And yes, I'm using Swedish names to look fancy.
That's funny, I was using non-swedish names so as not to confuse you.
And yes, I'm using Swedish names to look fancy.
Hey I'm all for an Australian Civ most of the bonuses are economic and aimed at an expansive strategy that focuses on the acquisition of land and resources.
Leader could be Robert Menzies or Arthur Phillip
UA: Gold Rush - Metal resources; iron, copper, silver, gold, aluminium, uranium and coal produce bonus gold when worked. Having access to each of these resources in your territory increases happiness by 2 (Happiness boost granted once per resource type.)
UI: Sheep Station (requires animal husbandry) - Provides + 1 food (and additional +1 food when civil service and +1 food when fertilizer are researched) +1 production and +2 gold). May only be built on plains and desert tiles. May not be built next to adjacent farms, plantations, pastures or other sheep stations. So a desert tile with a sheep station can eventually be worked for 3 food, 1 production and 2 gold (once fertilizer is researched). But these improvements can't be placed next to each other or farms so it creates the impression of a sparse unproductive country where a sheep station has to muster animals from the adjacent tiles. It's useful to boost food yields in arid areas.
UU: Digger - replaced Great War Infantry with a set of specific and a cheaper cost than the standard GWI
I kind of like Paul Hogan as the leader of Australia. You know, Crocodile Dundee. When he declares war on you he could say that's not a knife, this is a knife and then DOW you. It would be awesome.
AFAIK the dolmens and such were mainly pre-Celtic constructions that may have been repurposed by the druids.The thing they could have done with the Celts is maybe a dolmen or menhir UI that would give faith/culture ? But I guess the UA is already about faith so maybe not.
Brennus seems better to me than the other options. It helps that he's actually a succesful leader (sacced Rome and basically left if for dead, except the Romans were really stubborn so they rebuilt it), unlike Boudicca and Vercingetorix who ultimately failed.
Hugh Jackman, Steve Irwin Also I didn't realise that the civ or civ leader has to be famous to be included as part of the criteria, considering how Potacello or Kamehameha got in
I don't think you can do the Celts right really though. Trying to represent the major Celtic groups just makes it seem incoherent and there's not a lot of things other than similar language and mythology that ties them together. Trying to focus on one area makes the use of the label Celts too broad. I'd rather they do a particular Celtic group (*go on the Gaels*).
Canada
Not really
Two City States, without Toronto?????????
Pedro II is a logical choice. I can't think in other person (maybe Duque de Caxias, but he wasn't a leader). EDIT:Getúlio Vargas and Juscelino Kubitschek could be possible leaders too, after thinking about the topic. The leaderscreen is pretty good, well conected with his personality. Another option would be the Botanic Garden in Rio de Janeiro, where he used to go often. One thing that I dislike is his voice and some phrases. The voice is too 'young', and some lines are too informal.
I don't know about that, he might've been known, but 'popular' isn't the best word. Also, I wouldn't like to have a pro Anti-Semitic dictator as the representation of Brazil, but I guess it goes down as just 'opinion', which has very low value when confronted alone.I'll admit right up front that I'm sure I'm much less knowledgeable than you on Brazilian history, without a doubt, but Vargas would have been a pretty good choice. The man was one of the most popular leaders of all time, anywhere in the world.
Absolutely. After I saw the list for the first time I was baffled they left some of the most important (and the oldest) cities in the history of the Country, specially when so many of those have direct relation to Pedro II.I live in Vitoria, which is missing in spite of it's importance to shipping, and nearby Vila Velha is more important than some of the cities listed, historically.
The city list is certainly more of a "now" list than a "historic" list[.]
And since I'm on a tangent anyway, Brazil could use another wonder or two. The Rio-Niteroi bridge is really a marvel of engineering, and as the home country of Oscar Niemeyer, there are more than a few examples of his architecture (pick any building in Brasilia and make it a wonder.)
Yeah a sixth of the cities are Cornish, it goes in rounds: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, Mann.[Oh yes...is there a nod given to Cornwall???...I can't remember...any Cornish place names???]