Can Golden Age be started from Gov Change?

[valamas]

Can a Golden Age be started from a government change? If so which trait or CIVs can do this?

 

[Revolutionary]

nope it can't be done, if you want a Golden Age during a government change you will have to win with a UU

edit: why would you want a GA during anarchy?

 

[Turner]

Rev is right... I wouldn't win with a UU if at all possible during Anarchy. You could waste quite a bit of the GA during that time. Of course, sometimes it's unavoidable.

 

[Hygro]

Wonder creation also can start golden ages

 

[starrider]

Wonder creation will do it by matching both traits of your civ. Usually this requires two wonders, one for each trait (listed in the Civilopedia for each wonder) but sometimes a wonder will match both traits. The Collossus will trigger a GA for the English for example.

The only annoying part of this is that if you are a builder like me, and you don't want a GA at the wrong time, you may have to skip buildling a wonder you might desire. When I play as the Byzantines, I always build the Collossus and try and get the Great Lighthouse built so my dromons can rule the seas.

Unfortunately, this means I can't build the Mosuleum because it will trigger a GA, since the Collossus = seafaring and Mosuleum = scientific. I'm usually still in depotism still at this point. Even though this powerful, never-expiring wonder is cheap to build I have to focus on something else.

 

[Zandrew]

I think valamas is asking if changing to a new government can trigger a GA, but I've never heard of this happening.

 

[Theoden]

No the only ways is to have a UU victory or building wonders to match your traits. Governtment does not affect when your golden age start.

 

[Gainy]

No the only ways is to have a UU victory or building wonders to match your traits

Wrong You don't have to build the wonder, if you capture a wonder that matches your traits, then you build any other random (Great) wonder, it will give you a golden age

Just had to point that out