6otM168 Announcement

[Eyswein]

Welcome to game 168 in the 6OTM Series! These games will allow new and old GOTM fans to try out the new features in Civ6 in a friendly environment. Participants are encouraged to post questions, stories, advice, tricks and failures in the dedicated game threads (described below). Each game will specify the Civ you will play and the Victory Condition to strive for. We will be working to refine the 6otM concept as we move ahead with the series. Gifting of cities is an exploit in a religious VC as the AI cant see that it will lose if it accepts the cities.

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We would like to ask you to abide by our most sacred rule: Don’t replay any turns! If you make a mistake, accept it and try to recover. To ensure fair play and prevent results exclusions, please set your Autosaves to 1 turn. In the event of a computer crash while playing, just reload to the previous save and play it as closely to how you played it the first time. Please let Leif know (via Conversation (Private Message)) if you experienced a crash and how many turns you replayed.

Civ VI - 6otM168 Details:

Player (You): Theodora – Byzantine
Victory Condition: Domination, but all other VCs are enabled (Goal is fewest number of turns.)
Difficulty: Emperor
Civs/City-States (including player): 10 / 12
Map Type/Size: True Start Location Mediterranean / Large Size
Game pace: Standard
Disaster Intensity: 0
Game Mode(s): Monopolies and Corporations

Game options:
Start - Ancient Era
Enabled - Barbarians; Tribal Villages
Game Version: This game was created in Civ6 Gathering Storm version 1.0.12.9.
Game Requirements: vanilla version of Civilization VI with Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions. All pre-NFP & NFP DLCs are required. New Leader Pass required.

Here is where you will start:

Theodora – Byzantine Unique Attributes:

Spoiler Unique Attributes :

Theodora –
Leader Bonus: Metanoia – Holy Sites provide Culture equal to their adjacency bonus. Farms provide a +1 Faith adjacency to Hippodromes and Holy Sites.

Civ Ability: Taxis – +3 Combat and Religious Strength for all units for each Holy City converted to Byzantium's Religion (including Byzantium's own Holy City). Byzantium's Religion is spread to nearby cities when a unit from an enemy civilization or city-state is defeated. +1 Great Prophet point from Holy Sites.

Unique Unit: Dromon – Replace Quadrireme; Unlocked by Shipbuilding
Common abilities: Cannot enter Ocean tiles until Cartography has been researched.
Special abilities: +10 Combat Strength against land and naval units.
Special traits: Has a ranged attack with Range 2.

Unique Infrastructure: Hippodrome – Replaces Entertainment Complex; Unlocked by Games and Recreation
Effects: Lower Production cost (27 vs. 54); +3 Amenities from entertainment to parent city; Amenities from the Zoo and Stadium buildings extend to cities whose City Centers are up to 6 tiles away from the district; Provides a free heavy cavalry unit when first constructed and for each building constructed; These units require no resource to be created or maintain.
Restrictions: Cannot be built if a Water Park has already been built in this city.

Information about threads associated with each individual 6otM -- Must Read if you are new to our Game of the Month!
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.

Spoiler :

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. Once you have opened the save, DO NOT POST in the Announcement thread, even non game-related information. Instead use the next thread.

Opening Actions thread: This thread is used to discuss the game's opening decisions and strategies through the first 100 or so turns. Here you can post questions related to the game and share your achievements/anger/frustration/victories while you play. We encourage players to use the spoiler tags for screenshot. 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 your victory/loss date and final score (preferably in the post title) and describe your path to glory in this post! 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
In development.

This game runs for a month and ends 1 Nov 2023.

The save is attached below.

 

[lordofcivs]

Seems like the game requirement is either Civ6 Gathering Storm version 1.0.12.53 or Civ6 Gathering Storm version 1.0.12.54.