News: 6otM 106 Announcement

[Knowtalent]

Civilization VI - Game of the Month 106​

Welcome to the 106th game in the 6OTM Series! These games will allow new and old GOTM fans to try out the new features in Civ6 in a friendly environment. Participants are encouraged to post questions, stories, advice, tricks and failures in the dedicated game threads (described below). Each game will specify the Civ you will play and the Victory Condition to strive for. We will be working to refine the 6otM concept as we move ahead with the series.
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Civ VI - 6otM 106 Details:
Player (You): Ambiorix – Gaul
Victory Condition: Science all VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Prince
Civs/City-States (including player): 8/14
Map Type/Size: Highlands /Standard Size
Barbrbarian tribe game mode

Gaul Unique Attributes:

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Ambiorix's Leader Bonus: King of the Eburones: Receive Culture equal to 20% of the Production cost after training a non-civilian unit. Melee, ranged and anti-cavalry units receive +2 Combat Strength for each adjacent military unit.

Unique Ability: Hallstatt Culture: Mines gain +1 Culture, grant a +0.5 adjacency bonus for districts and trigger a Culture Bomb when built, claiming surrounding unowned tiles. Specialty districts do not receive adjacency bonuses from other districts and cannot be built next to the City Center.

Unique Unit: Gaesatae: replace Warrior;
Common abilities: +10 Combat Strength vs. anti-cavalry units; costs no Gold to maintain.
Special abilities: +10 Combat Strength when fighting units with a higher base Combat Strength; +5 Combat Strength when fighting against District defenses.
Special traits: Higher Production cost (60 vs. 40).

Unique Infrastructure: Oppidum: replaced Industrial Zone; unlocked by Iron Working; Effects:
lower Production cost (27 vs. 54); acquires Outer Defenses and Ranged Strike along with the City Center once Walls have been built; unlocks Apprenticeship when the first Oppidum is built; major bonus (+2 Production) for each adjacent Quarry or Strategic Resource; +1 Great Engineer point per turn; lowers the Appeal of nearby tiles; effect of some Buildings (Factory, Power Plant) extends to other cities whose City Centers are within 6 tiles of the Zone, but effects of multiple factories or power plants do not stack; specialists provide +2 Production each

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[kcd_swede]

What is barbarian tribe game mode? Is it described somewhere on the forum?
Edit: Forget it, I found it here:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/february-2021-game-update.28744/




btw: @Knowtalent you should edit where it says Mongolia unique attributes to say Gaul unique attributes.

 

[leif erikson]

btw: @Knowtalent you should edit where it says Mongolia unique attributes to say Gaul unique attributes.

Thank you, done.

 

[Mazrak]

I have the same problem I've seen others mention in other threasds - bought each of the updates individually and so am missing the Medici Persona pack - does anyone know if they will add this into the last of the modules or am I relegated to buying the season pass and double paying for some items?

 

[NTNB]

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[NTNB]

I have the same problem I've seen others mention in other threasds - bought each of the updates individually and so am missing the Medici Persona pack - does anyone know if they will add this into the last of the modules or am I relegated to buying the season pass and double paying for some items?

Why would you throw bad money after good? The games have gone from 300 turns down to 150 and you won't participate unless you buy eeeeverything, for a prince difficulty <snip> map that you already know the opponents for since you didn't have their content? Why? Can't you choose Gaul and hit random on a low difficulty map, win in 90 turns, and be annoyed that there is no strategy to this game just the same?

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[Thorak]

Very nice challenge! I really like science as win condition for low difficulty games as it gives a secondary added challenge. I think the Gaul civ looks very interesting for a science challenge as well with an early rush.

No problem to start the game for me.

 

[Eyswein]

Very nice challenge! I really like science as win condition for low difficulty games as it gives a secondary added challenge.

I agree. Science victory is not my jam. It actually takes me longer on lower difficulty levels - strangely more of a challenge which is fun.

 

[Knowtalent]

I agree. Science victory is not my jam. It actually takes me longer on lower difficulty levels - strangely more of a challenge which is fun.

Im pretty sure its the lack of money to steal um acquire from the AI that is makes it harder. The highlands map is actually a great map for science as it has significantly more useable land with a lower chance of being forward settled.

 

[Eyswein]

I'm pretty sure its the lack of money to steal um acquire from the AI that is makes it harder.

Absolutely, far less gold for trades can be slower! And also fewer developed cities to take; domination is my preferred style so being able to take over dozens of developed cities mid-game vs just a few undeveloped cities is slower also. Building up my own empire? - Blasphemy. Easier, but slower (for me).

 

[DanQuayle]

I agree. Science victory is not my jam. It actually takes me longer on lower difficulty levels - strangely more of a challenge which is fun.

I agree that science games are slower at lower difficulty levels for the reasons you mentioned (less gold from AIs, less developed cities to conquer, etc.), but I disagree that they are more of a challenge.
Maybe they are more of a challenge in the sense that it is more difficult to get an equivalent quick finish time (in terms of number of turns to victory), but for me the challenge increases as the speed of the game increases since it becomes increasingly more difficult to make everything fall into right places at the right time (eurekas/inspiration/etc.)

As for this particular game, it can get tricky to get high adjacency bonuses for campi with Gaul. However, it's way faster to plop mines adjacent to districts than build an entire new district next to it so that you can increase their adjacency way earlier. It's also very likely for hills to be found next to mountains. The Highlands map script also has more hills in general. Since there is a lot of land (and less water) on this map script, a good number of barbarian camps should be able to spawn on the map for a little longer. Ultimately, the finish time will mainly be impacted by how many barbarian camps convert to scientific states (and which ones). In other words, plain luck.

Also, the recent change to Earth Goddess might make it a bit more tricky to purchase that first Spaceport as I liked to purchase it with Moksha. Going for many holy sites might also not be the best idea here.

 

[arthur486]

One thing I always find is that the combination of maps with large landmasses (highlands, inland sea) and low difficulty (prince-king) are conductive to intense barbarian activity. I think this is due to weak civs that have few units and which do not scout out the map, leading to many strong barb camps throughout the game, especially in the polar regions of the map.

 

[DanQuayle]

One thing I always find is that the combination of maps with large landmasses (highlands, inland sea) and low difficulty (prince-king) are conductive to intense barbarian activity. I think this is due to weak civs that have few units and which do not scout out the map, leading to many strong barb camps throughout the game, especially in the polar regions of the map.

True, but now they will all convert into city-states before the mid-game! (under the new barbarian clan game mode)

 

[Enfant_Sauvage]

Science Victory and Prince difficulty = Sim City to me. And I like it, it is a good way for me to improve my science skills !

 

[Arnold_T]

Looks like an interesting game. But I’m not too excited about the starting spot. No mountains for a Campus? what kind BS “highlands” is this? and not even any jungle! and no stone or marble for a good Oppidum? can I do a “Restart with a new map”?