What custom civs will you make?

[RastaMon]

OK, so what custom civs will you make, real-world and other, and what will their characteristics, special units, etc. be?

I'll make the Turks. They are Militaristic and Religious, their leader is Suleyman (the Magnificent). Their special unit is the Janissary, which is probably a musketeer which is cheap/doesn't require resources to build. Titles include Sultan (Monarchy ) and they *would* have a Caliph title if Fundamentalism were still an option! Leaders could include Ataturk and Mehmet II.

Then there are the Rastafarians, who are Religious and Commercial , I'm not sure about the special unit. Bob Marley, Marcus Garvey for leaders, the ruler could be Bob. Hmm, which makes me wonder about the Ethiopians and Haile Sellasie, I'd have to do more research on that one ...
:crazyeyes

 

[Solmyr]

I don't think Turks should be Religious, really - Arabs might be, but Turks were usually concerned with religion a lot less.

I'll make the Byzantines They'll be Religious at least, having trouble picking the other ability since Scientific and Commercial would both fit them. Ruler will be Basil II Bulgaroctonus. Title for monarchy is Basileus. Great Leaders: Belisarius at least, some others which I'd have to research.

 

[thealien_83]

I cannot claim anything except that I would make the Byzantines as well, though I think I would go for Alexius as the leader, exact personality details I don't know for sure, but the special unit would without a second of hesitation be the Varang Guard, proud Norse mercenaries enlisted by the Emperor himself to be his personal guard.

Scandinavians forever..! Err, or somesuch.

 

[WUM]

Hohoho!!!
there is only ONE Magnificent,
yes indeed: WUM the Magnificent!

don´t you forget that!


besides, it seems like you want to change the game by making it easier...

Originally posted by RastaMon
OK, their leader is Suleyman (the Magnificent).

 

[TownsendVol]

you tell me how many options we will have or how it will be implemented? Or link me to some such info. ? Thanks.

 

[stravaig]

I assume that this is like making your own faction in SMAC...
I'm guessing you can make your own civ-specific unit?

Israelites would be fun. Religious and ... maybe Militaristic. David as their leader, with all sorts of fun Great Leaders (Samson, Moses, Solomon, etc). I've no idea what unit they could have, though. Maybe the Judean Suicide Squad (from Life of Brian)


- Stravaig

 

[Mikoyan]

Here is the civs i will create:
Arabs: Capitol: Damascus, Type: Expansionist/Commercial
Unique Unit: Mamelukes, Leader: Saladin

Turks: Capitol: Ankara, Type: Expansionist/Religious
Unique Unit: Dervishes, Leader: Kemal Atatürk

Inkas: Capitol: Cuzco, Type: Militaristic/Commercial
Unique Unit: Slingers(I know it sounds silly, but these slings can put a hole into a tank) Leader: Topa Inca

Romanians: Capitol: Bucarest, Type: Commercial/Industrious
Unique Unit: IAR-81 Fighter, Leader: Alexandru Cuza

Swedish: Capitol: Stockholm, Type: Expansionist/Scientific
Unique Unit: JAS?, Leader: Karl XII

 

[slothman]

Antarcticians!
Scientific and commercial. Their capital is Ross (after the Ross ice shelf).
Unit would be a better alpine unit.
The leader would be Amundsen.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Ankara as capital of the Turks?!? Sure, it's been the capital since the 20s, and it was the scene of the Ottoman Empire's perhaps most annihilating defeat (by Timur Lenk in 1402), but I'd choose Constantinople/Istanbul any day of the week.

Keeping the Ottoman theme, I'd have Süleyman the Magnificent or Mehmet the Conqueror as leader. Special unit: Janissaries.

A Swedish civ? I find that kind of funny for some reason ... but I don't think we really deserve the name of an independent "civilization".

Perhaps a Polynesian civ that gets some kind of super trireme. They could be Expansionist too, hopefully giving them an edge in early colonialization at the cost of no really militarily useful special unit and thus pretty much forced to attain any golden age thru' wonders.

