How many Ai civs do you play against?

[Kmart_Elvis]

Standard (8) because it's the most balanced in gameplay and it doesn't slow my computer down too bad in the late game. Smaller maps feel like I'm cheating a bit. Larger maps are just horrible for domination, religious, and diplomatic victories and slow my computer down to a crawl. Standard provides a good middle of the road balance to it all.

 

[cain3456]

Usually the standard 7, sometimes more if I'm playing a larger map. Smaller games just don't feel like Civ.

 

[Lambasted]

Usually 12 Ai since it is a huge map.

 

[agonistes]

21 opponent on huge Terra looks nicest (not in every game, but often). Never choose: it's interesting gamble if Maori is in the mix or not.

With largest earth dead, I’ve been playing enormous, about 18-20 civs. I agree, random opponents can be fun.

But... I think I prefer picking. I tend to prefer a certain uniformity - like all ancient, or all modern.

Wish they would have different leader outfits by age.

 

[George Balogh]

Nowadays Huge Earth with 38 civs... Marathon, No religious victory, all opponents picked by one by one. But as i read above random opponents could be fun, so next time try it.

If not playing real earth, mostly huge Pangea with 12-16 civs.

 

[Pfeffersack]

Mainly huge maps, so almost never less then 11, sometimes up to 13. Number of CS the standard of 150% of the civs.

 

[Sostratus]

Small map, 6 total Civ’s. I almost always reduce the number of CS by 2-3 just to keep things from scaling out of hand- the time it takes to finish a game is way shorter the more CS there are. It also helps make sure I have some breathing room around my capital.

 

[kaspergm]

I usually play a normal size map and cut the number of AIs from 7 to 6, to give a little more wiggling space for expansion and grabbing a religion. I also reduce the number of city states from 12 to 9 or 10.

 

[Reconciliator]

I play the default number for map size and tend to stick to small/standard/large.

 

[Jewelrunna]

Usually play on Standard or Small. Anything else usually feels like I'm short-changing the game or overdoing it.

 

[Larsenex]

I always play Huge (YAMP) with 12 sometimes 14 civs.I cut down the city states from 22 to 14 or15. Epic speed, sparse resources.

Current game I am playing the new Bolivia. If not nerfed this will be my go to civ. The speed bonus is OP as hell.

 

[ADHansa]

Most often 0

 

[UWHabs]

Usually standard or small size map with one more than the default number of civs. Even with that I still find there's plenty of space to build up on most maps.

 

[Anyx]

I always play standard size maps. Continents/Small continents are my favored. Every option ( disasters, CS, etc. ) is not changed with single exception - number of AI civilizations is increased by 3. ( so total 11 civs on map, including me ).

 

[steveg700]

10 huge, 14 CS

 

[comatosedragon]

I usually play with the standard number of civs per map type; +/-1.

I have recently started always selecting AI opponents though, since Firaxis refuses to implement a simple "available as random opponent?" radial button on each leader...

I have found that certain AI civs just destroy immersion for me, so I use a d30 to pick my "random" opponents; but more often I will just pick who I want in my game.

I also usually have the number of city states = number of civs(+2)

 

[Deggial]

Always ‘Standard’ map size with everything on default.

First of all, I believe this is, how the game and the numbers were balanced by the devs.
Secondly, I feel this is my personal optimum for the game duration as well. Not too quick, not to drawn-out.

 

[Peserwin]

I started to choose civs who are most likely to give me a challenge. Civs who focus on science and production. My pick: Germany, America, nubia, maya, Rome, Kongo, mapuche, Korea. I play large continents & islands most of the times

Edit: and Grand Colombia, of course, as they were the first civ I ve seen wiping out another civ

 

[littlereb]

I like to play huge maps with 10 AI. I play for mostly Domination Victory. After I pick my Civ to play with I like to pick the AI Civs that are most militaristic and aggressive to play against.

 

[AntSou]

Used to play larger maps in Civ 5, have been tending towards standard or smaller in Civ 6. District management gets tedious with too many cities and I usually don't finish my games when playing big maps.

I go to random.org to randomise the Civ I'm playing with.