What if you got to pick the Civ 6 roster?

[celticfury911]

Europe. 1. Denmark - Ragnar Lodbrok. 2. Russia - Peter the great. 3. Nazi Germany - Adolf Hitler. 4. Celts - Brian Boru. 5. Greece - Demosthenes. Middle East/ North Africa. 6. Carthage - Hannibal Barca. 7. Sumeria - Gilgamesh. 8. Arabia - Saladin. Americas. 9. America - Teddy Roosevelt. 10. Maya - Great Sun Quetzal Macaw the First. 11. Blackfoot - Chief Crowfoot. Asia. 12. Mongolia - Genghis Khan. 13. Scythia - Tomyris. 14. Khmer - Survayarman. 15. China - Kangxi Emperor. Or Liu Ji Africa. 16. Yoruba - Shango. 17. Mali - Mansa Musa. Pacific. 18. Maori - Potatau Te Wherowhero. This would make an excellent base game I feel given your constraints. I would do a 6 Civ expansion dubbed Rebels and Revolutionaries. 19. France - Robespierre. 20. Mughal Empire - Akbar the Great. 21. Persia - Cyrus the Great. 22. Sioux - Sitting Bull. 23. Zululand - Shaka. 24. Vietnam - Trung Sisters. Next would be Terrors and Tyrants. 25. Azteca - Montezuma. 26. Huns - Atilla. 27. Spain- Phillip I. 28. Rome- Nero. 29. England - William I. 30. Egypt - Rameses II. Let us then add Myths and Legends. 31. Babylon - Nebuchadnezzar. 32. Sparta - Leonidas. 33. Romania Vlad the Impaler. 34. Japan - Oda Nobunaga. 35. Iroquois - Hiawatha. 36. Holy Rome - Charlemagne. We could then do 2 Mega Expansions. Ye olde Blood. As well as New Spirit. Old blood would have all the remaining holdover civs ive left out thus far. 37. Brazil - Pedro II. 38. Inca - Pachacutec. Aka Pachacuti. 39. Ottomans. - Suleiman. 40. Hawaii - Kamehameha. 41. Ethiopia - Tekle Haymanot I. 42. Songhai - Askia. 43. Shoshone - Pocatello. 44. Netherlands - Willem van Oranje. 45. Norway - Harald Hadrada. 46. India - Siddartha Gutama. 47. Portugal - Maria. 48. Sweden - Gustavus Adolphus. 49. Hattusa - Suppiluliuma II. 50. Kongo - Mvemba A Nzinga. 51. Morocco. Ahmad Al Mansur. 52. Korea - Sejong. 53. Siam - Ramkhamaeng. 54. Byzantium - Theodora or Constantine. 55. Venice - Enrico Dandolo. 56. Poland - Sobieski. 57. Austria - Klemens von Metternich. 58. Assyria - Ashurbanipal. 59. Indonesia - Gajah Madah. 60. Germany - Wilhelm or Bismarck. New Spirit. 61. Haida - Edensaw. 62. Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin. 63. Ainu - Shakushain. 64. Zapoteca - Princess Donaji. 65. Rouran - Qiudofa Khan. 66. Timurids - Tamerlane. 67. Uyghur Khanate - Yujiulu Mugulu. 68. Tibet - Songstan Gampo. 69. Ghana - Kaya Magha. 70. Belgium - Leopold II. 71. Visigoths - Alaric. 72. Picts - Calgacus. 73. Apache - Geronimo. 74. Kanem - Sef. 75. Aboriginals- Windrayne. 76. Akkadia - Sargon. 77. Sikh - Ranjit Singh. 78. Armenia - Artaxias I. 79. Gran Colombia - Simon Bolivar. 80. Arawak - Manicatoex.

