Scions of Patria

[cvlowe]

Can somebody please explain how to play the Scions/give some basic strategies?

Since food isn't an issue, does unhealth have any effect?
Is there any way to get the random settler/pop unit to spawn randomly more frequently?
What's with the creepers?
What effect does the "haunted terrain" have?
What are good techs to aim for?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Breez]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=300307

That will explain it MUCH better than I ever could... I need to read that myself really.

 

[Valkrionn]

This one should help too... A strategy thread.

 

[WarKirby]

unhealth does have an effect until you get the necropolis. Too much unhealthiness causes unhappiness, which is bad

 

[Valkrionn]

It also reduces production rather than food.

 

[cvlowe]

Thanks for the answers! looks like a fun civ. I'm not sure though- I started in a field of ice hills, but since scions dont need food I think it might still be a good start.

Or maybe I'll just restart now that i have a better idea how to play them.

 

[Valkrionn]

Your best bet is to scorch everything down to plains. Most useful terrain type for the scions... Grassland may as well be desert.

 

[Deon]

But grassland allows farms, which may yield up to 2 gold. Which is nothing, build cottages instead .

 

[Sephi]

Can scions build workshops in desert?

 

[Iceciro]

Yeah, there's no reason not to make every single tile you control Haunted Plains.

 

[zup]

I prefer haunted deserts myself, with plains hill citadels and plains hill cities. Kind of makes me inassailable. To me, Scions are all about specialists once I have the game rolling.