April Fool's: Firaxis announces: Civ 6: Pandemic Pack DLC (masks included)

[The_J]

After 2 years have passed, and the pandemic is cooling down in many parts of the world, Firaxis has finally decided to incorporate the current events into the game. The creative minds have been hard at work, to create a new and fun experience. This update will be for free for all owners of Civ6.
Read the new features below!

• New leader animations: Leaders will show up with face mask, face shield, or coughing
• Social distancing: Infected cities can only work tiles not adjacent to uninfected city tiles.
• Quarantine: Infected cities cannot send or receive trade routes.
  
• Infected cities require an additional amenity to remain content.
• New Neighborhood District: Home office worker. Provides +2 Gold, +1 Production, +1 Culture

Other details have not been announced yet.

You can also find this info in the offical announcement here: https://civilization.com/civilization-VI-pandemic-pack-DLC-masks-included

 

[bite]

Even knowing what day it is, this is still fun

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Sadly, the link doesn't work for me

 

[Benevolent Dictator]

Sadly, the link doesn't work for me

I think it's a limited time, 24-hour event.

 

[comatosedragon]

Um ... does today's date have anything to do with this?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Um ... does today's date have anything to do with this?

Certainly. It's a joke. I was just hoping to see the webpage for the joke

 

[The_J]

Sadly, the link doesn't work for me

This must be a problem on your side, works fine for me .

 

[Haig]

Mine is downloading already. Cant wait!

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Actually, the date aside, there has been a discussion of a 'plague' or Epidemic mechanic in the game, and the Quarantine and Infected Cities requiring extra Amenities in this Postit would not be out of place in such an addition to the game or to Civ VII.

 

[EgonSpengler]

There are two new casus belli: "Refused to get vaccinated" and "Imposed vaccination mandate", depending on your chosen government type.

 

[Leyrann]

Actually, the date aside, there has been a discussion of a 'plague' or Epidemic mechanic in the game, and the Quarantine and Infected Cities requiring extra Amenities in this Postit would not be out of place in such an addition to the game or to Civ VII.

I would enjoy a disease mechanic in the game. I remember that was speculated with the Rise and Fall announcement, but we didn't end up getting it.

It could be tied in to a game event/decision system, where you get a number of sequential events in consecutive turns. Also, buildings like Sewers could increase resistance to diseases, until eventually you reach a point where something like covid is considered a major threat to public health rather than unnoticeable in between the plague, smallpox, cholera and you name it. And at that point you could have tradeoffs not between population dying and closing up, but rather mass unhappiness or closing up.

 

[Linklite]

Link isn't working for me either. Maybe it's because we're on mobile?

My wife wants this to actually happen.

 

[blackbutterfly]

Actually, the date aside, there has been a discussion of a 'plague' or Epidemic mechanic in the game, and the Quarantine and Infected Cities requiring extra Amenities...

Play Black Death.
Scenario.

It has something similar.
In fact, I'm surprised the modding community didn't use this scenario as a basis for a COVID mod/scenario.

 

[PiR]

New Neighborhood District: Home office worker. Provides +2 Gold, +1 Production, +1 Culture

I'd say -3 production when schools are closed

 

[Saxo Grammaticus]

I'd say -3 production when schools are closed

Infected cities require an additional amenity to remain content.

And four more amenities...

 

[The_J]

Link isn't working for me either. Maybe it's because we're on mobile?

My wife wants this to actually happen.

I faked the screenshot .

And yes, April's fools .
Thanks to
@leif erikson
@Birdjaguar
@lymond
@Arakhor
@Laurana Kanan
@Browd
For helping with the April's fools .

We had some discarded ideas, might post them later.

 

[Leyrann]

I faked the screenshot .

And yes, April's fools .

Ah, I assumed it was an April's Fools from Firaxis that was purposefully reposted as "true".

 

[The_J]

I figured that some people could think that too. But doesnt matter, as long as it's fun .

 

[Playsoneasy]

The real April fool's joke here is Firaxis actually giving a damn about Civ 6.

 

[Leyrann]

The real April fool's joke here is Firaxis actually giving a damn about Civ 6.

Thank you for your valuable contribution to this thread.