 

[Red Renegade]

Based on doing a scenario of early Roman history, I would do:

Etruscans (Etruria) with capital Veii and leader as Mastarna (an Estrucan hero), Gauls, Carthaginians, Greeks (Syracuse and others), etc

 

[CornMaster]

Originally posted by Mikoyan
Unique Unit: Slingers(I know it sounds silly, but these slings can put a hole into a tank) Leader: Topa Inca

A bamboo tank?? Or tree bark.

j/k

 

[Mikoyan]

Well, i would love to fight against swedes, and Sweden has really had its ages as the dominant nation by the baltic sea, especially under the leadership of Karl XII (I'm not a nazi!)
CM: emmm.... yeah, i guess they could destroy a bamboo tank,
but these slings are really strong and can put an orange into a wall!

 

[Robespierre]

I don't see how you can include the Romanians and not includes the Poles... And aren't the "Arabs" part of Babylon? In the Civ3 site on Babylon, it says the Babylonians really represent all the semitic people from that region. Including the Turks would be good though, as well as the Spanish, and instead of making Romanians I would make a civ called the "Slavs" which would include Poland-Lithuania, Chekoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania (left anybody out?).

 

[Mikoyan]

I chose the Romanians because they are a unique people with the pretty unique romanian language, and also because everyone seems to forget that romania even exists.

And i don't think you should link the arabs to the babs, since the babs was a completely different culture.

 

[Pythagoras]

Swedens su should be a faster and cheaper cannon (used by Gustaf II Adolf). And its leader should ofcourse be Gustav Vasa.

 

[G-Man]

Originally posted by stravaig
I assume that this is like making your own faction in SMAC...
I'm guessing you can make your own civ-specific unit?

Israelites would be fun. Religious and ... maybe Militaristic. David as their leader, with all sorts of fun Great Leaders (Samson, Moses, Solomon, etc). I've no idea what unit they could have, though. Maybe the Judean Suicide Squad (from Life of Brian)


- Stravaig

I love that movie... But I think the best units would be a Cohen (Jewish priest). In ancinet times Israeli and Judian armies were always acompanid by Cohens for good luck... Maybe they'll give any units in their army +1 attack because they'll be more willing to fight for god... And this way they also become less effective in modern times

 

[Robespierre]

Go to the civ3.com website, look up the babylonians under past civs-of-the-week, and you get it spelled out: the babylonians represent the syrians, babylonians, parthians, arabs, izraelites, assyrians, and anyone else from that part of the world you can think of. They can't make every individual one separate, and even though the babylonians are a totally different culture than the muslim arabs (i agree with you there) i still think it makes sense to link them together, just like it makes sense to link the russians and the ukrainians, for instance.

Romania I don't think deserves a civilization all on her own, especially since Poland and Lithuania to the north have historically been a lot bigger cultural and military influences, though they were crushed by the Russians in the 1700s. I think combining the Polish-Lithuanian state with the balkan slavic states into a civilization called "The Slavs" or such would be a good way to include them in the game. These peoples certainly weren't culturally german, nor were they culturally russian, they opposed both of these powers in their struggle to make their own states.

Also, I think the Spanish should be added. Are they supposed to be part of the French? That's ridiculous.

 

[Mikoyan]

Hmmm... It stands between Gustav Vasa and Karl XII
Gustav Vasa unified Sweden and kicked out the catholics
Karl XII was the greatest military leader in Sweden, and he brought home the recipe for coal-wraps

 

[Pythagoras]

I would say that Gustav II Adolf was Swedens greatest military leader.

 

[G-Man]

Originally posted by Robespierre
Go to the civ3.com website, look up the babylonians under past civs-of-the-week, and you get it spelled out: the babylonians represent the syrians, babylonians, parthians, arabs, izraelites, assyrians, and anyone else from that part of the world you can think of. They can't make every individual one separate, and even though the babylonians are a totally different culture than the muslim arabs (i agree with you there) i still think it makes sense to link them together, just like it makes sense to link the russians and the ukrainians, for instance.

But Israel fought Babylon.... And the Arabs... and the Assyrians... And the Syrians... And Iraq... It's rediculeos - Israel always hated Babylon...