News: 6otM69 Announcement

[leif erikson]

Civilization VI - Game of the Month 69​

Welcome to the 69th 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. Gifting of cities is an exploit in a religious VC as the AI cant see that it will lose if it accepts the cities.

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Civ VI - 6otM 69 Details:

Player (You): - Pachacuti - Inca
Victory Condition: Domination but all other VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Deity
Civs/City-States (including player): 8/12
Map Type/Size: Seven Seas/Standard Size
Game pace: Standard
Disaster Intensity: 2

Game options:
Start - Ancient Era
Enabled - Barbarians and Tribal Villages
Game Version: This game was created in Civ6 Gathering Storm version 1.0.0.328.
Game Requirements: vanilla version of Civilization VI with Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions. No other dlc is required.

Here is where you will start:

Pachacuti's Unique Attributes:

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Pachacuti's Special Ability: Qhapaq Nan: Domestic Trade Routes gain +1 Food for every Mountain tile in the origin city. Gain the Qhapaq Nan improvement when Foreign Trade civic is discovered.

Unique Ability: Mit'a: Citizens may work Mountain tiles. Mountain tiles provide +2 Production. +1 Food to Mountain tiles for every adjacent Terrace Farm.

Unique Unit: Warak'aq: Incan unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Skirmisher. Stronger at ranged combat than the Skirmisher and +1 additional attack per turn. Requires the knowledge of the Technology of Machinery to build them.

Unique Infrastructure: Terrace Farm: Unlocks the Builder ability to construct a Terrace farm, unique to the Inca. +1 Food. Provides +1 Housing for every two Terrace Farms. +1 Food for each adjacent Mountain tile. +2 Production for each adjacent Aqueduct district. Receive +1 Production if adjacent to Fresh Water and not an Aqueduct district. Additional Food as you advance through the Civics and Technology Tree for adjacency with other Terrace Farms. Can be placed on Grassland Hills, Plains Hills and Desert Hills. Can be built from the start of the game.

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This game runs for a month and ends September 15th, 2019.

The save is attached below .

 

[stefanos85]

Thinking about settling the Desert Ivory, but this being 7 seas and Dom I probably want coastal Cap.

 

[Chimera1804]

I'm probably going to get pummeled as I've never even played deity before...but there's gotta be a first time for everything right?

Not really sure where I'm going to want the cap, will have to think on it. Coastal makes sense for early navy right?

 

[Palo]

I'm probably going to settle 1NE and eventually build an aqueduct 1NE of that. Seven Seas often have inland seas that aren't easily connected to the bigger oceans and if you get Norway or Phoenecia nearby they can be a major pain in the butt if you have early coastal cities.

 

[kcd_swede]

I'm probably going to settle 1NE and eventually build an aqueduct 1NE of that. Seven Seas often have inland seas that aren't easily connected to the bigger oceans and if you get Norway or Phoenecia nearby they can be a major pain in the butt if you have early coastal cities.

Yeah, the 7 Seas map in 6oTM67 made naval power pretty much useless. Huge land map with small inland seas... unless you want to spend your whole day digging canals... might be better to go for fast-moving land units. Scouting will be at a premium, so that probably affects my usual first build order somewhat. I'll probably settle the desert ivory which leaves some awesome terrace farm chains/workable mountains in the capitol, once we can clear the trees. Unless the warrior finds some better option by moving first on t2. I'll go for Magnus as my first gov to get the bonus on the chops.

 

[arthur486]

I would prefer to settle 1 tile SW too. It leaves a lot of land available for terrace farms, and a good Campus spot 1 or 2 tiles further SW. Also, after 6otM55 I've learned the importance of a defendable capital on high difficulty, and 1 SW is very good for that. That position also makes it difficult for barb scouts to spot, hopefully . (there was some very good advice on city invisibility from @Victoria for that game). Not to forget the era points for a desert city.

 

[Victoria]

1 SE would be best for invisibility. I imagine they are not the only mountains nearby based on current map designs. Also the current spot does not give good starting food. freeing up that jungle tile gives a 2/2 which could be considered more balanced than a bunch of 1/3. All a bit of a gamble. Passing on this one, too busy.

 

[Minou]

I haven’t played Inca yet but Warak’aq look like a ton of fun. Is it viable to straight up beeline them or will the AI have walls up by then? Only six techs (or seven if you take Masonry to build walls for boost) and they could all be boosted though BW and IW would depend on luck of catching three barbs fast enough / finding Iron nearby. I feel like 40 damage times two is going to crush cities in no time.

Can Watak’aq capture cities? They are ranged but also recon so I was not sure of the rules.

 

[arthur486]

According to Zigzagzigal's Inca guide Warak'aq can't capture cities.

 

[Victoria]

They are ranged but also recon so I was not sure of the rules.

Skirmishers are also ranged recon and cannot capture cities.

 

[Berge20]

Going to join in on the craziness. Also not a diety player, so eek!

 

[leif erikson]

Good luck to all!

Live long and prosper...

 

[Eyswein]

I'm looking at 1W to start for the coastal city, +1 production, open up +2 food tile, and bananas into 2d tier tiles. With the mountains I already see, I think early Campuses.

 

[WideCoast]

welp. Just won my first ever conquest victory on immortal. Gonna get rough

 

[Dylan96B]

Looks fun, does anyone know if the Incan UU works with the double recon experience card?

Yeah, im gonna play.

 

[WideCoast]

Looks fun, does anyone know if the Incan UU works with the double recon experience card?

Yeah, im gonna play.

I think so, since it replaces skirmisher and upg. to ranger