News: TSG 153 Announcement

[Knowtalent]

Civilization 5 - Game of the Month Training Series Game 153
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Welcome to the 153rd game in the GOTM V Training Series! This Series will allow new and old GOTM fans to try out these features from Civ5's expansions and DLCs 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. You can read more about the GOTM and Training Series concept in this thread.
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Civ V BNW - TSG153 Details:

Player (You): Suleiman of the Ottomans
Victory Condition: Domination is designated VC all VCs are enabled, Difficulty: Prince
Civs/City-States (including player): 8/18
Map Type/Size: Tiny Islands/Standard
Game pace: Standard

Game options:
Start - Renaissance Era
Enabled - nothing
(Regardless of starting options, you may turn on/off Quick Combat/Quick Movement using the game options menu at any time during gameplay.)
Game Version: This game was created in Civ5 Brave New World version 1.0.3.279.
Game Requirements: Explorers map, Wonders of the Ancient World DLC. Gods and Kings expansion, Brave New World Expansion.

Ottoman Abilities:

Spoiler :

UA:. Barbary Corsairs:All melee ships have the Prize ships promotion, and pay only 1/3 maintenance on naval units
UU: Janissary - a Unique unit that replaces the Musketman , it heals 50% when it kills a unit, and has a combat bonus when attacking.
UB: Sepahi - a unique unit, it replaces the Lancer. it has +1 sight and movement. it also doesn't pay to pillage

This is where you will start:

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This game runs for a month and ends March 15th, 2017.

The save will be available for download on Feb 15 2017 midnight Central Standard time (UTC -6:00) in the US.
The Save can be found here.

 

[beetle]

Ottomans on Tiny Islands should be fun. The GotM accelerated starts have grown on me. I hope there is coal to get prizing Ironclads online ASAP, could be quite entertaining! NE settler SIP. Then I will be picky with the next three (Tradition).

 

[Kendon]

My first settler will be in place. Then I want to use the pikemen to find iron and horses before the second settler moves.

If Exploration is ever a primary policy this is the map. I'll use my free four to get a Great Admiral finding city-states while I wait for Astronomy.

This start lacks land-based resources so once the second settler has a destination the worker will probably follow.

 

[zxcvbob]

My first settler will be in place. Then I want to use the pikemen to find iron and horses before the second settler moves.

If Exploration is ever a primary policy this is the map. I'll use my free four to get a Great Admiral finding city-states while I wait for Astronomy.

This start lacks land-based resources so once the second settler has a destination the worker will probably follow.

Which settle in place, the hill settler, or the pikeman/banana settler?

 

[Kendon]

Sorry, the hill settler. I always save jungles for the technology bonus, so I almost never do a banana plantation.

 

[psparky]

I don't think I ever settled on a banana, but it's temping here to have a three-way canal city! I suppose with universities already available that would be a bad move.

Never played a late start game before. Are tradition and liberty still strongest? I'm tempted to put two into exploration for movement and +3 hammers per city and two into liberty. Is there any thread I should read to give me ideas on strategy?

 

[Kendon]

" Is there any thread I should read to give me ideas on strategy?"

You might try GOTM Compilation. Under options look for RE (Renaissance Start), Game 132 for example. Look and see how the leaders played there.