Venice question

[reddishrecue]

Is it true that Venice doesn't have that many abilities to expand and must use its extra trade routes instead? What is the best strategy for Venice? Can Venice shop for its Great Galleass?

 

[reddishrecue]

I have no idea why no one knows. I didn't know either. I thought people in here knew.

 

[Arcaian]

Give us a little time to reply! Yes, Venice cannot build settlers. Instead it gets double trade routes, and it can recieve a merchant of venice instead of a merchant, who can give you a city state for free, including all units. A free one is recieved at optics.

You could've just read their page.

 

[CraziFuzzy]

Venice is a single city civ (think of it as a more powerful, player run, city-state). It cannot annex cities, only puppet them. It cannot settle cities either. So, you will only ever have full control over Venice itself. However, this isn't as bad as it sounds. Though you cannot choose what a puppetted city produces - with Venice, you can purchase buildings/units in puppetted cities.

 

[Heretiv]

Given that having all your guilds etc in a single city i sa good idea, Venice can be very good.
Also you have twice the trade routes, so potentially twice the income.
Also puppet cities impact less on social policy costs.
I find Venice to be a very strong civ, but that's just me.
Obviously not suitable for very wide play, but easily capable of a puppet city empire or a strong OCC game.

 

[joncnunn]

Venice is like playing a semi-OCC (found only the capital but conquer some other cities and leave as puppets); only better because Venice gets the ability to get city states with Great Merchants of Venice (alternatively if it's better to keep that city state as an ally such as Merchile extra influence and gold from trade missions.), double trade routes, and can cash buy in puppets.

For those used to tall Tradition, it's an above average civ.