PolyCast Episode 317: "The Letters 'F' and 'O'"

[DanQ]

Select combinations. The three hundred-and-seventeenth episode of PolyCast, "The Letters 'F' and 'O'", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Stephanie "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Jason "MegaBearsFan" Grade with first-time guest Brian "Mr. Shadows". It carries a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 02m35s | Forum Talk
Wondering why Irrigation technology in Civilization VI is an underwhelming dead-end, one's typical ratio of Barracks to Stables in Encampment districts (10m03s), identifying the shortcomings of the game's map and whether to bring back Corporations, Vassal States -- if so, how -- while adding the idea of Trade Nodes in the process (29m21s; recorded for Episode 310).
- 43m53s | Theatre
A religious strategy for CivVI Poland is first up, followed by revising a strategy for the game full-stop stemming from a difference in combat mechanics found in Civilization V (45m39s).
- 49m02s | Miscellaneous
A notable eight jobs now available at Civ developer Firaxis Games seem to jive with its owner, publisher 2K Games, looking to add a new series to its property's gaming line-up (53m27s).

- Intro/Outro | Assorted
Silhouette counting and grammatical instruction.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding, TurnCast on Civ multiplay.

 

[Jaybe]

Regarding Vassal States, a restriction to being released as a vassal could easily be that the master civ must be in a DARK age.

 

[DanQ]

Regarding Vassal States, a restriction to being released as a vassal could easily be that the master civ must be in a DARK age.

By "a restriction", I take it you mean one of two or more? If so, what would you see the second and any others being? If, in fact though, the only restriction why so?

Hope you enjoyed the episode listen.

 

[Sedwick]

Don't forget, you can hold down "Alt" while entering ASCII codes on the numpad keys to get your "F"s and "O"s:

Alt+7, 0 --> "F"
Alt+1, 0, 2 --> "f"
Alt+7, 9 --> "O"
Alt+1, 1, 1 --> "o"

Good show, as always!