So, what would be your ideal civ roster?

[DudewiththeFood]

1. England
2. France
3. Germany
4. Rome
5. Greece
6. Russia
7. Japan
8. Arabia
9. Egypt
10. Mongolia
11. Persia
12. China
13. India
14. America
15. Mayans
16. Incans
17. Mali
18. Khmer

Expansion Ideas
* - Priority

Spoiler :

Ancient:
Phoenicians/Carthage ****
Babylon *****
Gauls ***
Sumeria ****
Scythia **
Ethiopia **** (Axum/Makuria more than Haile Selassie this time)
Assyria **

European:
Spain *****
Denmark ***** (Invaders/Diplomatic)
Norway * (Trade/Explore)
Byzantines ***
Sweden ***
Portugal ****
Netherlands ****
Bulgaria **
Scotland *
Saxons *
Poland **
Austria ***

Americas:
Aztecs *****
Iroquois ****
Sioux ****
Argentina *
Brazil ***
(Another Native) **

Africa:
Kongo *****
Morocco ***
Zimbabwe **
Zulu ****

Asia:
Korea *****
Ottomans *****
Mughals ***
Indonesia ****
Tibet ***
Siam **
Chola **
Seljuks *
Vietnam *
Armenia ***

Oceania
Hawaii/Maori/Polynesia **
Australia *

 

[LordProtector]

There are some pretty nice lists here. And a few odd ones. I'm not sure I'd want to play a game that had French crusader states in the Levant over a sub-Saharan African civ. But each to their own.

The Vanilla Eighteen:

France - Robespierre
Russia - Ivan IV
Britain - Victoria
Spain - Philip II
Rome - Hadrian
Athens - Pericles

Mali - Mansa Musa
Swahili - Ali ibn al-Hassan
Zimbabwe - Nyatsimba Mutota

Aztec - Montezuma I
Mississippians - ¯\_(&#12484_/¯
Inca - Pachakutiq

The Timurids - Ulugh Beg
India - Ashoka
China - Empress Cixi
Japan - Meiji
Arabia - Muawiyah I
Srivijaya - ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

Pre-Order:

America - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Scenarios: Clash of Civilizations

Ottomans vs. Byzantium
Eight Nation Alliance vs. China
Zulu vs. British
Alexander III vs. Darius III

First Expansion: Cradles of Civilization

Olmec
Harappa
Sumer
Minoa
Egypt
Aboriginees

Optional DLC Civs:
Babylon
Assyria

Second Expansion: Futuremakers

Brazil
Nigeria
Australia
Mexico
Canada
South Africa

Optional DLC Civs:
European Union
The Emirates