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You'll get positive modifiers with Russia and with civs who are also friends with Russia, and negative modifiers with civs who are enemies with Russia. If you're friends with her, you also would receive more favorable trade offers from her than from a civ with whom you don't have a DOF. But, if...

I've encountered 2 North American starting locations - one along the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska.

Bit of a dark horse, but Rome's UA and wide tendencies could provide quite a bit of science quicker than some other civs. I agree with what others have said too.

Welcome! Like others have suggested, looking around the forum and watching Let's Plays can help you get a feel for the basics. Which civs have you played as? Did you enjoy any of them more than the others?

Another couple civs Mighty and Viking might want to look at are Sweden and Byzantium. They operate a little differently than you might be used to, but they (especially Sweden) can be used peacefully. Like Siam, Sweden's UUs come much later than the Ancient and Classical eras, but the Carolean is...

Off the top of my head, Greece and Siam are the two most user-friendly peaceful CS-based civs with early game bonuses. I think Greece is the easier of the two to manage because of the UA's effect on influence. I'm not sure if it stacks with the Patronage opener, but if it does then a diplo...

I see. If I might make a suggestion, for your next game, whichever civ you choose to play as, try taking Tradition first and completing that tree before going on to any of other trees. You mentioned you usually combine Liberty and Tradition, but hear me out. With Tradition, you'll be growing...

That's along the lines of what I was thinking. I'm in the Industrial age in my current game, and I should easily achieve a Diplo win with the amount of GP I'm producing. But a good portion of them are GWAM. If I'd built early on for a CV, I might've had a shot. Next time I draw Sweden I think...

I do have a question OP. Why do you take liberty first?

If you have the Inca DLC, you might also like them. Their hills bonus helps with the defensive game.

I know it's not as ideal as a diplo win, but with the GP bonuses Sweden gets, is a cultural victory viable?

Wow. He deserves a hand :clap:

Have you looked at Greece? Their UA would help deal with the happiness and wealth problems you talked about, and it helps them remain relevant for the game's duration, helping set up a diplo win - which encourages playing nice with other civs. With two early UUs, their army is strongest in the...

For me it's America. When I encounter Washington, he usually can't focus on any particular strategy, spamming cities like crazy and slogging through the game until he's pissed either me or another AI (sometimes both) and gets pounded into oblivion. I rarely see Byzantium in my games, but Dora...

Thanks all. I'm playing this on G&K, as I've yet to pick up BNW - I plan to rectify that soon, but for now, just G&K. I'll still give those threads a look, as I really don't know much about playing Polynesia at all, other than what I've already mentioned, and that more often than not Kamehameha...