Natan35
Mayor of St. Natansburg
You should add Gaza as a city state, though(or the CS pack only includes African CS?).
Eli's Civilizations of Africa & The African Diaspora
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Eli Khaliif
Somali Modder, not Pirate
The pack will only include African city-states OR city-states of the African Diaspora (aka African-Caribbean city-states or just cities founded by Africans in other places)
Scapegrace
Obvious Spambot
Rough idea cobbled together, inviting others to rip it apart:-
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Mauritius (Rémy Ollier)
Start Bias: Coastal
Capital:
Port Louis
UA: Star And Key
Each time you connect an International Sea Trade Route to a Civilization you haven't traded with before, the amount of
Gold generated by International Sea Trade Routes increases by +5%. After an Ideology is selected, gain +1 Great Writer Point in the Capital for every 2 International Sea Trade Routes.
UB: Sentinelle (replaces Constabulary)
-25% enemy Spy stealing rate, +2
Culture, +2 
Local Happiness. Contains a slot for a 
Great Work of Writing which, when filled, generates +1 additional Culture for every Ideological Tenet selected, and +1 Happiness for each Level 3 Tenet selected.
UU: Lights And Grenadiers (replaces Musketman)
Starts with Amphibious, Drill I, Shock I, and the unique promotion "Storming Grand Baie", which grants an additional +50%
Combat Bonus while defending if the unit Disembarked the previous turn. Upgrades to Rifleman as normal. Vastly more expensive than the Musketman it replaces.
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This is much more focused on the interesting bit of Mauritian history - the Napoleonic wars and their aftermath. Remy Ollier was a truly great man, a campaigning journalist and political activist who died too far before his time, and I'm picking him as a Gandhi-style leader - a man who may not have lead his country, but is a symbol of what Mauritius could be. The newspaper he founded to promote the interests of the non-white populace of Mauritius, the Sentinelle, is immortalised in the UB, and the liberating British force that kicked out the French slavers is reflected in the UU - the primary invading force that stormed the beach at Grand Baie was composed of the elite companies of the redcoat regiments that supported the invasion, namely the Light and Grenadier Companies.
This is my Mauritius.
I apologise for the lack of dodos.
=]
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Mauritius (Rémy Ollier)
Start Bias: Coastal
Capital:
Port LouisUA: Star And Key
Each time you connect an International Sea Trade Route to a Civilization you haven't traded with before, the amount of
Gold generated by International Sea Trade Routes increases by +5%. After an Ideology is selected, gain +1 Great Writer Point in the Capital for every 2 International Sea Trade Routes.UB: Sentinelle (replaces Constabulary)
-25% enemy Spy stealing rate, +2
Culture, +2 Local Happiness. Contains a slot for a Great Work of Writing which, when filled, generates +1 additional Culture for every Ideological Tenet selected, and +1 Happiness for each Level 3 Tenet selected.UU: Lights And Grenadiers (replaces Musketman)
Starts with Amphibious, Drill I, Shock I, and the unique promotion "Storming Grand Baie", which grants an additional +50%
Combat Bonus while defending if the unit Disembarked the previous turn. Upgrades to Rifleman as normal. Vastly more expensive than the Musketman it replaces.---
This is much more focused on the interesting bit of Mauritian history - the Napoleonic wars and their aftermath. Remy Ollier was a truly great man, a campaigning journalist and political activist who died too far before his time, and I'm picking him as a Gandhi-style leader - a man who may not have lead his country, but is a symbol of what Mauritius could be. The newspaper he founded to promote the interests of the non-white populace of Mauritius, the Sentinelle, is immortalised in the UB, and the liberating British force that kicked out the French slavers is reflected in the UU - the primary invading force that stormed the beach at Grand Baie was composed of the elite companies of the redcoat regiments that supported the invasion, namely the Light and Grenadier Companies.
This is my Mauritius.
I apologise for the lack of dodos.
=]
poom3619
Ping Pang Poom!
I would prefer Gaza (of Palestine) as legit Civ 
BTW, Do you want something like this?
BTW, Do you want something like this?
Scapegrace
Obvious Spambot
That looks really good! I like that. Just needs a little tidying up in the text boxes - maybe make them match the Civ colours a little closer? The yellow on olive drab's a little... much. =]
Danmacsch
Geheimekabinetsminister
.. and enlarge the text, like, a lot (or maybe my eyes are just tired from looking at the screen for the past seven hours and that's why I can't see anything)..
poom3619
Ping Pang Poom!
I am thinking whether I should outright copy JFD's OP style with background or cross it with Colonialist Legacies as what I had done. It's unpolished for now I also struggling to find suiting African motif font that have no Tribal or Safari motif.
