New civ linked to new resource

[blackcatatonic]

Wine has the advantage of being around in Western culture for a lot longer than either tobacco or opiates, though (excluding the medicinal use of poppies, of course). Wine is something that has been regularly drunk by just about every Western society since antiquity - sometimes as an alternative to undrinkable water. It has the whole Biblical references thing going for it, too - if the Bible talks about Jesus drinking wine, it's probably OK, right?

Another thing to remember is that the advertising of tobacco is a lot more restricted in many countries around the world than the advertising of wine (in the UK, we've been discussing the possibility of removing manufacturers' names on cigarette packaging, for example, in addition to the health warnings you get plastered across every packet). I could see that adding tobacco would affect the game's rating in many countries, whereas with wine, not so much. Wine is still viewed as more culturally acceptable and doesn't carry the same stigma that tobacco or opiate narcotics do (although some would argue that perhaps it should...)

 

[Arachnofiend]

I've read this as an argument against the inclusion of tobacco or poppies or whatever else, but no one has ever mentioned wine... I mean, last time I checked, wine is alcohol. It's very clearly wine, rather than grapes, so no subtlety or shade of meaning there.

Well crud. The ESRB be crazy, Peacock's tobacco use is listed as one of the reasons Skullgirls landed a T rating. Carry on then.

 

[Gucumatz]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong here, but wasn't Colonization (the remake, at least) E-rated with a tobacco resource?

Pretty sure it was. Other games have included Tobacco without any issue. Also I may be wrong, but I think Tobacco was also in Rhyse and Fall in Civ 4

 

[Zenon_pt]

In FB (facebook) I saw a picture of Carthage with Elephants nearby?!?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

In FB (facebook) I saw a picture of Carthage with Elephants nearby?!?

It's the Ivory luxury. It's been in since vanilla. No biggy.

 

[ferretbacon]

In FB (facebook) I saw a picture of Carthage with Elephants nearby?!?

Is that the end of the story? I saw the picture too, nothing interesting.

 

[Zenon_pt]

oh ok... so why the post the picture?
oh forget it!

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

oh ok... so why the post the picture?
oh forget it!

They are trying to drum up interest in casual players who may have friended Civ on facebook, but don't follow the game news or play all that much. They want to get them thinking about civ again so BNW will be appealing to them.

 

[Zenon_pt]

Eagle, just one more question, does civ V have or not the grapes/wine resource?

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Eagle, just one more question, does civ V have or not the grapes/wine resource?

It does have a "Wine" resource.

 

[Arkangelus]

Has anyone suggested the manufactured good chocolate, perhaps requiring access to cocoa, tied to the Belgium civ? So far it's the only luxury I can think of that makes me imediately suggest one particular civ.

Repeatedly

And on the note of the Inuit being a pro civ... perhaps not only do they get a bonus in snow tiles, but they also get penalties outside of it?

 

[Godswood]

Repeatedly

And on the note of the Inuit being a pro civ... perhaps not only do they get a bonus in snow tiles, but they also get penalties outside of it?

That would be terrible, seeing as almost no part of the game takes place in the tundras or in the snow. It would force the Inuit civilization to pretty much turtle throughout the game.

 

[Arkangelus]

Thus making them a pro-level civ

 

[awesome]

From what I've read, they've said one luxury resource that hints at a new civ, not one resource total that can only be used by one civilization. And if the polders don't give tulips anymore, then you can almost bet they won't have something unique to one civilization, so that almost guarantees it won't be glass or cloth. I don't see something as specific as murex.

 

[kirmaster]

Guys, i thought of a resource that fits all the criteria- opals.
1 opals are semiprecious stones (ie not gems-precious stones by definition) in all colours and colour combinations
2 97% of the entire world's opal production is found in 1 country- Australia.

 

[God of Kings]

Civ V has Wine and yet, it is not Teen-rated.

It is possible for Arabia to found Islam with the Goddess of Festivals and Monastery tenets and have wine resources surrounding Mecca.

Here is something silly:

Dark Cloud 2 (Dark Chronicle in Europe) is Teen-rated. It clearly depicts wine bottles, yet the protagonists were told that they were drinking grape juice from wine bottles. The female protagonist shares it with the male protagonist. In the original Japanese version, both protagonists drink the wine from the wine bottles. Did I also mention that the protagonists are young teenagers? Perhaps not wanting to get in trouble for depicting underage drinking in North America (and Europe)?

I am teetotal.

 

[Arachnofiend]

I kind of doubt that the new resource is natural. If it were it would be for flavor like the new resources in Gods and Kings then we'd be getting multiple new resources. Since we're getting only one resource and it is specifically tied to a civ I would suspect that it's going to be a manufactured luxury connected to that civ's uniques.

 

[chazzycat]

new resource: cannabis

The mystery civ is Jamaica, of course.

 

[The Observer]

new resource: cannabis

The mystery civ is Jamaica, of course.

You were 11 minutes too early!

 

[Red Milk]

Australia and Canada despite being fairly young (as is Cuba, particularly the Cuba as you are speaking about)

False.

The Cuba I have been recommending spans 500 years. I have suggested a modern leader (for obvious reasons) but I have also suggested plenty of non-modern leaders too.

As for the rest; yes Australia is big and yes it is a well off modern country but what else? Its history is not particularly interesting and there's no stand out leader I'd consider particularly great or at least well known. I doubt most Australians would even have an idea of who to pick as the country's leader.

Australia is nothing more than a well off former colony with a very uninteresting history with very uninteresting leaders.

I can not speak for Canada as I know very little of it.

Now again, I can't help but find it particularly bizarre that people (such as yourself) are more than happy to suggest plenty of other obscure civilizations with much shorter histories but the idea of including Cuba is unthinkable.