help i've gone insane

I bought the game with the DLC on Steam. The first few times I started the game everything was fine, But since the third time I tried to play, I found that all the dlc, including all the mods I subscribed to, just disappeared from the game. An Internet search revealed to me that the main...

After installing some mods, every new "Create Game" / "Choose Map Type" selection is ignored and immediately reverts to "Continents." In an effort to remedy this, I have done all of the following, to no avail: Verified files and rebooted. Uninstalled game and reinstalled. Deleted all files in...

So, as a preface to this monumental instance of overthinking, I want to warn you that as a CivFanatic, it is my job to overanalyze every detail and ask mountains of questions. And that is exactly what you will find below. From both playing the game and watching the cutscenes on YouTube, I...