EDIT to reply Danmacsch : This would be made larger, but shorten the description would make it a lot easier to read and enlarge
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I also struggling to find suiting African motif font that have no Tribal or Safari motif.EDIT to reply Danmacsch : This would be made larger, but shorten the description would make it a lot easier to read and enlarge
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Scapegrace
Obvious Spambot
You don't really need one. A simple, clear Serif font works well for conveying information in a more formal way. I personally prefer Sylfaen, but really, it's up to you. =]
Danmacsch
Geheimekabinetsminister
Well, infographics aren't really that important. They can look nice and all, but in the end they don't really say anything about the quality of the civ in question.
If you choose to have one, I'd say simpler is better. JFD' and More Civ's as well as RawSasquatch's are good examples in my opinion.
If you choose to have one, I'd say simpler is better. JFD' and More Civ's as well as RawSasquatch's are good examples in my opinion.
Scapegrace
Obvious Spambot
I like the setup he has, personally, with the map behind and the infographic boxes. =]
EDIT: Here's the only pic I can find of Ollier. =[
EDIT: Here's the only pic I can find of Ollier. =[
Spoiler :
Eli Khaliif
Somali Modder, not Pirate
Thanks to both Scapegrace and Poom! However for Mauritius I am leaning more towards Seewoosagur Ramgoolam because he was Indian (the most populous ethnic group of Mauritius), more well known, more information on him, and also he was considered the "Father of the Nation" of Mauritius. Thanks so much for the design though Scapegrace I will put the rest of it to use! And thanks so much for the infobox Poom! Would you also be interested in doing one for my Sierra Leone, which is the closest one to release?
Eli Khaliif
Somali Modder, not Pirate
I know Hoop Thrower is good at this and I'm curious. Can anyone find good music for my Jamaica civ? I've looked at some instrumental reggae, but the music is probably too well known to make use of (then again the Boers Peace theme was Africa by Toto), also a War theme for Jamaica is going to be incredibly difficult to find.
Eli Khaliif
Somali Modder, not Pirate
Also two minor changes to the names of the uniques. The unit's name will be changed to Grenediyarsa, which is the Hindi word for Grenadier and the Sentinelle will be re-named to Santari, which is again the Hindi translation. Because I'm trying to go for a more modern Indian Mauritian style. Thanks again to Scapegrace for the design though!
poom3619
Ping Pang Poom!
Well, of course, Sent me finished artwork and consider it's done
Another way to convey information of Civ I can think of is to use dynamic font and size in this forum to it's full potential like this,
Spoiler :
But it's mean a lot of tag, and putting image can save a paragraph of text which can be a limit to original post when there's a lot of released civ
Natan35
Mayor of St. Natansburg
I like that design.
Danmacsch
Geheimekabinetsminister
Yeah, didn't mean to imply it wasn't good; the map behind the text boxes is pretty cool. Still, IMO removing the icons from the text boxes with the unique components, and - as you suggested yourself - changing the background/text colours to the same as the civ colours, would make it much 'cleaner' to look at.
Scapegrace
Obvious Spambot
Seems a bit pointless to me, since both uniques are from before Indians started being shipped there as indentured labourers and one is the name of a French-language campaigning newspaper, but hey, it's your party. =]
Hoop Thrower
Cyberbolivarian Inkarri
D'awww, you people see me as good for something 
I like this song as war theme, and by this song I mean the one that starts right at the beginning and ends roughly at the 3 minutes mark.
Link to video.
I like this song as war theme, and by this song I mean the one that starts right at the beginning and ends roughly at the 3 minutes mark.
Link to video.
Howard Tafty
Minister-Chairman
http://youtu.be/DjL03EuW4Q8
This is the best that I could come up with that has some better sound quality. Again it isn't perfection but I figured it has some aesthetic in it due to it being a Bob Marley song and everything.
This is the best that I could come up with that has some better sound quality. Again it isn't perfection but I figured it has some aesthetic in it due to it being a Bob Marley song and everything.
Hoop Thrower
Cyberbolivarian Inkarri
Well, there's another version of the song in youtube, quality is better in some ways... worse in others.
Link to video.
Edit: I'd also recommend cheking the Reggae Philarmonic Orchestra (which apparently is a thing), I heard a couple songs but didn't have the patience to sift through their whole repertoire, there's gotta be something you'd like there.
Link to video.
Edit: I'd also recommend cheking the Reggae Philarmonic Orchestra (which apparently is a thing), I heard a couple songs but didn't have the patience to sift through their whole repertoire, there's gotta be something you'd like there.
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