News: TSG_215 Announcement

[aafritz17]

Civilization 5 - Game of the Month Training Series Game 215
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Welcome to the 215th 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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TSG215 Details:

Game Settings:
Player (You): Theodora - Byzantium
Victory Condition: Culture (but all other VCs are enabled)
Difficulty: Emperor
Map Type/Size: Small Continents / Standard (8 Civs, 16 City-States)
Pace: Standard

Your Unique Characteristics:
UA: Patriarchate of Constantinople: Choose one more belief than normal when you found a religion
UU: Cataphract (Horseman): Stronger (15 vs. 12), but slower (3 vs. 4). Also, penalty attacking cities is reduced (25% vs. 33%), and can use defensive terrain bonuses
UU: Dromon (Trireme): Ranged unit rather than melee. Range-attack 10, plus 50% bonus vs. naval units.

Required DLC: Scrambled Continents
Starting Era: Ancient
Required game options: None
Enabled game options: Quick Combat, Quick Movement (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:

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The start file is attached below.


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This game runs through 15 November 2022.

 

[sebtanic]

Initial thoughts:
Byzantium screams for Sacred Sites. If we can get all three religious buildings that would be 6 tourism per city.

Starting location seems to be food and hammer poor, how to offset that? Sea trade routes?

Build order will probably be scout->shrine, then maybe granary for banana food bonus. Pray (lol) to be the first to found a religion. Might be tricky, gonna have to do a lot of scouting for eventual NWs / religious CSs.

Might also be fun to build a Dromon navy to protect sea trade routes, possibly bully a neighbour and/or take out the culture runway.

Small continents map looks just the same as a normal continents map iirc.

 

[tagger2013]

Where is the link to download the game?

 

[Huston]

The start file is attached below.

The file is not attached below...

 

[raider980]

Hmm, I'd like to settle on the Dye; but you lose the mountain. If its on a river I'll do it. Doesn't look like it though. And it'll take two moves to find out.

Small continents map looks just the same as a normal continents map iirc.

Normal continents map is usually two continents and I think small continents has more generally. And we may even be on one of our own. Most people don't like that but I kind of do; no competition for cities.

 

[Slyceth]

Can I also play on Epic? I never ever play on Standard speed but I do want to win this tournament, I've never won a price in my life and this is the only game I'm good at because I have cerebral palsy

 

[zxcvbob]

I'll move my warrior to the deer to see if there are any sea resources. If not, I may settle on the truffles. It has fresh water and a mountain, and a lot more workable tiles.

@Slyceth Sorry, there's no way to change the game speed, it's baked into the save file (once the save file becomes available.)