Bulgaria Civ Overview (Exploration Age)

[paxis]

What does it mean? Bolyar: Ignores Rough for movement and opposing unit’s combat

 

[Siptah]

Wow, is Bulgaria strong. Haven't been able to play more than a few turns, but these pillaging rewards... and then free relics in the civic tree + early Rila unlock. That's both super fun and super strong.

 

[untitledjuan]

Yeah while Augustus doesn't unlock anything (he only has "recommended choices", 8 of them now), Rome does unlock 6 civs. However, they only have 3 in common (Spain, French Empire and Prussia) - we could say that Rome is more "Europe" while Augustus is more "Mediterranean".

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It's weird that Rome unlocks America and not Mexico. Mexico has much, much more real and tangible Roman heritage (through Spain) than the USA does. The USA is indeed inspired in its system of government by some Roman ideals, but so is Mexico's government. Moreover, the Mexican speak a Romance (Latin-derived) language and are mostly Roman Catholic, the religion that developed in the late Western Roman Empire.

 

[Rac]

Bulgaria's Background Art

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

Bulgaria is in the Crossroads game files.

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Attributes

• Expansionist
• Militaristic

CUA: Krum's Dynasty
Receive Food to all Towns when pillaging Improvements equal to 50% of the yield or HP gained. All Combat units receive -3 Combat Strength against Districts with Medieval Walls.

UI: Hidden Fortress
+4 Production. Placed on Rough not adjacent to another Hidden Fortress. Units on this tile gain Stealth and they receive +3 Combat Strength. Bulgarian Unique Improvement. Counts as Fortification, +6 Combat Strength when defending. Ageless. Does not remove Warehouse bonuses on a tile.

UU: Bolyar [sic?]
Bulgarian Unique Cavalry Unit. Ignores Rough for movement and opposing unit’s combat. +3 Combat Strength when this unit is fighting on Rough.

UU: Tarkhan
Bulgarian Unique Army Commander. Faster. Units in its command radius can pillage for no movement cost.

Wonder: Rila Monastery
+4 Culture. Has 3 Relic Slots. Receive a Relic every time you build a Wonder including this one. Cannot be placed adjacent to a District.

so a stepping stone to Russia then.
Where's Byzantium?
The other interesting stone could be Vikings.
Two UUs.
- Housecarl: Infantry replacement.
- Langskippe: Warship replacement.

 

[Willie5000]

so a stepping stone to Russia then.
Where's Byzantium?
The other interesting stone could be Vikings.
Two UUs.
- Housecarl: Infantry replacement.
- Langskippe: Warship replacement.

Vikings and Byzantium are glaring omissions, agreed.

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

Why?

Vikings and Byzantium are glaring omissions, agreed.

 

[Ryansinbela]

No Scandinavia rep and also Byzantium is a pretty major civ albeit one that usually sits out dlc

Feudal Japan, Ottomans and the Aztecs are also weird omissions to me