best pantheon for celts

[NaSMaX]

Right now I'm near a river so I'm thinking sacred waters, but I'm thinking also god of craftsmen and Fertility rites.

FYI I am "new" to Civ as a series but I've played the hell out of Civ 5, so I'm not familiar with religion but I figure with eh celts religion is a top priority. So what's the best start for them?

 

[Flying Mathias]

I usually tend to spawn near tundra, so I go with Dance of the Aurora, huge faith bonus there. You might want to use this, or similar (Desert Folklore, etc) depending on what the terrain is like. Stone circles is also nice if you have a lot of stone.

 

[prince_caspian]

Pantheon beliefs are quite situational, it highly depends on your starting terrain so there's really no fixed choice.

 

[GrayingGamer]

In my current game, I'm near the southern end of the map and by the time I had my pantheon I had scouted out at least 7 deer. 4 of those were in my capital city's ultimate sphere of influence.

So I took the +1 food from camps =) I've got a third city on the way that will be near tundra and ice, but due to 3+ deer as well as some other nice resources, it'll be an awesome city.

I really like the religion system.

 

[TerreFeu]

I've been playing the Celts for quite a few games now, especially in Multi Player. I am really loving 'em. I'll often have a Pictish warrior sniping barbs, and the extra faith adds up fast. I'm almost always first on Parth and Religion, and getting there first makes a huge difference. I hate it when I've been 4th or 5th to a religion and there's nothing left but scraps.

The Celts are slow in the culture arena, but you can definitely make-up for that deficiency if you play your cards right. The hard-muscled red-headed warrior queen is very appealing, you must admit. I am seeing more and more fellow players choose them in MultiPlayer, so I think peops are starting to catch on.

 

[stormtrooper412]

Stone Circles is a really good choice if your starting area has at least one stone and one marble

 

[CraigMak]

There is no best pantheon. Your pantheon is extremely dependent on your surroundings. Although, with the Celts I really like to get 10% growth and rush Artemis for more growth. They are good at rushing early wonders thanks to lots of chops almost every spawn.

I once used them to get a turn 21 GL with chops and God King. Pretty insane.

 

[joncnunn]

Best pantheon is highly situtional.

The Celtic UA will more than 95% of the time give them first pantheon, but since there isn't a pantheon belief for regular forest tiles, this doesn't affect that.

Indirectly, most of the camp luxaries along with the bonus camp resources appear in forest, so when playing Celts, it is somewhat more likely that God of the Hut will be better than normal.