TSG 239 Announcement

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Civilization 5 - Game of the Month Training Series Game 239
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Welcome to the 239th game in the GOTM V Training Series! This Series allows new and old Civilization V fans to try out many features from Civ5's expansions and DLCs 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. You can read more about the GOTM and Training Series concept in this thread.

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TSG239 Details:

Game Settings:
Player (You): Askia - Songhai
Victory Condition: Culture (but all VCs are enabled)
Difficulty: Emperor
Map Type/Size: Sandstorm / Standard (8 Civs, 16 City-States)
Pace: Standard

Your Unique Characteristics:
UA: River Warlord: Triple gold from clearing barbarian camps and conquering cities. Military land units have the Amphibious promotion and they have increased defence when embarked.
UB: Mud Pyramid Mosque (Temple): +2 culture and no maintenance cost.
UU: Mandekalu Cavalry (Knight). -10 hammers to produce and upgrades from Horsemen and Chariot Archers are cheaper.

Required DLC: All DLCs.
Starting Era: Ancient
Required game options: None
Enabled game options: Quick Combat, Quick Movement (You may turn on/off Quick Combat/Quick Movement using the game options menu at any time during gameplay.)
Game Version: This game was created in Civ5 Brave New World version 1.0.3.279.

Here is where you will start:

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The start file is attached below.

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This game runs through March 15th 2024.

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[fiddlesticks]

Can you tell us the landmass type?

 

[Megalou]

Can you tell us the landmass type?

I vote against revealing that info. Since there aren’t any map types called ”Sandstorm continents” or ”Sandstorm pangea”, it would constitute a spoiler.

 

[sebtanic]

Has there been an update to Civ that I'm not aware of? I feel like I've never seen these traits before. (Same with the Japan game recently, I mean Longswordsmen that build Fishing Boats?! )

Also, it's the first time I've seen barb ruins in the opening screenshot. Aren't we seeing a bit much of the map? I though vision was normally limited to 2 hexes but I might be wrong... like when there's a mountain it can be seen from 3 hexes away and so on.

 

[fiddlesticks]

Sounds good to me. I don't think it would change my strategy anyway now that I think about it.

 

[raider980]

What an interesting setup! Culture with Askia; surely will need to be a domination assisted CV, even if just to use the Songhai UA a bit. Emperor so we normally could get DF and Petra with no problem; but now everyone has desert so everyone will be going for them, I'm not going to count on it from the start.

I will move the warrior to the hill due west to see what's there. Unless its something amazing to make me move to the Incense next to the lake, I'll be settling in place.

Can you tell us the landmass type?

I'm pretty sure Sandstorm can be any type; well maybe any of the normal types like pangea or continents.

Has there been an update to Civ that I'm not aware of? I feel like I've never seen these traits before. (Same with the Japan game recently, I mean Longswordsmen that build Fishing Boats?! )

Japan and Songhai definitely have two of the weirdest set of uniques. I don't think they're new though.

 

[sebtanic]

Japan and Songhai definitely have two of the weirdest set of uniques. I don't think they're new though.

Yeah I probably just never played them. Or maybe it was so long ago that I forgot.