 

[otaman1]

How about we get some new leaders that's never been in Civilization franchise. Here's my list (sorted by founding date):

Ancient era (before 476):
3150 BC: Egypt - Djoser
330 BC: Greece (Epirus) - Pyrrhus
322 BC: India (Maurya) - Chandragupta
27 BC: Rome - Hadrian
100: Aksum - Kaleb
224: Persia (Sassanian) - Khosraw I

Post Classical (476-1453):
481: France (Francia) - Clovis I
927: England - Richard the Lionheart
1299: Ottoman - Osman I
1368: China (Ming) - Hongwu the Great
1428: Aztec - Itzcoatl
1438: Inca - Topa Inca Yupanqui

Early Modern (1453-1800):
1516: Spain - Charles V (also HRE)
1525: Germany (Prussia) - Albert I
1547: Russia - Ivan the Terrible
1670: Ashanti - Osei Tutu
1776: America - John Adams

Late Modern (1800-present):
1868: Japan - Meiji

 

[thecrazyscot]

wall of text

Holy formatting batman!

 

[Gruekiller]

Well, isn't this a challenge? I think the playerbase criterion is a bit funny since only one of the regions (USA) seems to be above the 10% threshold on the graph given. Apologies in advance for the color vomit. I have a weakness for color-coding.

REGION KEY​

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Americas
Europe
MENA
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia​

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TIME PERIOD KEY​

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Ancient
Postclassical
Early Modern
Late Modern​

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CIVS

America (Lincoln) *
Aztec (Cuauhtemoc) *
China (Wu Zetian) *
Egypt (Hatshepsut) *
Britain (Victoria) *
France (Richelieu) *
Germany (Barbarossa) *
Greece (Themistocles) *
Haiti (Louverture)
Inca (Manco Capac)
India (Ashoka) *
Japan (Hojo Tokimune) *
Mexico (Juarez)
Persia (Khosrow I)
Rome (Trajan) *
Russia (Catherine) *
Spain (Isabella)
Sokoto (Usman dan Fodio)​

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Justification

Pt. 1 (*)​

Spoiler :

* - All civilizations denoted by the asterisk have appeared as default civilizations (Vanilla, without expansions or DLC) in all five previous installments of the Civilization series. As such, I've deemed them "mainstays" and decided that any realistic roster for a modern Civ game would probably not drop any of these. As well as forming a long-standing part of the culture surrounding the game, they encompass most of the game's biggest markets (China, Japan, Western Europe, and North America). The reasoning for the leaders I selected for the "mainstay civs" is as follows:

• Lincoln: The 16th President of the United States has headed the American civ on a few previous occasions in this series. As one of the most revered American presidents, and one who is emblematic of what America thinks of as its core values ("government of the people, by the people, for the people", a phrase which he coined) Lincoln is an iconic and fitting choice for the Land of the Free.
• Cuauhtemoc: Although 11th Tlatoani enjoyed a briefer and less glorious reign than that of some of his predecessors, Cuauhtemoc has forever been remembered as a symbol of the Aztec Triple Alliance and of indigenous culture and resistance in Mexico. His symbolic importance for this civilization makes him a fitting leader for the Aztecs. (And enough with the Moctezumas already! )
• Wu Zetian: Though she was already featured as China's leader in Civilization V, I felt that Wu Zetian, as one of the most remarkable statespeople and figures of China's very long history (in part by dint of being China's only Empress-Regnant ever), deserved to maintain her place.
• Hatshepsut: Another Civ alumna like Lincoln, Hatshepsut was one of the few female pharaohs of the Two Lands of Egypt and committed to extensive building projects during her reign. Despite attempts by later rulers to excise her name from the historical record, Hatshepsut left a mark on the history of her civilization.
• Victoria: You'll notice that I've emended the English civilization to Britain. England in this series has always borrowed much of its unique abilities, units, and assets more from the United Kingdom than its period as a separate entity. I thought it was a little silly to attribute the contributions of the Scottish, Welsh, and others solely to the English, so this primarily cosmetic change seemed justified. Any way: Queen Victoria presided over the British Empire at its height and gave her name to a whole epoch of world history. The Civ VI team made a good choice with her, and I'll stand by it.
• Richelieu: Honestly, I feel that Caterina de' Medici is an interesting choice, but as her name betrays pretty quickly she was an Italian. I felt a more appropriate choice was Cardinal Richelieu, who acted as Chief Minister of France and led its policy during much of the Thirty Years War. Although a man of the Church, Richelieu shrewdly sided against other Catholic powers in a sort of early Realpolitik, while at the same time patronizing France's legendary culture. It would be nice to have a non-royal leading the French civ for once and, not to mention this #iconic look...
• 
• Barbarossa: No complaints from me here. Good to see someone who isn't Frederick or Bismarck in charge of the Germans.
• Themistocles: This one's a pretty novel choice for the Greeks. A great populist leader of Athens, Themistocles served as a Strategos in the defense of Greece from the Achaemenid Persians and vastly expanded the Athenian navy, setting the stage for its eventual predominance in the Aegean Sea. However, his enemies both in Sparta and at home in Athens conspired to discredit him, forcing him into exile, eventually dying in disgrace in Asia Minor. Despite his complicated legacy, his image was rehabilitated by later historians, and he is seen as a critical player during a turning point in Ancient Greek history.
• Ashoka: Once a conqueror, the great Mauryan emperor Ashoka embraced Buddhism and non-violence, ruling his lands with an eye for spirituality and constructing great works. I always enjoyed him in Civilization IV and felt that India could use a bit of a break from Gandhi for once.
• Hojo Tokimune: As with Barbarossa, no objections from me. Tokimune is a lesser-appreciated figure from Japanese history who I hope will be done justice in Civ VI.
• Trajan: Ditto.
• Catherine the Great: What can I say? Civs IV and V left me with a soft spot for the lady.

