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Fewer Stacks of Doom!

I predict Babylon will get promoted to a full civ instead of a city state. They were highly influential in ancient times. They could be a science civ, or a civics civ--possibly with a Unique Ancient Government as a 4th option that only they could pick? Or a unique government district/building...

Just an out of the blue guess--but I predict the Babylonians return in Civ 6 as one of the NFP expansion civs. They were influential enough to be a major civ in previous incantations (including Civ 3 where they were my favorite). There will be 50 playable civs at the end of the NFP game, and...

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Science win in 1920 AD (Turn 341). I only settled about 6 cities total, and only about 4 initially. I had an early surprise war with Peter (he declared on me after we became friends), so I wiped him off the map, conquering his cities. I also ended up taking over a couple of Egyptian cities via...

I presume Philip is a Religious victory condition (aka 196)?

Interesting twist for #50! What game speed is it within the era? Marathon? Or does the game speed vary with file as well?

evan, I think that is a consequence of hitting the max that was established to ensure eras don't last too long (so if you get a golden age, for example, you aren't in a disproportionately long one). There is certainly a min and max time, artificially forcing progression in eras. This time...

I asked this question too, here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/trigger-for-new-age.628211/ No responses as of right now. That said, the deep dive into the Era mechanic by Firaxis stated that it does roughly correspond to tech/civic progress, but was not specific with regards to how...

Trying Teddy again, since government legacy bonuses are gone and wildcard slots seemed nifty. Not far enough along to comment but generating Great Sci + Great Writer points from cards early game is pretty nifty! That said, I still think Teddy needs a boost...not top-tier, but if I can win with...

What is the trigger for a new age? Is it random (with a 10-turn warning and between the bounds listed on the screen), or can I influence it by researching tech and/or culture in the next age? I do know it is not triggered by the *first* person to research such as tech or civic...but is it based...

So founding cities helps you...I would hope so! The question is whether it helps you more than other options.

Just submitted my victory, Science in 2004 (though I was somewhat close to Diplo--in an election cycle or two I would have been there because I was gaining ground on Sweden fast with City States). I know this isn't a hugely successful performance compared to others, but I had fun. I also was out...

My initial approach to this game was to try for Diplo victory, just for the irony of it all :) I am not a fantastic player, but I am getting comfortable with King more and more, so I am trying to stretch my abilities a bit with this one (Emperor still gives me problems more often than not)...

I like 1UPT (well, 1 civ & 1 mil UPT), but I would be willing to try 1APT; that is, one Army Per Tile. You built 3 military units, combined them together (a la Civ 3 Armies), and that was the limit. That allows some additional customization, while still keeping stacks limited.