Make your own civics contest!

[Prebral]

Surely someone can come up with a civic that involves Chuck Norris!

Problem-solving approach

Roundhouse kick
Req. None
No Upkeep.
All your units including non-combat units win each combat.

Double roundhouse kick
Req. two civilizations wiped out.
Low Upkeep
All your units including non-combat units win each combat.
Whenever you say "Booya!", an enemy city is razed.

Triple roundhouse kick (don't ask)
Req. Three civlizations wiped out.
Medium Upkeep
Declaring a war to an enemy civilization wipes it out.

Supreme non-relativistic divine roundhouse kick
Req. All civilizations except for Soviet Russia wiped out.
High Upkeep.
Chuck Norris finds and kicks YOU!

 

[Putchuco]

Cuisine

• Raw foodstuffs. Default. No Upkeep.
• Spicy food. +3 from spices, +5% in all cities, +2 in cities without aqueduct. Medium Upkeep. Requires Calendar
• Gourmet dining +15% in all cities. High Upkeep. Requires Guilds
• Junk food +3 in all cities, +5% from Market, Grocer, +2 from Cow, Wheat, Sugar. Medium Upkeep. Requires Economics
• Healthy diet +6 in all cities, +2 in all cities. Medium Upkeep. Requires Medicine

National Pastime

• Thumb Rolling.. Default. No Upkeep.
• Gladiatorial Games.. +1 with Colosseum, +1 if run concurrent with Slavery civic. Medium Upkeep. Requires Construction
• Binge Drinking.. +5 in all cities, -25%, in all cities. No unhappiness in cities with Sugar, Corn. Medium Upkeep. Requires Guilds
• Couch Potatoing. +2 all cities, +4 all cities, +2 without Broadcast Tower. Medium Upkeep. Requires Mass Media
• Net Surfing. +1 all cities, +15% in all cities, -5% in all cities Medium Upkeep. Requires Internet

Great stuff!

I'll probably be laughing for another hour or so...

You made my day!

 

[frob2900]

Surely someone can come up with a civic that involves Chuck Norris!

Chuck Norris

• Is calm. Default. No Upkeep.
• Is getting mad. All enemy civilizations gain +100% from War Weariness. Low Upkeep. Requires Liberalism
• Punches them in the face. All enemy civilization gain +8 in all cities. Medium Upkeep. Requires Military Science
• Breaks their arms. +20 in all enemy cities. All enemy military production -90%. High Upkeep. Requires Mass Media
• Roundhouse Kicks Them! Each 5 turns an ICBM detonates in all enemy cities. High Upkeep. Requires Manhattan Project

[EDIT] Dang! Prebral beat me to it!

 

[SlipperyJim]

Surely someone can come up with a civic that involves Chuck Norris!

Thanks, I needed an idea!

Martial Arts

Bare-Knuckled Slugging
Low upkeep: default civic

Ritual Combat
Moderate upkeep: Available with Construction
Colosseums get an extra +2 (keep the people happy) and +1 (tourism!)

Pankration
High upkeep: available with Literature and requires that the Heroic Epic be built (resembling a strong warrior ethic)
All Melee units start with a free Combat 1 promotion. Aggressive leaders will produce Melee units with Combat 2!
-25% War

Zen and the Art of Beating People Up
Low upkeep: available with Philosophy
All Melee units have a 10% withdrawal chance
Monasteries make +1 each (even if they're obsolete)

Media-Driven Ninja Craze
Moderate upkeep: available with (guess!) Mass Media
Broadcast Towers get an extra +1 and +2 (exercise programs!)
Adds a new Specialist: Martial-Arts Instructor (+1 and +2 , +3 toward a Martial-Arts Celebrity). A civilization that is under the influence of a Media-Driven Ninja Craze can run as many Martial-Arts Instructors as their cities' populations can support.
Adds a new type of Great Person: Martial-Arts Celebrity! All Wonder-provided GPP (from Great Wonders or National Wonders) will become Martial-Arts Celebrity GPP while the Media-Driven Ninja Craze is in effect. Martial-Arts Celebrity GPP are also generated by Martial-Arts Instructors (see above).
Martial-Arts Celebrities can be used to build a Martial-Arts Academy (+2 XP to all ground troops), star in an action-movie blockbuster (makes a huge amount of money), settle to provide +3 and +6 , or lead troops like a Warlord. Finally, a Martial-Arts Celebrity can spark a Golden Age all by himself!


Explanations:
Bare-Knuckled Slugging is simply guys beating each other up in any old way. Thog smash puny man!
Ritual Combat is basically gladiators. I AM SPARTACUS!
Pankration is a warrior ethic that permeates the entire society. WE ARE SPARTA!!!
Zen and the Art of Beating People Up is a cliched interpretation of mystical Oriental martial arts. Watch an episode of Kung Fu for more details.
Finally, the Media-Driven Ninja Craze represents a pop-culture fascination with the martial arts. Yes, Chuck Norris is a Martial-Arts Celebrity.

