News: 6otM 86 Announcement

[Knowtalent]

Civilization VI - Game of the Month 86​

Welcome to the 86TH 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 86 Details:
Player (You): Poundmaker
Victory Condition: Diplomacy but all other VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Prince
Civs/City-States (including player): 08/12
Map Type/Size: Continents /Standard Size
Game pace: Standard
Special restriction: Every Major Civ must survive!

Poundmaker's Unique Attributes:

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Poundmaker's Special Ability: Favorable Terms - All Alliance types provide Shared Visilbility. Your Trade Routes grant +1 Food for Poundmaker per Camp or Pasture in the receiving city. Trade Routes grant +1 Gold for Poundmaker per Camp or Pasture in the receiving city.

Unique Ability: Nihithaw: +1 Trade Route capacity and a free Trader with the Pottery technology. Unclaimed tiles within 3 tiles of a Cree City come under Cree control when a Trader first moves into them.

Unique Unit: Okihtcitaw: Cree unique Ancient Era unit that replaces the Scout. Strong reconnaissance unit that starts with 1 free promotion. Can be built at the start of the game with no resources necessary.

Unique Infrastructure: Mekewap: Unlocks the Builder ability to construct Mekewap, unique to the Cree. Provides +1 Production and +1 Housing, +1 Gold if adjacent to a Luxury resource. For every two adjacent Bonus Resources, +1 Food. Additional Production, Gold, Food and Housing as you advance through the Civics and Technology Trees. Must be placed adjacent to a Bonus or Luxury resource. Cannot be built adjacent to another Mekewap. Requires the knowledge of Pottery and a Builder to build them.

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This game runs for a month and ends 1 June 2020.

 

[Knowtalent]

NOTE This game has our first special restriction. Many of you recall that I would from time to time in CivV GOTM put a policy restriction or requirement in the game of the month. This will be the first one for 6otM, All Major Civs must survive! Yes that means you may have to bring a Civ back to life, but that will help your international standing and might make it faster for you to win the game

 

[Zedseayou]

Ooh, I haven't tried a diplomatic victory yet. Will have to look up exactly how it works, but I imagine it's partly about pushing the eras as fast as possible to hit modern ASAP?

I'm considering whether to move onto the chocolate, the plains hills, or step SE and see what the river looks like.

 

[kcd_swede]

NOTE This game has our first special restriction. Many of you recall that I would from time to time in CivV GOTM put a policy restriction or requirement in the game of the month. This will be the first one for 6otM, All Major Civs must survive! Yes that means you may have to bring a Civ back to life, but that will help your international standing and might make it faster for you to win the game

What if Civ X Defeats Civ Y on the same turn we (the Cree) build a wonder that gives us diplo victory? Do we need to play on after our victory until we can restore Civ Y?

 

[Victoria]

Do we need to play on after our victory until we can restore Civ Y?

This is a good point. I would lobby the answer would be yes to limit using your army to reduce civs to 1 city.

 

[lotrmith]

I would surmise that all civs must be alive at the time of victory (as this is the primary challenge in determining correct congress votes).

 

[guslaet]

What if Civ X Defeats Civ Y on the same turn we (the Cree) build a wonder that gives us diplo victory? Do we need to play on after our victory until we can restore Civ Y?

I’d say that in this case, you lose. The imponderable: that’s the beauty of it.

 

[Enfant_Sauvage]

This 6oTM looks pretty good. I will play full peaceful and try to build the 3 wonders that give diplomatic victory points + making a good science and culture economy to hit the diplomatic points asap.

 

[Minou]

Thanks for setting this up! I am happy to see an "extra" condition on victory. I was always fun to have those back in the Civ 4 GOTM days. Even though it is within the letter of the law to conquer some cities I will probably try a totally peaceful game unless one of the AIs miraculously approaches another victory condition (doubt it on Prince).

 

[Eyswein]

Special restriction: Every Major Civ must survive!

That is cool! I think some of the Major Civs will look more like a city state after I am done even though that will limit the amount of land they have to get hit by a disaster. Probably better to let them expand and leave them alone, but I don't think I will. I'll found a religion to get Mahabohdi Temple for +2 victory points, etc.

 

[Forster]

Does the special limitation include city states or just the major civs?

 

[Knowtalent]

What if Civ X Defeats Civ Y on the same turn we (the Cree) build a wonder that gives us diplo victory? Do we need to play on after our victory until we can restore Civ Y?

In that unlikely event, yes you would have to keep playing as all civs have not survived

This is a good point. I would lobby the answer would be yes to limit using your army to reduce civs to 1 city.

Yes. In my test game I had to work to not eliminate one civ as it kept being overwhelmed by my loyalty pressure.

I would surmise that all civs must be alive at the time of victory (as this is the primary challenge in determining correct congress votes).

Correct

Does the special limitation include city states or just the major civs?

Just the major civs.

 

[Vlad Dracula]

Sounds interesting.Prince will be a little trickier in this case.

 

[TheFinalChiTown]

This 6otM looks great. Will be my first time attempting a Diplo victory. Love the special restriction. Thank you for putting this together.

 

[lotrmith]

Out of curiosity, is the resource setting Abundant?

 

[Knowtalent]

Out of curiosity, is the resource setting Abundant?

No