Recent content by Alexander's Hetaroi

The first half of Right to Rule is already out, unless do they mean later this month after the second half releases?

To me this looks just like a portrait of George Washington, not George Washington as a Civ VII leader. Makes me feel better about AI not being used instead of hiring actual artists. :)

I think "Medieval" is the most Eurocentric out of all of them, even more than Exploration, considering it literally just means the "Middle Ages" of Europe. Feudal would probably have to be the way to go despite the fact that some nations like Japan and Russia still practice some form of...

From what I've seen I feel like Antiquity is fine. I think Exploration personally covers not necessarily a whole lot of time as Antiquity does, but definitely technological progress to where you have Spanish Tercios with gunpowder fighting with early Medieval units of other civs. In that regard...

I'd be surprised if we got both Denmark and Iceland in one Age. I think it's one or the other.

My problem with the Norse in Exploration, and Anglo Saxons too sort of, is that they'd be contemporary with the Normans who should come after them. The Norse to me feel like the Khmer who historically should be in Exploration, but due to gameplay reasons should go into Antiquity, for being the...

But they were early rivals of the Byzantines. I think one civ in the game needs to associate with Zoroastrianism, and the only way to do that is put them in Exploration. Not to mention we already have a Persia in Antiquity. I'd be surprised if they didn't put eventually Sweden in Modern...

I wasn't specifically talking about capital cities in game, I was just reiterating what Ed said when he visited London. And yes, I do think all the gunpowder empires should be in Modern, but too bad probably no Safavids thanks to Qajar. How about no Sassanid slander here. :p

Considering the Celts are a very broad group, I think they could still get away with a specific group, like Gaul again, and that would still be broad enough to diverge into multiple civs. I get the reasons, but I still think that Ottomans make sense for Modern in the game. If we look at the...

I wasn't necessarily thinking about geography, but more like a Buddhism pathway. The Mauryan Empire spread Buddhism into Tibet and then go to Nepal where Buddhism was originally founded. :)

Well, we know what the unique infrastructure will be: Tang Great Wall :mischief: Anyways here are my 6 for each age divided by region as equally as I can: Antiquity: Garamantes Anasazi/Pueblo Heian Japan Norse Hittites Tonga Exploration: Benin Muisca Burma Tibet Florence Sassanids Modern...

Yeah, if you make it Modern, you really can't play with religion. Of course it's the same with Tibet in Antiquity. :p Though I've personally always liked the idea of Maurya>Tibet>Nepal as a line to begin with.

Yeah, to me Bhutan makes more sense as a Modern civ considering the unification of Bhutan happened in the 1600s which would be the tail end of Exploration. Of course, I also want Edo Japan in that age, and they formed around the same time. I guess if you want a Tibet>Bhutan>Nepal line, I'm...

You might be right. It being involved in the Trans Sahara trade could also lead into Songhai.

America actually gets their first unique building earlier in Modern, or Industrial if playing with (Rough Rider) Teddy Roosevelt. :) But I think the point is being missed in that every civ does have some uniqueness in the early game. With Founding Fathers, you get uniqueness whenever you pick...