News Announcement 6otM80

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Civilization VI - Game of the Month 80​

Welcome to the 80th 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 80 Details:
Player (You): Gorgo of Greece
Victory Condition:Domination but all other VCs are enabled.
Difficulty: Prince
Civs/City-States (including player): 10/12
Map Type/Size: Continents and Islands /Standard Size
Game pace: Standard

This is where you will start:

Gorgo's Unique Attributes:

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Gorgo's Special Ability: Thermopylae: Combat victories provide culture equal to 50% of the combat strength of the defeated unit.

Unique Ability: Plato's Republic - Gives an extra, wildcard, policy slot no matter what government you choose.

Unique Unit: Hoplite: Greek unique Ancient unit that replaces the Spearman. +10 Combat strength if there is at least one adjacent Hoplite unit. Requires Bronze Working technology to build them.

Unique District: Acropolis: A district unique to Greece for culture sites. Replaces the Theater Square district and must be built on a hill. Awards one Envoy when completed. Requires discovery of Drama and Poetry technology to build them.

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

 

[kcd_swede]

Small copy/paste error, under map above spoiler tag it says "Eleanor's..."

Domination on a continents/islands map... I'd guess the best strategy would be to clear the start continent and then head to sea. Maybe keep one weak ally around for trading and such, even if Prince level AI tend not to be much help at anything?

I've never been a fan of Hoplites, but probably because I've used them wrong. If you only have one, it may as well be a spearman. It doesn't give +10 combat to any adjacent unit, just adjacent Hoplites, right?

Different strategy if we are isolated... scouting to determine that is a top early priority, as usual. Good luck and have fun!

 

[Victoria]

It doesn't give +10 combat to any adjacent unit, just adjacent Hoplites, right?

right, a 35 strength city buster before swords is really what it is.
Build one for era points and eureka, build 2 for an early rush with no iron present... or none.

 

[lotrmith]

right, a 35 strength city buster before swords is really what it is.
Build one for era points and eureka, build 2 for an early rush with no iron present... or none.

Bring the ones you do build along behind your front lines. AC at rank two get double support bonus so +4 from a r2 hoplite to adjacent units.

 

[Victoria]

Bring the ones you do build along behind your front lines. AC at rank two get double support bonus so +4 from a r2 hoplite to adjacent units.

I prefer the L4 promotion. The L2 one is a bit of a trap, you really need to up your strength against melee or swords waste you. GorgO is my 2nd most played civ and getting 2 hoplites into support positions is a bit of a waste. If they were affected by a GG then that makes them more useful, but they are not. Played about 5 games with pure hoplite armies... just meh.
Right I’m gonna play the first 20 turns now, so cannot respond more here.

 

[Minou]

Curious how Continents and Islands differs from regular continents? Just adding some extra small islands?

 

[Bangau]

Ooh, I still needed a Gorgo win after the HOF came into the game.