News: TSG 229 Announcement

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Civilization 5 - Game of the Month Training Series Game 229
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Quick links: Upload submission | Opening actions | After actions

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Welcome to the 229th game in the GOTM V Training Series! This Series allows new and old Civilization V fans to try out many 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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TSG 229 Details:

Game Settings:
Player (You): Pachacuti - Incan Empire
Victory Condition: Science (but all VCs are enabled)
Difficulty: Immortal
Map Type/Size: Frontier/Standard (8 Civs, 16 City-States)
Pace: Standard

Your Unique Characteristics:
UA: Great Andean Road: Units ignore terrain costs when moving into any tile with Hills. No maintenance costs for improvements in Hills; half cost elsewhere.
UU: Slinger: Replaces the Archer. Unit may withdraw when faced with melee attack. Less melee strength (4 vs. 5).
UI: Terrace Farm: Requires Construction. Can be built on hill tiles. Yields +1 food and +1 additional food for every adjacent mountain.

Required DLC: All DLC except Explorer's, Scrambled Nations and Scrambled Continents map packs.
Starting Era: Ancient
Required game options: None
Enabled game options: None (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.

Here is where you will start:

The start file is attached below.

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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 screenshots. 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.

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We have a game file upload system you can find here. Please use it to upload your completed first attempt by saving the game on the turn after your victory or defeat. (by using the "lemme play one more turn" feature)

Please note: you must submit your game on the turn following Victory. If you continue to play, the game overwrites the data and your submission could be rejected by the submission system.

This game runs through October 15th 2023.

@The_J
@Blake00

 

[raider980]

Allright, Inca, my favorite! Start looks pretty ugly at first, but we’re Inca so it’ll be ok.

I see three possible places I’d like to settle. Hill to SE by the mountain, copper or cotton. Hill is the safest choice. Would like to settle on copper river mountain but would lose the cotton and risk a one lux capital; also would lose the only visible terrace farm. Same with settling on cotton, would lose the copper and also not get an observatory; but would get a terrace farm in the first tier.

Forgot at first that we can move through hills. So can move the warrior SE two spaces to see if maybe a lux off that way which would solidify the copper as the best choice. Pre-game is interesting on this one.

 

[dumpstertrash]

Allright, Inca, my favorite! Start looks pretty ugly at first, but we’re Inca so it’ll be ok.

I see three possible places I’d like to settle. Hill to SE by the mountain, copper or cotton. Hill is the safest choice. Would like to settle on copper river mountain but would lose the cotton and risk a one lux capital; also would lose the only visible terrace farm. Same with settling on cotton, would lose the copper and also not get an observatory; but would get a terrace farm in the first tier.

Forgot at first that we can move through hills. So can move the warrior SE two spaces to see if maybe a lux off that way which would solidify the copper as the best choice. Pre-game is interesting on this one.

I don't think you'd lose a terrace farm settling on copper. That jungle SE to the bananas looks like a hill too. The hill north of the cotton looks to be next to a mountain too.

My question is how badly do I want observatories? Since we're going SV I obviously want them, but hate giving up a good terrace farm. I also hate the warrior spot here, it's basically useless for scouting T1. I usually like settling in place, and on a normal game I would. Since we want turn time and a SV I'm leaning towards settling on the hill SE IF that jungle tile to the E is a hill. And the more I look at this the more both hills to the N of the cotton seem to be next to mountains, unlikely tundra considering jungle...

I've never done a frontier map before. Any advice on what it is? is it a Pangea?

 

[sebtanic]

I've never done a frontier map before. Any advice on what it is? is it a Pangea?

A quick search reveals this: "Frontier: A single continent scattered with mountains to simulate the rough environment of the Frontier."

Map (Civ5)

The map is the world on which a game of Civilization V takes place. Most scenarios use premade maps, but other types of games allow players to choose their own map script and let the game generate a world for them. The map consists of a rectangular set of hexagonal tiles, and comes in six sizes...

civilization.fandom.com

Seems ideal for Incas!

 

[raider980]

I don't think you'd lose a terrace farm settling on copper. That jungle SE to the bananas looks like a hill too. The hill north of the cotton looks to be next to a mountain too.

My question is how badly do I want observatories? Since we're going SV I obviously want them, but hate giving up a good terrace farm. I also hate the warrior spot here, it's basically useless for scouting T1. I usually like settling in place, and on a normal game I would. Since we want turn time and a SV I'm leaning towards settling on the hill SE IF that jungle tile to the E is a hill. And the more I look at this the more both hills to the N of the cotton seem to be next to mountains, unlikely tundra considering jungle...

The terrace farm to the north will be next to two mountains so extra food. The mountain to the south looks to be a single mountain so the terrace farms next to it wouldn't be that great. Now I've almost talked myself into settling on the cotton if that is a single mountain down south...

And yes, Frontier should be awesome for Inca!

 

[fiddlesticks]

If crossing the river doesn’t use up all movement points (I forget if that’s the case with the Inca unique ability) I’ll probably settle T0 on the hill. I’ll move the warrior east first to see if that plan changes.
I think the early food from the bananas is more valuable than a future terrace farm.

 

[urbis]

Game on!