6otm206 Announcement

[Thorak]

Welcome to Civ VI Game of the Month - 6otM206
These games will allow new and old GotM fans to play Civ6 in a friendly competitive 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(s) to strive for.

How to Play

1. Please read our Must Read Rules and Game Details sections below for important information before playing.
2. Consult our Other Useful Information section below and ask spoiler free questions in this thread before starting your game if needed.
3. Click the 6otMxxx.Civ6save file attachment at the bottom of this post to download the Civ6 savefile.
4. Move the Civ6 savefile from your ...\Downloads folder to your ...\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves\Single folder. (This is the standard Civ6 install location so please let us know if yours is different or you can't find it)
5. Load the 6otMxxx.Civ6save file in Civ6 and play the game adhering to all our Rules and Victory Conditions specified below. (In game, click Single Player, Load Game, 6otMxxx should be at the top.)
6. Once finished, report your results in our After Actions Report (AAR) thread and attach your finished save game to your post.

Must Read Rules!

We would like to ask you to please abide by our most sacred rule: Do NOT 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. (Gifting of cities is an exploit in a religious VC as the AI can't see that it will lose if it accepts the cities.)
We also ask that you don't use any mods - in testing we found that 'display only' mod changes actually had an impact on AI behavior. In the interest of sharing and learning, if you 'must' play with mods please state their use at the top of your AAR thread post.

Game Details

Victory Condition: Domination in the fewest number of turns (all VCs are enabled)
Player (You): John Curtin - Australia
Difficulty: Deity
Game speed: Standard
Civs/City-States (including player): 8 / 12
Disaster Intensity: 1
Map Type/Size: True start location Earth / Standard Size
Resources: -
World Age: -
Start Position: -
Temperature: -
Rainfall: -
Sea Level: -
Game Mode(s): Monopolies and coroporations

Game Options:
Start: Renaissance Era
Enabled: Barbarians, Tribal Villages
Game Version: This game was created in Civ6 Gathering Storm version 1.0.12.54.
Game Requirements: Vanilla version of Civilization VI with Rise & Fall and Gathering Storm expansions. All pre-NFP & NFP DLCs are required. New Leader Pass DLC required.

Starting Position


Other Useful Information
Unique Attributes:

Spoiler Unique Attributes :

Leader: John Curtin - Australia
Leader Bonus: +100% Production in all cities for the next 10 turns after being declared war upon or liberating a city.
Civ Ability: +3 Housing in coastal cities. Building a Pasture triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Campus, Commercial Hub, Holy Site, and Theater Square districts gain +1 to their yields in tiles with Charming Appeal, and +3 with Breathtaking Appeal.
Unique Unit: Digger replaces Infantry; Unlocked by Replaceable Parts

• Differences from base unit:
  • Higher combat strength (78 vs. 75).
  • +10 Combat Strength on coastal tiles.
  • +5 Combat Strength outside Australian territory.
  • No oil requirement or upkeep.

Unique Infrastructure : Outback station; Unlocked by Guilds

• Tile improvement:
• +1 Food
• +1 Production
• +0.5 Housing
• +1 Food from every adjacent Pasture
• +1 Production to every adjacent Pasture (Req. Steam Power)
• +1 Production from every 2 adjacent Outback Stations (Req. Steam Power)
• +1 Food from every 2 adjacent Outback Stations (Req. Rapid Deployment)

Thread information:

Spoiler Thread information :

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 game-related information in the Announcement thread.

After Actions Review (AAR) thread: In this thread you can post the results of your game. Please state your victory/loss turn/date (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 - please state at the top if this is the case (replayed turns, 2nd/3rd/etc. attempt).

Game Length:

This game runs for a month and ends 1 February 2026.

 

[Thorak]

About this game/map:

• True start location Earth always looks the same and the start position for all nations are always the same place. This means you can start a game with these settings before trying this GOTM and scout the surroundings.
• Note that the game is started in Renaissance era! If you're unfamiliar with this, I recommend you try out a practice game. Cities start with higher pop, a free worker, a free unit and so on.