TSG 279 Announcement

[vadalaz]

Welcome to Civilization 5 Game of the Month - GOTM #279
These games allow new and old GOTM fans to play Civ 5 in a friendly competitive environment. Each game will specify the Civ you will play and the Victory Condition to strive for.

How to play:
1) Download the savefile, then place it in the Saves\single folder. The default paths the folder are:
Windows: ...\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\Saves\single\
Mac: ~/Documents/Aspyr/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Saves/single/ or ~/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Saves/single/
Linux: ~/.local/share/Aspyr/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Saves/single/
2) On the turn of your victory (or defeat), use the "lemme play one more turn" feature and save the game
3) Upload your final savefile here (the site is back up!)

Where to discuss the game:
1) Announcement (this thread) - pre-game thoughts and questions
2) Opening actions - the first 100 turns
3) After actions - post-game discussion and feedback

Game Settings:

Player (You): Oda Nobunaga - Japan
Victory Condition: Diplomacy (but all VCs are enabled)
Difficulty: Emperor
Map Type/Size: Small Continents/Standard (8 Civs, 16 City-States)
Pace: Standard

The earliest finish date wins, with score as a tiebreaker.

Your Unique Characteristics:
UA: Bushido: All units fight with full strength even when they are wounded, +1 culture from Fishing boats and +2 culture from Atolls
UU: Samurai (Longswordsman): Shock I (+15% strength in open terrain), earns Great Generals faster, can construct Workboats while embarked
UB: Zero (Fighter): +33% combat strength against other fighters, does not require oil

Required DLC: All DLC
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

MUST READ!

Our most sacred rule: Do not replay any turns!
If you make a mistake, accept it, and try to recover through game-play. To ensure fair play and prevent results exclusions, please set your Autosaves to "1 turn". In the event of a computer crash while playing, just reload to the previous autosave, then play on the same way you played it the first time. Please let Leif or me know (either in the forums or through Private Message) if you experienced a crash and how many turns you replayed.

This game runs through January 15th 2026

@The_J
@Blake00

 

[vadalaz]

Samurai is an interesting unit, but its ability is usually wasted because you only unlock the unit at Steel tech. So I thought, let's see what happens when you get a Samurai on turn 0.

The unit has no movement points left because it's actually a Swordsman that got a weapons upgrade from a ruin. This can only happen once per unit, so our Samurai can now safely collect ruins without the risk of losing his uniqueness.

Good luck and have fun!

 

[sebtanic]

So I thought, let's see what happens when you get a Samurai on turn 0.

Wow, we start with a Samurai? A fun surprise!

I guess he still needs to learn how to swim first before he can build boats. So probably beeline Optics?

 

[raider980]

Oh a twist, nice. Definitely an early Optics. And scout the coast to find lots of sea resources hopefully. Now how to get the Zero in play.

 

[leif erikson]

Wow, we start with a Samurai?

Must be Christmas?

 

[ForkOfSpite]

Hope that samurai comes with an iron. Not looking forward to 100+ turns of the "You need iron" alert. Doubt I'll be researching bronze working early - maybe an AI can get iron online early? Guess I can just delete the unit.

 

[zxcvbob]

Hope that samurai comes with an iron. Not looking forward to 100+ turns of the "You need iron" alert. Doubt I'll be researching bronze working early - maybe an AI can get iron online early? Guess I can just delete the unit.

Not having iron (50% combat penalty) keeps it from being too overpowered at first. I like it. This will be interesting.