Recent content by alcaras

Just finished posting this epic Egypt v. Persia game against nolegskitten -- one of the most back and forth and memorable games I can remember: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUhNKa2jBT2Gt3weMQZIMhk2KtIYb5NTL And just started posting this game vs. Frederik, with both of us using...

Here's a quick guide to some of the new mechanics in the DLC: TL;DR: Clergy - Clergy are characters that show up in your court. - To induct someone into the clergy, select your state religion head and choose Induct into Clergy - Induct into Clergy only shows up if you have valid characters...

fluffybunny and I just completed an epic game where we each narrated our perspective and recorded our turns. Here's the full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUhNKa2jBT2G1lQeK8f3t0-IpQr0MvFeG

Would love to see this. Pref for same starting save (though perhaps with pick later leader / nation so folks can adapt starting strategies) Fastest victory probably is good as a default Definitely would love to have folks write-up and share what they did

TL;DR: Dynasties = There's four new preset leaders based on historical figures (Ptolemy, Alexander, Pericles, Leonidas) for Greece, some of whom have cool custom traits (e.g. recruit courtiers, build a unique shrine, have a 50% crit rate) as well as custom events. Presumably this will...

Repurposing this thread for all the test patch reviews :) (Not sure if a mod can change the subject to be more generic?) Yes we can. The_J Mohawk continues to make great balance changes, adjusting and improving the game. Here's a quick (does 25m count as quick?) video summarizing the changes...

Thank you!

Made what I thought was going to be a quick video about Unique Units that somehow clocked in at 50 minutes… >.> Hopefully folks will find it exhaustive but not exhausting ;) I tried to cover the very basics in the beginning (how the heck do you build UUs) and eventually work up to more advanced...

Greatly enjoyed the interview and the insights into Soren's design process and approach to balancing and iterating the game.

Lots of significant changes in this week's test patch: https://gist.github.com/MohawkGames/09b854c59e192f6f5df660d566c25e75 Made a video going over them:

Made a series of videos on what to think about when founding your capital: Assyria: Babylon: Carthage: Egypt: Greece: Hatti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNgZ0acjL_0 Persia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTisnscut8 Rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpcBedbfaU Pick Later...

Another both-perspectives cloud duel, this time with myself and fluffybunny: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUhNKa2jBT2GY_ysIkb8-kbrGO08eqZVA

And a guide on training:

Just recorded an overview / guide to nations & archetypes, with an eye toward multiplayer: