6otM138 Announcement

[Eyswein]

Welcome to game 138 in the 6OTM Series! These games will allow new and old GOTM fans to try out the new features in Civ6 in a friendly environment. Participants are encouraged to post questions, stories, advice, tricks and failures in the dedicated game threads (described below). Each game will specify the Civ you will play and the Victory Condition to strive for. We will be working to refine the 6otM concept as we move ahead with the series. Gifting of cities is an exploit in a religious VC as the AI cant see that it will lose if it accepts the cities.


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We would like to ask you to abide by our most sacred rule: Don’t replay any turns! If you make a mistake, accept it and try to recover. To ensure fair play and prevent results exclusions, please set your Autosaves to 1 turn. In the event of a computer crash while playing, just reload to the previous save and play it as closely to how you played it the first time. Please let Leif know (via Conversation (Private Message)) if you experienced a crash and how many turns you replayed.

Civ VI - 6otM138 Details:

Player (You): Dido - Phoenicia
Victory Condition: Domination; all other VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Prince
Civs/City-States (including player): 8/12
Map Type/Size: Archipelago / Standard Size
Start Position: Legendary
Sea Level: High
Disaster Intensity: 4
Game Mode(s): Apocalypse; Tech Shuffle

Game options:
Start - Ancient Era
Enabled - Barbarians; Tribal Villages
Game Version: This game was created in Civ6 Gathering Storm version 1.0.12.9.
Game Requirements: vanilla version of Civilization VI with Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions. All pre-NFP & NFP DLCs are required.

Here is where you will start:

Dido - Phoenicia Unique Attributes:

Spoiler Unique Attributes :

Dido Leader Bonus: Founder of Carthage - Cities with a Cothon gain the unique Move Capital project, which moves the Phoenician Capital to that city. Gains +1 Trade Route capacity after building the Government Plaza or any Government Plaza building. +50% Production towards Districts in the city with the Government Plaza.

Unique Ability: Mediterranean Colonies - Starts with the Eureka for Writing. Coastal cities founded by Phoenicia and in the same continent as their Capital always have full Loyalty. Settlers receive +2 Movement and Sight while embarked and pay no Movement costs to embark or disembark.

Unique Unit: Bireme: Replaces Galley, Unlocked by Sailing
Common abilities: Cannot enter Ocean tiles until Cartography has been researched.
Special abilities: Prevents friendly Traders within 4 tiles from being plundered as long as they are on a water tile.
Special traits: Higher Combat Strength (35 vs. 30); Higher Movement (4 vs. 3).

Unique Infrastructure: Cothon: Replaces Harbor; Unlocked by Celestial Navigation
Effects: Lower Production cost (27 vs. 54); +50% Production towards naval units and Settlers in this city; All wounded naval units in the city's borders heal +100 HP each turn; Major bonus (+2 Gold) for being adjacent to the City Center; Standard bonus (+1 Gold) for each adjacent Sea resource; Minor bonus (+½ Gold) for each adjacent District; +1 Great Admiral point per turn; Allows for sea lane Trade Route (even if the district is still under construction); Allows its parent city to build ships, even if the City Center is inland; Newly produced or purchased ships will spawn at the Cothon tile (as long as the Cothon tile is unoccupied); Removes Movement penalties for units Embarking to and from its tile (even if the district is still under construction); When the Seaport is built, the parent city may construct Fleets and Armadas; Buildings grant experience bonuses to ships built in this city; Specialists add +2 Gold and +1 Food each

Information about threads associated with each individual 6otM -- Must Read if you are new to our Game of the Month!
Please note: If you wish to make a video of your game, please do not post any links to it until after the game submission date has passed. This is because of the potential spoilers that are created by posting before the end date. Thank you for your cooperation.

Spoiler :

Announcement thread (this one): This thread is used to announce the game and clarify the settings and rules (don't be afraid to ask questions). It's also used to discuss the game before you start, and post problems with opening the save. Once you have opened the save, DO NOT POST in the Announcement thread, even non game-related information. Instead use the next thread.

Opening Actions thread: This thread is used to discuss the game's opening decisions and strategies through the first 100 or so turns. Here you can post questions related to the game and share your achievements/anger/frustration/victories while you play. We encourage players to use the spoiler tags for screenshot. During the time the game is active, please do not post any information concerning the game outside of the spoiler threads including screen shots, videos, or recorded/live-cast Let's Plays on other websites.

After Actions thread: In this thread you can post the results of your game. Please state your victory/loss date and final score (preferably in the post title) and describe your path to glory in this post! Players are encouraged to provide feedback on the game. Some players like to replay the game, and although we will not record the results from a replay, you can still post your new experiences. The game will not be closed as such, but after one month, the results will be compiled, and will not necessarily be updated with reports coming in after the finish date.

File Upload System
In development.

This game runs for a month and ends 1 August 2022.

The save is attached below.

 

[Eyswein]

Spoiler Some thoughts for those that don't play these modes often, no actual spoilers :

Apocalypse can be a little crazy. Expect tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. to cause 50% damage if they hit one of your units which may impact how you attack barbarian camps, explore the vast water, etc.

Shuffle can have some major early barbarian impacts on an Archipelago map. While you can settle on a coast to find Sailing, at best it will be in the second tech column, which means neither you nor the AI civilizations will get it immediately. This means barbarian camps that aren't cleared (and some may be on islands by themselves) can spawn a crap ton (best unit of measurement I can describe this fun) of galleys to rule the seas in the ancient era, potentially even taking out coastal cities with 2+ coastal spots if not properly defended (note: I would always take this risk with my capital if it made sense, but later, further cities I'd take more precautions).

Of course, massive sea battles can be fun! May the winds be in your favor!!

 

[Nolrog]

I have been looking for this. Thanks.

 

[The_J]

FYI: The streamer Foybles will probably play this game, record it (not stream live), and publish it after the deadline on Youtube.

 

[Blake00]

Have shared The_J's news post about this around the big Civ6 social media groups (FB/Reddit/Discord).. let's see who's up for the challenge this time!

 

[Michaela]

Here via Reddit. This is a great idea, and as someone returning to Civ after a loooong break (like since Civ 2) I'd love to try, but I'm on a console, and the save file doesn't seem to work for that.

Any chance you can include the seeds, so I can play along too??

 

[Blake00]

Here via Reddit. This is a great idea, and as someone returning to Civ after a loooong break (like since Civ 2) I'd love to try, but I'm on a console, and the save file doesn't seem to work for that.

Any chance you can include the seeds, so I can play along too??

Welcome! I've heard that PC Civ6 savegames should be loadable on consoles except for Playstation.. is that what you're on?

Oh and if you still love a good game of Civ2 feel free to drop by the Civ2 forums as that's my regular haunt and we've been doing doing some cool stuff there over the last few years (ie pushing the game beyond it's limits with mods and rescuing lots of old scenarios).

Instead use the next thread.

Perhaps this should be a link to reduce new member confusion?

.

 

[Michaela]

Welcome! I've heard that PC Civ6 savegames should be loadable on consoles except for PS4.. is that what you're on?

Oh and if you still love a good game of Civ2 feel free to drop by the Civ2 forums as that's my regular haunt and we've been doing doing some cool stuff there over the last few years (ie pushing the game beyond it's limits with mods and rescuing lots of old scenarios).


Perhaps this should be a link to reduce new member confusion?

.

Erm maybe I'm a luddite, but I don't understand how I would access the save file from the console?! I'm on a PS5, but it's my first ever console so I'm a bit clueless!

 

[Blake00]

Erm maybe I'm a luddite, but I don't understand how I would access the save file from the console?! I'm on a PS5, but it's my first ever console so I'm a bit clueless!

ahh yeah.. i assume the PS4 incompatibility extends over to PS5 too so nevermind haha.

 

[Eyswein]

Perhaps this should be a link to reduce new member confusion?

Will do!

 

[Eyswein]

Here via Reddit. This is a great idea, and as someone returning to Civ after a loooong break (like since Civ 2) I'd love to try, but I'm on a console, and the save file doesn't seem to work for that.

Any chance you can include the seeds, so I can play along too??

Created a new thread for the console question. https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/console-access-to-6otm.677881/