Culture Resources

[Hydromancerx]

Now with "unlimited" resources I can get back to an old idea I had when Afforess said there could be "unlimited" resources. The ideas is each culture could have their own unique resource. Here are some examples. Feel free to post your own.

Japan = Bonsai Trees
Russia = Matryoshka Dolls
China = Fireworks
Roman = Ancient Cement
Persia = Persian Carpets
Navajo = Navajo Blankets
Apache = Dream Catchers
Aborigine = Boomerangs

You get the idea.These would be mainly small trinket items that are more or less specific to that culture. Think stuff that you would buy on vacation if you went to that specific country or cultural region.

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

Everyone had ancient water proof cement, the Romans just built palaces out of it.

 

[Hydromancerx]

Everyone had ancient water proof cement, the Romans just built palaces out of it.

Ah ok. Just posting ideas.

 

[Thunderbrd]

So what... would we have UBs generate these?

 

[Hydromancerx]

So what... would we have UBs generate these?

Yeah ones that required that civ's culture.

 

[Thunderbrd]

yep Sounds right to me. Cool.. (but keep in mind how many resources this means we're going to have... wow)

 

[Hydromancerx]

Bumping since this was a cool idea.

 

[Mouthwash]

It sounds good. Can we make the real "culture" resources untradable though?

 

[Hydromancerx]

But then you could not demand it from your vassal anymore.

 

[Mouthwash]

But then you could not demand it from your vassal anymore.

Um, what? Why would we want that?

 

[LumenAngel]

Bumping since this was a cool idea.

With Culture as a ressource, I dont really see the interest...
With culture working more like corporation/religion (and spreading like a corporation or a religion, not like a ressource), it can be usefull, but now, I dont really see the interest of this

 

[Thunderbrd]

It could play into equipment access very nicely wouldn't it H?

 

[GiuseppeIII]

I actually like the idea of culture spreading like religion of course with a few tweaks.

 

[Thunderbrd]

I've got plans for that sort of thing eventually Guiseppe...

 

[Hydromancerx]

Um, what? Why would we want that?

A vassal may have a wonder culture you don't have or cannot build because you are from the wrong region. Demanding it from your vassal would allow you to build the unique units of that culture without actually owning the wonder.

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

Where as if you keep one of their cities you can build their region culture and then get at all that region's wonder cultures.

 

[Hydromancerx]

Where as if you keep one of their cities you can build their region culture and then get at all that region's wonder cultures.

True, but if they already built the culture you cannot get it unless you trade for it or take over the city that has the wonder. And some vassals can be obtained by them asking you to take them as a vassal, and not from a war against them. In short peacefully obtaining vassals.

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

True, but if they already built the culture you cannot get it unless you trade for it or take over the city that has the wonder. And some vassals can be obtained by them asking you to take them as a vassal, and not from a war against them. In short peacefully obtaining vassals.

Which is why I am changing tsentom1's Topkapi Palace wonder to give you the base culture of each of your vassals.