First thing you'll do

[sjefferson23]

Read the civilopedia then start as Austria taking advantage of Diplomatic Marriage

 

[wannabewarlord]

Go outside and kiss a stranger. Then open an ice cold beer, pop some popcorn and fire up a new civ (not yet decided). So far my dream goes...

I'll prolly need to be at work after I installed, wishing I could play

 

[OsmarChito]

play with Rome found a religion and enjoy the new content after that play the fall of rome

 

[peder75]

Spend a few hours reading through all changes and additions in the civilopedia. After that I will start a game as Sweden with my standard settings.

 

[Human Crouton]

I'm going to play as Ethiopia. Their defensive bonus should make them the easiest civ to sit back and learn the new mechanics.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Play as a complete random civ, against the 9 new civs, Spain, and against any civ that has their abilities changed (Songhai and England). Or, Spain against the 9 new civs.

 

[Dark_Jedi06]

Play a game as Austria.

Then go about totally revamping my Earth map.

 

[Zhahz]

As with vanilla...read about the game constantly before release, think I know what's up, then find out there's lots of details yet to learn (which is good).

Start a game as the most religious civ possible to get a quick taste of the religion system.

 

[SalemSage]

I think I'll play the Mayans first. It'll probably be a normal game, but it'll depend on what bonuses the Mayans get. If they get some sort of religious bonus, that'll be the game in which I pour all my resources into religion. It may not win me the game, but I just want to try it out. Then I'll play England, and if indeed they have an extra spy, I'm going to put focus on espionage and see how much I can mess with the other civs. Then I'll probably go through scenarios.

 

[MadDjinn]

make an LP?

 

[JeanBaptiste]

make an LP?

It'd be awesome if your absolute first attempt on G&K was a vidLP!

I would probably watch that before I played myself

 

[MadDjinn]

It'd be awesome if your absolute first attempt on G&K was a vidLP!

I would probably watch that before I played myself

yeah, that would be nice...

 

[Babri]

Open up civilopedia & check all civs UAs, UUs etc. For a full fledge game I'll probably wait for VEM to be released, my first civ would definately be Mayans or Huns.

 

[KokeenoPokameso]

First game I will play I won't actively try to create or spread a religion rather I will try to play defensibly just defend my civ from religions I don't want. I pic religious choices that allow me to defend my civ from unwanted religions. I I'll probably do the same with espionage. I want to see how the new mechanics work for/or against you. Also gives me more time to focus on the other improvements of the game like new civs, tecks, units, combat tweaks etc.

 

[Zyxpsilon]

-- Verify compatibility of Z-Eras+Center, Z-UI (GSR + GYB_etc, still pending for release) & Z-Advisors and adapt accordingly.
-- Pick one of the newest 9 (odds are, it could be Mayans!), opponents being the other 8's. Have some fun, nine times.
-- Rack up a few Steam-Achievements with scenarios.
-- Pray & spy through the rest at random for a few weeks while roaring like a LeoPaRd within an exclusively maintained local HOF since other MODs will need to follow up on the new gameplay!

 

[MaximusK]

Wait for someone to upload a let's play and follow these forums . . . until Aspyr has it up on steam.

 

[Cicero63]

Set up a map with all the new civs on it just so I can run around and meet them with a scout. Then start up a new game with my usual settings as Austria or Byzantium

 

[Mango Elephant]

I will be Carthage on an Archipelago map with all the new civs.

 

[MAGBaxter]

Open my HUGE Europe map in SDK, place new civs ect fire away !

 

[Oohforf]

Austria.

Try them out, then play the scenario as them.