: 7
Number of City-States: 18
Map type: Europe
Map Size: Standard
Difficulty Level: Emperor
Game pace: Standard
Game options: Quick Combat is disabled. (You may turn it on using the game options menu at any time during gameplay.)
Game Version: This game was created in Civ5 Brave New World version 1.0.3.276. DLC is required for this game. You must have Mongolia, Wonders of the Ancient World, Explorer's Map Pack, Gods & Kings and Brave New World.

In this game, you will be playing as Poland, you possess Solidarity. You receive a free Social Policy when you advance to the next era.

You can train the Winged Hussar, it replaces the Lancer. The Winged Hussar is a heavy mounted unit specializing in defeating enemy mounted units. It is both faster and more powerful than a Lancer, forcing a defender to retreat when it inflicts more damage than it receives. A defender that cannot retreat instead takes extra damage. The Winged Hussar requires that you discover the technology of Metallurgy and requires the Horse resource to build them.

You can also build the Ducal Stable, it replaces the Stable. The Ducal Stable provides +15% production and +15 experience points for mounted units. In addition, each pasture worked by the city it is built in produces +1 production and +1 gold per tile. The Ducal Stable requires that you discover the technology of Horseback Riding and you do not need a resource to build them.

This is where you will start:




Information about threads associated with TSG
TSG Announcement thread (this one). This thread is used to announce the game and clarify the settings and rules (don’t be afraid to ask questions). It’s also used to discuss the game before you start, and post problems with opening the save. Please don’t post any information from a game you have started. Instead use the next thread.

Opening Actions thread. This thread is used to discuss the game once it's on the way. There are no reading or posting restrictions as such (apart from normal decency), although we encourage players to use the spoiler tags for screenshots. Here you can post questions related to the game and share your achievements/anger/frustration/victories while you play. During the time the game is active, please do not post any information concerning the game outside of the spoiler threads including screen shots, videos, or recorded/live-cast Let's Plays on other websites.

After Actions thread. In this thread you can post the results of your game. Please state (preferably in the post title) your victory date and score, as recorded in the Hall of Fame, and the most important: your path to glory! We will create a separate thread with the results at the end of the one month submission period (sorted by date and score). Players are encouraged to provide feedback on the game. Some players like to replay the game, and although we will not record the results from a replay, you can still post your new experiences. The game will not be closed as such, but after one month, the results will be compiled, and will not necessarily be updated with reports coming in after the finish date.

File Upload System
We now have a game file upload system you can find here. Please use it to upload your completed first attempt by saving the game on the turn after your victory or defeat. (by using the "lemme play one more turn" feature) Please note, you must submit your game on the turn following Victory. If you continue to play, the game overwrites the data and your submission could be rejected by the submission system.

This game runs for a month and ends Thursday, 1 January 2015.

The save will be available for download on 1 December 2014, midnight Central Daylight time (UTC -6:00) in the US.
The Save can be found here.

Should there be ruins on a Europe map?

Looks like a nice starting position. Riverside hill with 2 salts and another lux. Will probably settle right there.

Yes, ruins are enabled.

Good luck.

I believe I've played this map type. It contains a very nice solution to the Russian problem

Thanks for the setup

I geenrated some maps in the world builder to get an idea on the map. It looks like we are somewhere east of Baltic sea (tundra + river) and there only tundra and ice to the north. Baltic and Black sea are often separated from atlantic and mediterranean. I'm looking forward to it.