News: 6otM30 Announcement

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Civilization VI - Game of the Month 30​

Welcome to the 30th 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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We would like to ask you to abide by our most sacred rule: Don’t replay any turns! If you make a mistake, accept it and try to recover. To ensure fair play and prevent results exclusions, please set your Autosaves to 1 turn. In the event of a computer crash while playing, just reload to the previous save and play it as closely to how you played it the first time. Please let Leif, or Myself know (via Conversation (Private Message)) if you experienced a crash and how many turns you replayed. Gifting of cities is an exploit in a religious VC the AI cant see that it will lose if it accepts the cities. .
Civ VI - 6otM30 Details:
Player (You): Harold of Norway
Victory Condition: Religion but all other VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Prince
Civs/City-States (including player): 8/?
Map Type/Size: Island /Standard Size

This is where you will start:

Norway Unique Attributes:

Spoiler :

Harold's Ability:Thunderbolt of the North - Allows coastal raiding for all naval melee units.
Unique Unit: Berserker: Norwegian unique Medieval era unit. 4-tile movement if this unit starts in enemy territory. +7 Combat strength when attacking and -7 Combat strength when defending. Requires the knowledge of Military Tactics to build.
Unique Unit: Viking Longship: Norwegian unique Ancient era naval unit that replaces the Galley. Can pillage enemy coastal lands and capture civilians if adjacent using its coastal raiding ability. 4-tile movement when in coastal waters. Requires the knowledge of Sailing to build.

Unique Building: Stave Church The Norwegian unique building replacing the Temple. Required to train Apostles. Holy Site districts get an additional standard adjacency bonus from Woods tiles. Requires the technology of Theology, a Holy Site and a Shrine to build.

Information about threads associated with each individual 6otM -- Must Read if you are new to our Game of the Month!

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Please note: If you wish to make a video of your game, please do not post any links to it until after the game submission date has passed. This is because of the potential spoilers that are created by posting before the end date. Thank you for your cooperation.
Announcement thread (this one): This thread is used to announce the game and clarify the settings and rules (don’t be afraid to ask questions). It’s also used to discuss the game before you start, and post problems with opening the save. Once you have opened the save, DO NOT POST in the Announcement thread, even non game-related information. Instead use the next thread.
Opening Actions thread: This thread is used to discuss the game's opening decisions and strategies through the first 100 or so turns. Here you can post questions related to the game and share your achievements/anger/frustration/victories while you play. We encourage players to use the spoiler tags for screenshot. During the time the game is active, please do not post any information concerning the game outside of the spoiler threads including screen shots, videos, or recorded/live-cast Let's Plays on other websites.
After Actions thread: In this thread you can post the results of your game. Please state your victory/loss date and final score (preferably in the post title) and describe your path to glory in this post! Players are encouraged to provide feedback on the game. Some players like to replay the game, and although we will not record the results from a replay, you can still post your new experiences. The game will not be closed as such, but after one month, the results will be compiled, and will not necessarily be updated with reports coming in after the finish date.
Results and Congratulations thread: We will create a separate thread with the results at the end of the one month submission period (sorted by date and score). We will issue medals to the top 3 winners (based on earliest date finished). There are no long-term records kept for these results, they are just given out to top finishers to reward their efforts.

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This game runs for a month and ends Feb 01, 2017.

 

[Glencairn2]

Nicely - was really really waiting for the new 6otM!

Have finished it right away, and wait for the Opening and After Actions Thread - thanks a lot guys for making these, they make playing single players much more fun!

After quitting the last two due to pushing the "one more turn", this one was really fun...

Moderator Action: <SNIP>

Again, thanks a lot for making these, tho I am not looking for beeing on the victory ladder ;P

Moderator Action: Removed potentially spoilerish info. Once you open the save, please do not post in the Announcement thread. Thanks, leif

 

[Poczwar]

When I starting the game it shows tectonic islands not pangea...mistake in description ?

 

[Glencairn2]

Was not checking it, but might be right,,,

 

[Monthar]

Yeah, Pangaea isn't correct.

 

[isopaha]

Boycotting because religious is useless. Looking forward to other games, especially Monarch-Deity!

 

[Jaundis John]

Thanks for posting. This will be my first game of the month and I look forward to cracking into it later today.

Are we allowed to use non-stock units like the Hirdman and Ulfhedinn? Thanks

 

[leif erikson]

We do not allow mods, so no.

Good luck!

 

[Jaundis John]

Ok thanks. Excited to give it a shot- hope I win

 

[Jaundis John]

I tried loading the file and it didn't work. It showed up fine in the save bin of the game, brought me to the loading screen with Harald, but never actually loaded. Games normally load in 30 seconds and I left it over 5 minutes. Anyone else have this issue? (Using a Mac)

 

[leif erikson]

The Mac version has not received the Fall Patch, it cannot play windows saves.

 

[assegai]

The starting location is so nice one is tempted to settle in place. But perhaps one should rather find a coastal spot and build longships right away. Any opinions?

 

[Eyswein]

The starting location is so nice one is tempted to settle in place. But perhaps one should rather find a coastal spot and build longships right away. Any opinions?

I 60% lean to SIP also. Great start so can get out Longships with 2d/3d cities quickly. Generally looks like a worse starting location to move, but could pay off with early settler/worker capture.