News: 6otM41 Announcement

[leif erikson]

Civilization VI - Game of the Month 41​

Welcome to the 41st 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 41 Details:

Player (You): - Chandragupta - India
Victory Condition: Domination but all other VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Deity
Civs/City-States (including player): 8/12
Map Type/Size: Continents/Standard Size
Game pace: Standard

Game options:
Start - Ancient Era
Enabled - Barbarians and Tribal Villages
Game Version: This game was created in Civ6 Rise and Fall version 1.0.0.257.
Game Requirements: vanilla version of Civilization VI with Rise and Fall expansion.

Here is where you will start:

Chandragupta's Unique Attributes:

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Chandragupta's Special Ability: Arthashastra - Can declare a War of Territorial Expansion after gaining the Military Training Civic. +2 Movement and +5 Combat Strength for the first 10 turns after declaring a War of Territorial Expansion.

Unique Ability: Dharma: Receives Follower Belief bonuses in a city from each Religion that has at least 1 follower.

Unique Unit: Varu: Indian unique Classical era heavy calvary unit. Adjacent enemy units receive -5 Combat Strength. Requires the knowledge of Horseback Riding to build them.

Unique Infrastructure: Stepwell: Unlocks the Builder ability to construct a Stepwell, unique to India. +1 Food and +1 Housing, +1 Faith if adjacent to a Holy Site district. +1 Food if adjacent to a Farm. Cannot be built on Hills or adjacent to another Stepwell. Requires the knowledge of Irrigation to build them.

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This game runs for a month and ends July 15th, 2018.

 

[Eyswein]

This looks really awesome!!! I've never played a Domination game with India, but the combination of Arthashastra and Varu (Charge, Marauding) makes me think one can win without researching further on the lower part of the Science table (normally I'd go to Stirrups for Knights) - thinking HB Riding, smattering of other nice early techs, strongly likely to include Currency at this level (3g Varu maintenance - ugh!), then off to Cartography & Square Rigging. Just have to be the one declaring war and time it so you only need 10 turns to want peace or be ready to declare another war.

Although I know I want a relatively early pasture for the HB Riding eureka, my initial inclination is to settle on the cattle for the +1 food in capital and +2 production square in the first ring as well as (at least what I can see) more capital production chops in the first 2 rings. I somewhat also like moving to the horses for an immediate item to trade, but less chops and initial production have me strongly leaning against it. Settle in place seems ok also with horses in 2nd ring for somewhat early trade, but dislike early production until a worker helps.

And I really want to get Galleys out early in case this is one of those continents maps that doesn't need Cartography. However, at Deity level it is not good to get sidetracked and fail in the main mission of first surviving and conquering your closest neighbors. I'll assume I need Cartography unless and until a galley discovers otherwise.

Not sure which way to move the warrior (N, W, or S) - I try to stick to open terrain to start for faster movement; probably just flip a coin (or roll a die) and then send my initial scout the other way.

 

[arthur486]

@Eyswein - keep in mind the possibility of Deity barb horsemen; they'll ruin your whole day . On another note, can't wait to start this one .

 

[CPWimmer]

+2 Movement and +5 Combat Strength for the first 10 turns after declaring a War of Territorial Expansion.

Can someone remind me the requirements to trigger a "War of Territorial Expansion" CB?

I'm thinking of moving the settler 1 tile East to get the 6/4/4 tiles in my first ring. And moving he Warrior SW+W to make sure that's a lake.

 

[DanQuayle]

@CPWimmer War of Territorial Expansion "You must have 2 cities within 10 tiles of 2 of the opponent's cities for this Casus Belli to apply."
However, I am playing the game right now and I got the Casus Belli against an AI against whom I had only 1 such city. Not sure if it is a bug or not.

Also you can move your mouse over the water tile and a mouseover tooltip will tell you if its a lake or coastal tile without having to move the warrior.

 

[Ferocitus]

I'm thinking of moving the settler 1 tile East to get the 6/4/4 tiles in my first ring. And moving he Warrior SW+W to make sure that's a lake.

Most transparently pathetic excuse for moving towards chocolate ever!

 

[kcd_swede]

I hate you! I can barely get by on Monarch level... Immortal was a wash, and now Deity will be a joke, like Germany vs S Korea in the WorldCup

 

[lordofcivs]

I hate you! I can barely get by on Monarch level... Immortal was a wash, and now Deity will be a joke, like Germany vs S Korea in the WorldCup

Then let's lose with dignity! Not like Germany... 0-2.