Pt. 2 (Others)​

Spoiler :

• Mexico: I enjoy the fact that V and VI have both chosen to include Brazil, but the remainder of Latin America has been criminally underrepresented in the Civ franchise so far. As a going cultural force in North and Central America, Mexico seems like a logical choice for me to include. Mexico could benefit from tourism and archaeology, while maintaining a robust military tradition to defend itself from land-hungry enemies. Benito Juarez was born to a peasant family of Zapotec descent, but managed to ascend to political office, resisting the dictator Santa Anna, before achieving the highest office in the nation: the presidency. Juarez heroically led the Mexican defense and resistance against the Franco-Austrian "Second Mexican Empire", eventually ousting the foreign monarchy. He has forever been remembered as a national hero, the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state he once governed, being appended with "de Juarez" in his honor.
• Haiti: Well this wasn't alphabetical at all, but I'm sticking with it. Not just another Latin American civilization, but another predominantly-black one, and on top of that a Caribbean nation, which has yet to be represented in this franchise. Once among France's most cruelly oppressed colonies, Haiti's slaves rose up to become the first free black republic in the world, and only the second independent republic in the Americas since the beginning of colonization. Leading the charge was Toussaint Louverture, a brilliant military commander and inspiring leader. Despite being betrayed and dying in prison abroad before independence was achieved, Louverture remained an iconic figure in the worldwide struggle against slavery in the coming decades, and continues to be celebrated today. Haiti's rich agriculture will make it a strong tall-builder and grower, capable of exporting cash crops to the rest of the world. Haiti will favor freer civic choices and shun civilizations which keep slaves or oppress city states and have a strong diplomatic presence in the late game.
• Inca: The nation of Tawantinsuyu has been a long-standing component of the Civilization series, but has not always been included in the base-game. I see no reason not to include another strong, indigenous civilization to keep South America covered.
• Persia: Everyone's favorite du jour. Not quite achieving my "mainstay" requisite of five appearances (at a mere four) Persia is nonetheless a surprising omission in the current Civ VI roster, which I feel to be a bit of a disservice to one of the oldest civilizations on Earth. I reimagine the Iranians on more of a Sassanid than Achaemenid pattern here, bringing in the just and ambitious Khosrow I as a potential leader.
• Spain: I was actually pretty shocked that Spain wasn't a more common Vanilla choice in previous installments. They are an obvious inclusion as the builders of one of the longest-lasting imperial legacies on the planet, and Isabella is likewise almost a shoe-in.
• Sokoto: Previous installments have picked Mali and Songhai as the medieval-early modern choices for the West African region. I instead thought a neat inclusion would be Sokoto. One of the last of the West African empires, and perhaps the largest at upwards of ten million souls, the Sokoto Caliphate was founded at the dawn of the 19th Century by the holy warrior and scholar Usman dan Fodio. Although the Caliphate lasted only a century before being subsumed by the growing British Empire, in its time Sokoto saw a vast expansion of schools and markets in its territory, as well as a flourishing of Sufi philosophy. The foundation of Sokoto in a jihad triggered many similar events across the region, changing the face of West Africa. This civilization would enjoy powerful religious bonuses, supporting its expansion with a strong foundation for trade and research. It could perhaps also influence dramatic upheavals in neighboring city states or weaker civilizations, emulating the wave of upheavals the real Caliphate inspired.

