Need a good strategy guide

[udaycho]

Can anyone point me to a good and comprehensive strategy guide for Civ6. Im fairly new to the game and need to understand its depth before I can begin to get better.

Thanks

 

[Aristos]

The best strategy guide is your own experimentation with the game, plus coming here and asking specific questions resulting from your experimentation... beats any "guide".

 

[Disgustipated]

As far as I know there is no comprehensive guide. But see the strategy forum for various threads about individual strategies. I gained knowledge of the game by playing a lot as mentioned, but also reading many threads here. Some things may not be fully explained in game like culture victory, there are a couple good posts on culture victory on the last page of the quick questions and answers thread (at the very top of this forum right now) now. Don't forget the in game civilpedia, it doesn't have the best interface, but it can allow me to check on individual units and compare them to unique units and stuff like that. One reason a comprehensive guide may not be that useful is because some Civs play very differently than other civs. We also have civilization of the week threads here that explain some of these differences and how to use them effectively for victory.

 

[Meluhhan]

I would like to suggest Zigzagzigal's excellent and very comprehensive guides on Steam. They have individual guides with very detailed analysis and strategies for each civ in the game as well as a few general strategy guides. I have personally found them extremely insightful.
Here's a link to them: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Zigzagzigal/myworkshopfiles/?section=guides

 

[Leathaface]

I think it's always good to have 8-12 cities by turn 100-120 on standard speed. I'd also recommend Poundmaker of The Cree as a good starter Civ, he is good at every victory type. He is very versatile.

Also if you meet Gilgamesh, make sure to declare friendship right away when you meet him, he will always accept friendship then. (hence his nickname Gilgabro) Don't wait for the next turn or else he likely won't accept friendship, as is the same with other Civs.

 

[criZp]

it's all about maximizing your yields. expand your empire whenever you can, and make sure you have a decent military, so you can punish people who over-expand near you.

 

[Trav'ling Canuck]

Can anyone point me to a good and comprehensive strategy guide for Civ6. Im fairly new to the game and need to understand its depth before I can begin to get better.

A couple of tidbits that I think may be helpful for a new player:

• When settling your initial couple of cities, some of the things to keep in mind:
  • If you settle on a Plains Hill, your city will produce 2 Food / 2 Production, 1 extra Production than other basic terrain settlement sites.
  • If you settle on a Luxury, you will get this Luxury without having to use a Builder charge. You can trade this to an AI for some early gold that allows you to buy something that speeds up your early development, like a Settler or a Builder.
  • When selecting a city site, turn on the Yields Icons from the map options so you can easily see the yields available from each tile. Its really useful (especially for your first few cities) to settle in a place with at least 1 or 2 tiles in the first ring that have a total yield of 4+ (ideally 2 Food / 2 Production). These cities will grow and develop quickly.
    
  • Water (housing) is important for your first couple of cities, but less important thereafter. 10 Population is normally as big as a city needs to get in Civ 6, and you can reach that without water access. However, for your first few cities, you want water, ideally river/lake, so that the cities grow quickly.
  • Keeping your first couple of cities close together makes it easy for them to support themselves in case an AI civ attacks you early.
• Running up the tech and civics tree as fast as you can makes the game much easier. Therefore:
  • Aim to get as many boosts as you can, to speed up your tech and civic progress. This is especially important for reaching Political Philosophy as soon as you can. The new governments that are unlocked are far better than your starting government.
  • Prioritize science & culture yields whenever you can. Build Monuments, build Campuses, run international trade routes, etc. It's typically much better to have a high Science and Culture yield than it is to have more Population from Food or more "stuff" from Production.
• Don't panic when you see Barbarians. If you can get the Scout before it returns to camp, great, but if not, don't panic. They won't take your capital. They will capture an unescorted Builder/Settler/Trader so try to avoid having that happen, but otherwise they'll just mill around, pillaging the occasional improvement, but not having much impact. In the early game, you can usually safely ignore them for the time being and finish doing whatever you were doing before they showed up. Eventually you'll be able to build an army (helps if you're running the Agoge policy card) and shoo them away.

There's lots more, but I think the above are a few things that are good to get a handle on early.

 

[udaycho]

Is there a YouTuber that explains as he plays. I’ve seen some good ones but they usually either only explain or only play. I’d like to see one who explains while playing

 

[alancsilver]

Check out
Potato McWhiskey
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAF_yy-Y4yl4VMiQ7RV3STw

and
TheGameMechanic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBh2UCIk9In7uf87GJU6qgg

 

[Disgustipated]

Quil18 is pretty good about explaining as he plays, but he can play fairly fast. And occasionally gets mechanics mixed up with civ5

 

[FamilyB]

Is there a YouTuber that explains as he plays. I’ve seen some good ones but they usually either only explain or only play. I’d like to see one who explains while playing

Instruction videos - concept based by FilthyRobot:

I found the help on District concept/strategy quite useful.

 

[Aristos]

Deep into key details: Filthy

Explains and is cooly fun: TGM

New-age cool fun: Quill

You choose.

 

[Meluhhan]

TheSaxyGamer has some good concept videos on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSaxyGamer

 

[liv]

I looked at some of those videos. Not sure I find them that good. Maybe if you are a beginner and need basic help but if you really want to play strategic it was a lot of not too good choices made in some of them so be aware

 

[acluewithout]

I recommend TheGameMechanic as a starting point. I think his play style is likely close to how most people play, and he gets most basic stuff right.

The threads in the strategy section about fast science victories are also useful, and CivTrader6's videos are excellent.

Zagzagal's guides are a funny case. I really like the guy and his guides, but they don't teach you to play efficiently. But I think his guides are often good for showing you "fun" ways to play various Civs.

Reddit's Civ of the Week is also a good resource, particularly Zag's posts and @Archon_Wing . Not really guides, but give you some good insights into potential strategies.

 

[SharTeel]

I would suggest Quill18 if you want a more casual approach that still gets it done without focusing on optimal play. TheGameMechanic, on the other hand, is VERY in depth and is great if you want more optimal play (and he's currently doing an A->W leaders marathon).

 

[c4c6]

I'd like to mention FilthyRobot & Marbozir. Both play quite good with overview, but nothing new recently.


Let’s Play, Scythia, L-U-D-I-C-R-O-U-S MAP SIZE by BarbarianHunter, gives nice unexpected looks and some lesson to learn ...
@1:10:20 Tranquility before the storm
@1:43:55 STORM!

I like his Norway most. Shows that a modest starting location doesn't really matter ...

 

[BarbarianHunter]

I'd like to mention FilthyRobot & Marbozir. Both play quite good with overview, but nothing new recently.

Let’s Play, Scythia, L-U-D-I-C-R-O-U-S MAP SIZE by BarbarianHunter, gives nice unexpected looks and some lesson to learn ...
@1:10:20 Tranquility before the storm
@1:43:55 STORM!

I like his Norway most. Shows that a modest starting location doesn't really matter ...

I think I may have enjoyed that Norway game the most as well .

 

[c4c6]

Well, young Harold grew up in the desert and refused to eat fish or even go fishing until high age ...

Best Strategy? Just play and have fun. Let "bad things" happen. Civ6 is very forgiving, many say TOO MUCH! So let "bad things" happen. Rise & Fall - just play and have fun.