 

[Tannertu]

Here's my take on Health

Traditional

Default

No upkeep

- base health overcrowding limit

+% health priest

Charity

Req - Priesthood

Low upkeep

+ health monastery, +% health priest


Scientific medicine


Medium upkeep

Req - Scientific method

++++ health aquaduct (modern sewer systems)

+% health scientist

- all bonuses apply to next two options

Corporate medicine

Medium upkeep

Req - corporation

- happiness

Scientist ++%health

Hospital ++money

University, observatory +money


National Health

High upkeep

Req - Communism

++happiness

++health

Hospital +happiness

Engineer +%health

Artist +%health - req mass media (public health education)

 

[cassembler]

Chuck Norris

• Is calm. Default. No Upkeep.
• Is getting mad. All enemy civilizations gain +100% from War Weariness. Low Upkeep. Requires Liberalism
• Punches them in the face. All enemy civilization gain +8 in all cities. Medium Upkeep. Requires Military Science
• Breaks their arms. +20 in all enemy cities. All enemy military production -90%. High Upkeep. Requires Mass Media
• Roundhouse Kicks Them! Each 5 turns an ICBM detonates in all enemy cities. High Upkeep. Requires Manhattan Project

[EDIT] Dang! Prebral beat me to it!

ROTFFLMAO!!!

 

[Antilogic]

I don't know if mine can compete with Prebral's or TheAmerican's serious attempts, because both look well-thought out and aren't complete jokes (although I think a Chuck Norris civic category is hilarious).

My civics category is inspired by the SMAC "Values" category. I figured that since there are 5 civics categories now and a sixth will increase your civic upkeep cost by roughly 20%, I should make a category that has no effect early on, then gives small bonuses with the increased maintenance cost as an opportunity cost (I'm with Lurking Liu here on civics design--minimal changes, preferably a few bonuses and no penalties). The default civic has no upkeep, so your early game is the same in terms of civic upkeep. Then, starting in the Classical until the Renaissance, you have these options to provide boosts at the expense of forfeiting a no-upkeep civic. Towards the end of the game, you might actually be tempted to switch back to "Survival" to save on upkeep costs...which I think is a neat little feature, and oft appropriate against the craziness of the modern era.

So, here goes:

The Values Civics:

• Survival: No upkeep, default
• Power: Medium upkeep, support an additional X/2 military units, req. Monarchy
• Piety: Medium upkeep, +1 in cities with , req. Theology
• Organization: Medium upkeep, -33% number of cities maintenance, req. Civil Service
• Liberty: Low upkeep, +25% , req. Constitution

...where X is the value calculated for determining how many extra units you can support from the Vassalage civic.

Overall, I'm not happy about my Liberty civic. I had about 8 ideas for values, and figured the above ones were pretty good (I was considering the SMAC values of Wealth and Knowledge, but decided against them). I wanted something that provided a logical boost for both a cottage and specialist-style economy, but ended up with something I didn't care for all that much. I was thinking a +1 from Courthouses and something else, maybe Universities, but it just wasn't coming together. Perhaps +.5 per town?

In any case, what does everybody else think?

 

[Norbert]

Minority policy

Cohabitation
Default.
No upkeep.
State does not have a minority policy. Includes cases, when loyalty to ruler or state idea is requested, but all citizens are equal in it.

Forced assimilation
Req. Monotheism.
High Upkeep.
-1 diplomatic modifier with a respective civ for each city with a minority over 30 percent.
Your civilization influence grows 1 percent each turn in each your city and does not decrease.
+100 percent state religion spread within cultural borders.
State strongly encourages assimilation of minoritites, no matter if in a violent or peaceful way.

Group superiority
Req. Feudalism.
Low Upkeep.
+ 2 in each city with cultural majority of owner civ.
+ 20 percent in each city with state religion.
+ 10 percent and +1 in each city with an other civ's minority over 30 percent or a non-state religion. Not cumulative.
One of cultural groups is considered to be superior to others and rules the state. Other minorities are equal in their inferiority. State does not attempt to assimilate minorities on a large scale, just rules them. Includes things like nomadic empires, british imperial "White man's burden", some islamic states through history etc.

Apartheid
Req. Constitution
High Upkeep.
No religion spread (includes state religion and missionaries).
+ 30 percent chance of enemy spy failure, enemy passive espionage requires 100 percent more points
Each city garrison unit is counted twice when determining cultural flip probability.
Minorities are tending to be separated. Some of them may be considered inferior, but not necessarilly - this can range from a federal state with parallel institutions to a completelly rasisitic state. In this civic system, Apartheid differs from Group superiority in an important way - societies with a Group superiority try to incorporate minorities into the state, even if in an inferior position. Apartheid societies just want them out of the sight and doing no mess.

Multicultural
Req. Democracy
Medium Upkeep.
+ 10 percent culture for each non-state religion present in a city.
Allows to build civ-specific units and buildings in each your city, where the respective civ minority is over 30 percent. Only one instance of a building type can be built (you can build an Obelisk, a Stele or a Totem pole, but not all three of them)
- 25 percent
Minorities are encouraged to keep their way of life within few basic limits to increase cultural diversity of the state.