Thoughts
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It really is tough to make decisions when you come down to the "crunch time" when, surprise! you only have four slots left and a whole world of variety to choose from. Twelve of the eighteen slots are the "mainstay" civs which have appeared in all five previous installations and which I found no decent reason to remove. Seven of the eighteen are European civs, which I found a bit disappointing, but between the mainstays and the obvious inclusion of Spain there wasn't much wiggle room there. I like the idea of Haiti, but for the sake of parity (there are an awful lot of American civs here and only one Sub-Saharan one) it could be traded out for actual Civ VI's Kongo, which I like.

I was saddened to leave Australia, Ethiopia, and the Maya behind in the last round of eliminations, and not to have a chance to add any of the native nations north of the Rio Grande. My first choice probably would have been the Apache.

Ah, to have two expansions' worth of content on my hands...

 

[celticfury911]

Holy formatting batman!

This is what i get for replying via phone.

 

[phryxolydian]

Nice presentation, Gruekiller. And, while I would like nothing more than to play as my own country, I think it wouldn't be easy to convince Firaxis to include Mexico with all the amazing Mesoamerican civs that could be included instead. People are already complaining about including Brazil because it's post-colonialism. As for Cuauhtémoc, I'd personally prefer to see Itzcoatl lead the Aztecs instead of Moctezuma, someday.

 

[Gruekiller]

That's a fair call. It could be traded out for the Maya or even another previously unseen Mesoamerican civ (Michoacan, the Zapotecs, or the Mixtecs perhaps?) and I'd still be perfectly happy.

 

[Manifold]

Let's have some fun! We've gone back in time. You've been put in charge of selecting the roster for vanilla Civilization 6. Who would you choose? But there's a twist! Your bosses have given you some requirements you must meet, so it's not just up to your personal preference.

Here are your criteria:

1. You have 18 slots
2. You must represent all four of the below eras

3. You must represent at least 5 of these 6 regions (to make discussion easier I'll go ahead and define some, I don't pretend these are the best but it will make it easier)

4. You must cater to your biggest markets (let's arbitrarily say any country representing over 10% of the customer base MUST be represented which seems reasonable, others are up to your judgment)

5. Each civilization must be regionally or globally significant (define significant as you wish)

I think these criteria are reasonable and that Firaxis actually takes them into account in some form, and are useful in providing objectives beyond personal taste...which is not how Firaxis chooses all their civs.

I'm sure there are other criteria that could be added, but this seems like enough. I purposefully left out the "core civs" as a requirement.

Can you come up with a roster you find satisfactory under these constraints?

nice quest at all!

But I want to make it harder at it is. I want at least
4 NEW basis Civs and
5 NEW basis leaders and
a women quote of 25% that means at least 4 better 5 Queens

I will try it tomorrow.

 

[thecrazyscot]

This is what i get for replying via phone.

If you're willing to make it a bit more readable, I'm genuinely interested in your picks...some of them seem pretty unique. It's just super hard to read.

