Im New to Civ and starting with this game any tips?

[dannyslag]

I believe Ethiopia is very good civ for new players. As a new player, it's very unlikely you'll have more then 2 or 3 cities in total, so their Unique Ability (UA) is very helpful. Also, Stele (their Unique Building or UB) lets you start on Religion without having to invest in Temples, which lets you try additional gameplay element.

From BNW civs, I find Shoshone very easy to get into, they're really simple and useful early game, which is most important for new players.

i agree completely with this. Ethiopia is a very forgiving civ without being overpowered or overly specialized as well as shoshone.

I always play non-war oriented races, more culture or diplomacy or science so i recommend building tall for that type of game(a few huge cities)

Don't get hung up trying to plop a city down every place you see resources. This is the number one mistake I see new players make. Now there is a style of game that plays that way but I find it a lot more difficult and every new player who tries ends up with a negative happiness which really hurts your cities growth. 2-4 cities is a good number, and if you go 4 that 4th one shouldn't be until well into the game.

 

[Skull_]

When I started playing civ V I found that the best civilization for starters is greece, no doubt. Because they are very strong early game and his UA never gets obsolete. Besides, playing greece makes you worry less about your oponents since you will not have Alex to deal with, since he's the biggest as*hole of this game.

 

[Danielion]

Also make sure to exploit the trade to your advantage. 240 is the price for a luxury resource and 50 for open borders to a friendly AI, should you be in dire need of gold to spend.

 

[RedFuneral]

And don't do what I did my first game. "ooh, El Dorado" *Builds city on the complete opposite side of the map and spends the next 150 turns trying to link it to the capital by road*. It was at least 40 tiles away and I built the city in the snow so it never grew past size 2. And then an AI declared on me and took it before I could move my army there from the cap.

 

[wotad]

everyone has said different stuff qq i dunno what to dooo what first city qq
Shoshone seems fun you get alot of resources and you can expand loads

can som1 just tell me civs do what i asked

i really don't know wat city to try get my first win as cause everything has said different stuff

why is china the best civ? and is good for culture victory

i want a normal game to start with

what would be good for that? USA? Rome? Rome,Babylon ,Greece,Shoshone,Portugal,Poland,Ethiopia

 

[ToodleElNoodos]

Just curious, how'd the game go?

 

[Drewbdu]

everyone has said different stuff qq i dunno what to dooo what first city qq
Shoshone seems fun you get alot of resources and you can expand loads

can som1 just tell me civs do what i asked

i really don't know wat city to try get my first win as cause everything has said different stuff

why is china the best civ? and is good for culture victory

i want a normal game to start with

what would be good for that? USA? Rome? Rome,Babylon ,Greece,Shoshone,Portugal,Poland,Ethiopia

If you want a good naval civ, pick England.

If you want a plain civ, pick America

If you want to expand rapidly, pick the Shoshone.

If you want lots of gold, pick Venice (though their UA is a bit complicated for newcomers to the game)

If you want high production, pick Russia

If you want to go culturally, then pick France or Brazil

Good luck on your first game