Design a civ using known Civ VII mechanics

[Kurtbob]

I was leaning towards the Dromon for very similar reasons to the ones that you have pointed out. Curious if others have similar thoughts.

I am pretty happy with the Basileus unit, though a Varangian commander could be interesting.

 

[infiniterocks]

The Abbasid Caliphate collapsed in 1258 CE when the Mongols sacked Baghdad (though members of the Abbasid family held the title of Caliph until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt). The Byzantines make sense as an Exploration Age civ according to the game's chronologic. Note also that the Sassanids (Byzantium's great rival) are represented as a people in the Exploration Age with the Independent Power of Istakhr.

I got the civ7 years mixed up when I was making making Ottomans as a follow up for Byzantine, empire. I was working on both and mixed up modern year start for exploration years. Byzantine fits better in exploration where they overlap with Ottomans according to the civ 7 time line.

 

[WillK96]

Argentina (Modern Age)

Attributes:
Cultural
Expansionist

Ability:
Gobernar Es Poblar: Cities spawn migrants upon the completion of cultural or production buildings. Each migrant adds +3 culture to the tile they are used to improve.

Civic Trees:
I. May Revolution
Tier 1: Unlocks the Granadero. Adds Culture in the Capital for every Town.
Primera Junta - +3 War Support against Civilizations whose capital is on another continent.
Tier 2: The Granadero and Gaucho can move over (but not end the turn on) Mountains. +3 CS on the Granadero and Gaucho in rough terrain.
Crossing of the Andes - +1 movement on the Granadero. Moving into Rough Terrain does not end the Granaderos turn (also applies to the army commander the Granadero may be packed into).

II. Conquest of the Desert
Tier 1: Unlocks the Estancia. Increased Settlement Limit.
Patagonian Expanse- Increased Food and Gold per unimproved tile adjacent to the Estancia.
Tier 2: Increased Settlement Limit.

II. Tango
Tier 1: Unlocks the Tango Hall. Increased Settlement Limit.
Porteno- Tango Halls generate additional culture per adjacent specialist.
Tier 2: Increased Settlement Limit. Unlocks the Teatro Colon Wonder.

Unique Infrastructure:
Estancia- Unique Improvement. Must be built by a Gaucho. Can be built on any unimproved tile owned by Argentina (except Tundra tiles) and also on Farms, Pastures, and Plantations. +4 Culture, +4 Gold, +1 Food base yield. + 1 Food for each adjacent mountainous tile. Small chance of generating an artifact when built next to mountainous tile.

Tango Hall - Unique Building. Replaces the Opera House. +8 Culture, +6 Influence. Adjacency from World Wonders, Natural Wonders, Quarters. Adjacenies doubled if placed on the same tile as the Palace/City Hall.

Unique Civilian Unit:
Gaucho - Unique Scout. Double the movement of a normal scout (three times as expensive). Possesses a Ranged attacked of 20. Possesses 1 charge to create an un-upgradable town and 3 charges to create Estancia's on unimproved tiles. Generates +25 culture and +25 gold for each unimproved tile adjacent to the Estancia.

Unique Military Unit:
Granaderos - Unique Cavalry Unit. 2 Tiers (55 and 60 Combat Strength). Possesses a ranged attack with a 30 combat strength (35 at tier 2) and 15 (20 at tier 2) bombard strength. Can move (but not attack) after the ranged attack.

Associated Wonder:
Teatro Colon - Culture, Happiness, and Influence base. Must be built on flat land, adjacent to the City Center. Provides a unique endeavor, Concerto, which provides the initiating Civilization with a culture boost, and the receiving Civilization a production boost toward cultural buildings.


Generally, the idea is to have a Latin American cultural civ that is distinct in flavor from Mexico. Argentina excels at settling the remaining portions of the map and gets big culture and gold bonuses for using the Gaucho to settle the remaining portions of the map before turning to generating more Estancias and Tango Halls to increase culture and generate artifacts.