I like this...but why the espiagnoge hit from multicultural? I, as much as anyone, want that to have a downside, but that one seems a little odd. Also, due to my lack of knowledge of cultural flip, I'm not sure what Apartheid does. Honestly, Multicultural seems op to me.

 

[LordGek]

Toiler plunger?? Pah. It's a giant oversized yellow cocktail drink!

Sorry, I can't think of anything really witty to write, I'm just lmao:ing too much at the thought of a drunk Paris Hilton running around with a giant toilet plunger...

I have to second that (thinking it was a toilet plunger) as, with her bandanna I just assumed Paris had become a maid or something.

 

[TheBladeRoden]

Here's another blooming Warfare civic. Though it's generally limited to modernity.

Waaaaaaagh!

No upkeep

Default civic.


Trench Warfare

Requires: Artillery

Medium Upkeep

Fortified units get an additional 15% defense.
Machine Guns are more


Blitzkrieg

Requires: Facism (or maybe Assembly Line)

Medium Upkeep

Mechanized Units get more
Conquered city riots reduced by half.


Cold Warfare

Requires: Fission

High Upkeep

Nuclear Units produce quicker.
+10 in capital city.


Guerilla Warfare

Requires: Mass Media

Low Upkeep

All infantry get the Woodsman promotion.
Increased rioting in cities captured by the enemy.
Increased War in enemy cities, but also some in yours!


Military Industrial Complex

Requires: Plastics

High Upkeep

Increased and in cities with corporations.
Military Units have much higher upkeep.

 

[Norbert]

haha, nice ork reference...I like it, aside from the fact that even post-BtS, most of 'em aren't going to last for many turns...

 

[TheLastOne36]

Idioticy

Suspends research by -100%. +4 in all cities, All civs think your pretty stupid, recieve -1 diplo with all ai's. Barbs are stronger against your units, and rival civs attack you more often.

Gain +10 Diplo with all other civs running this civic.

 

[frob2900]

Idioticy

Suspends research by -100%. +4 in all cities, All civs think your pretty stupid, recieve -1 diplo with all ai's. Barbs are stronger against your units, and rival civs attack you more often.

Gain +10 Diplo with all other civs running this civic.

I think you mean "Idiocracy", and it should also have -1 from farms (because sports drinks aren't good for plants )

I love that movie

 

[Dnomal]

Education:

Default:
State Indifference
Low Upkeep
No Effects

Private Education (Requires Civil Service
No Upkeep
Universities/Libraries provide -2 gold
Trade routes with foreign civs provide +20% commerce
+1 unhappiness from Library/University/Observatory

State Scholarships (Requires Philisophy)
Medium Upkeep
+1 happiness from University
+20% from Universities
+1 happiness in all cities "we enjoy the opportunities we get in education"

Schools for the Elite (Requires Banking)
High Upkeep
Military units receive +1 Exp in all cities
-10% upkeep in all cities with a universit or a library
-25% chance of great people in all cities
+3 unhappiness in all cities with a university

State Education system (Requires Liberalism)
Medium Upkeep
+2 happiness per Library/University
+10% research in every city
+4 culture in every city
Diplomatic Penalty of -4 with civs running Schools for the Elite

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Military:

None:

Feudal Army (requires Feudalism)
High Upkeep
+2 Exp for Miltary Units
+ 1 Gold per unit upkeep within borders
- 1 gold per unit uppkeep for units outside your cultural borders
Military Units are constructed 20% slower
Units automaticall plunder tile improvements when in enemy lands

Volunteer Army (Requires Nationalism)
Low Upkeep
+ 1 free promotion for all land units
Cannot draft units
Cannot rush production of land units

Conscription (Requires Military Science)
Medium Upkeep
Military (Land)Units built +50% quicker
Can draft 4 units per turn
Military (Land) units start 0 exp

Professional Army (Requires Military Tradition)
High Upkeep
Military Units +2 Exp
Military units cannot be drafted
Military Units provide +1 happiness when running Hereditary Rule
Barracks provides +5 culture.

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[Faerwon]

Here's my silly/serious idea:

Tourism and Outdoor Hobbies

None: no upkeep, default civic.
Sightseeing: medium upkeep, + per World Wonder, +½ per National Wonder, requires Currency.
Interrailing: low upkeep, +2 relations with civilizations you have Open Borders with, requires Railroad.
Camping Trips: low upkeep, + / forest preserve in BFC, +, requires Ecology.
Sunbathing: high upkeep, +10% in coastal cities, requires Mass Media.

 

[Thalatta]

Frob, your civics are a crack-up - especially the names; "Avant-Garde Art Exhibitions" should keep me chuckling for a while...

 

[Antilogic]

They are quite entertaining. I was thinking of taking all his Civics categories, stripping the current Civ4 civic system, and plugging them all in for a good laugh, but I don't have the time.