 

[Midori]

I think this would probably do. Has most of the mainstays, but leaves room for expansions to be interesting.

England
France
Rome
Germany
Portugal
Russia
Greece
China
Japan
Turkey
Arabia
Maratha (THAT'S RIGHT! NO MORE "INDIA"! BAJIRAO'S GOT THE NUCLEAR ITCH NOW)
Benin
Egypt
Ethiopia
America
Inca
Aztec

Bonus DLC: Canada, for all the Canadians begging for Canada.

 

[Gruekiller]

I applaud your choice of Turkey. I would have done the same thing if I'd tried to include the Turks in my list, since I find it a little more sensible to include the Seljuks et al. and the modern Turkish state in any Turkish civ, not just the Ottomans.

 

[Manifold]

nice quest at all!

But I want to make it harder at it is. I want at least
4 NEW basis Civs and
5 NEW basis leaders and
a women quote of 25% that means at least 4 better 5 Queens

I will try it tomorrow.

ok, here are my results. I am starting with the Must:

1. US - Teddy is ok - Late Modern #1
2. England - Victoria (also for Canada and Australia) - Late Modern #2 - Queen #1
3. Russia - Ivan the Terrible - Early Modern #1
4. Germany - Barbarossa - Postclassical #1
5. France - Joan of Arc - Postclassical #2 - Queen #1
6. China - Mao - Late Modern #3
7. Rome - Sulla - Ancient #1
8. Egypt - Nefertiti - Ancient #2 - Queen #2
9. Greece - Solon - Ancient #3
10. Arabia - Al-Walid I - Postclassical #3
11. Mongolia - Timur - Postclassical #4
12. Spain - Isabella I - Early Modern #2 - Queen #3
13. India - Ashoka- Ancient #4
14. Japan - Minamoto no Yoritomo - Postclassical #5

That is enough for criteria 4 -biggest markets, criteria 3 - regions and criteria Nr. 5 - global impact.

But I need 1 more Queen and 4 NEW basis Civs! Also I already need Ancient and Early Modern Leaders,
this is very difficult, I decide for

15. Sumeria - Gilgamesh - Ancient #5 - NEW basis CIV #1
16. Vikings/Denmark - Brynhildr/Margaret I - Postclassical #6 - Queen #4
17. Kongo - Mvemba a Nzinga - Early Modern #3 - NEW basis CIV #2
18. Mayan- Pacal the Great- Postclassical #7 - NEW basis CIV #3


Pre-order bonus:
19. Polynesia - Kamehameha - Early Modern #4 - NEW basis CIV #4

DLC
20. Ottomans - Hürrem Sultan Roxelane- Postclassical #8 - Queen #5
21. Aztecs - Monti - Early Modern #4
22. Persia - Cyrus the Great - Ancient #6
23. Portugal - Manuel I - Early Modern #5
24. Gran Columbia - Bolivar - Early Modern #6 -NEW CIV #5
25. Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh - Late Modern #4 - NEW CIV #6
26. Poland - John III Sobieski - Early Modern #7
27. Prussia - Baron vom Stein - Late Modern #5- NEW CIV #7
28. Crete - Minos - Ancient #7 - NEW CIV #8

done

 

[GenyaArikado]

America - Eleanor Roosvelt
Argentina - Eva Peron
Inca - Paccha Duchicela
Mayan - Yohl Ik'nal

Byzantium - Theodora
China - Wu Zetian
India - Rani of Jhansi
Japan - Himiko
Scythia - Tomyris
Syria - Zenobia

Celts - Boudicca
England - Elizabeth
France - Catherine
Georgia - King Tamar
Greece - Gorgo
Knossos - Europa
Russia - Ekatherina
Spain - Isabella

Carthage - Dido
Egypt - Cleopatra
Madagascar - Ranavalona

 

[Homusubi]

America - Eleanor Roosvelt
Argentina - Eva Peron
Inca - Paccha Duchicela
Mayan - Yohl Ik'nal

Byzantium - Theodora
China - Wu Zetian
India - Rani of Jhansi
Japan - Himiko
Scythia - Tomyris
Syria - Zenobia

Celts - Boudicca
England - Elizabeth
France - Catherine
Georgia - King Tamar
Greece - Gorgo
Knossos - Europa
Russia - Ekatherina
Spain - Isabella

Carthage - Dido
Egypt - Cleopatra
Madagascar - Ranavalona

They're all women! I'm seriously impressed with this one.

 

[Titus Livy]

Leaders in brackets are additional leaders in DLC / Expansions.

Ones that missed the cut were Vietnam (a little too much in the Chinese sphere / domination for Civ-ness), Khazars (too brief on the world stage), Bulgaria (a little on the small side), Phoenicia (I decided was better represented as city-states + Carthage), Armenia and Israel (exactly what city-states represent in the game: small states jockeyed around by other powers).

I also consciously avoided leaders who were World War I or more recent to avoid too much controversy, and had 20% of the leaders be female.

Base game:

America - Theodore Roosevelt (John Adams, Abraham Lincoln)
Arabia - Baibars (Zenobia, Harun al-Rashid)
Babylon - Hammurabi (Nebuchadnezzar II)
Burma - Anawrahta (Shin Sawbu)
China - Taizong (Shihuangdi, Cixi)
Egypt - Hatshepsut (Djoser, Senusret III)
England - Athelstan (Elizabeth I, Victoria)
Ethiopia - Ezana (Zara Yaqob, Menelik II)
France - Richelieu (Charlemagne, Napoleon)
Germany - Barbarossa (Maximilian I, Bismarck)
Greece - Themistocles (Alexander)
Inca - Pachacuti (Occlo Qoya, Tupac Amaru II)
India - Shivaji (Ashoka, Chandragupta II)
Japan - Suiko (Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ito Hirobumi)
Persia - Khosrow I (Cyrus)
Rome - Julius Caesar (Marcus Aurelius, Constantine)
Russia - Ivan IV (Alexander Nevsky, Catherine)
Spain - El Cid (Isabella, Don John)

DLC:

Aztecs - Nezahualcoyotl (Montezuma I)
Scandinavia - Margaret I (Canute, Gustav II Adolf)

Expansion 1 (potential name: Rule the Waves)

Carthage - Hannibal (Dido)
Indonesia - Tribhuwana (Samaratungga)
Iroquois - Hiawatha (Dragging Canoe - the Cherokee speak an Iroquoian language so I feel comfortable enough blobbing)
Korea - Sejong (Seondeok, Wang Kon)
Maya - Lady Xoc (Pacal II)
Mongolia - Chinggis Khan (Sorgagtani, Timur)
Netherlands - Johan de Witt (William of Orange)
Polynesia - Salamasina (Kamehameha I)
Sumer - Gilgamesh (Sargon)
Turks - Suleiman I (Alp Arslan, Murad IV)

Expansion 2 (potential name: Blood and Iron)

Apache - Geronimo (Manuelito - blobbing in Navajo for same reason I blobbed Cherokee in with Iroquois)
Assyria - Samurammat (Tiglath-Pileser III)
Berbers - Kahina (Abd al-Rahman III, Yusuf ibn Tashfin)
Gauls - Vercingetorix (Chiomara - a Galatian queen)
Hungary - Istvan I (Matthias Corvinus)
Mali - Mansa Musa (Askia I)
Pashtuns - Nazo Toki (Ahmad Shah Durrani)
Scythia - Tomyris (Ateas)
Siam - Naresuan (Ram Khamhaeng, Mongkut)
Zulus - Shaka (Cetshwayo)

Expansion 3 (potential name: Land of Hope and Glory)

Brazil - Pedro II (Cunhambebe)
Byzantium - Alexios Komnenos (Theodora)
Dravida - Raja Raja I (Pulakesi II)
Hatti - Suppiluliumas I (Croesus - I thought this would be a little more interesting than just a second Hittite leader)
Italy - Lorenzo de Medici (Camilo di Cavour)
Khmer - Jayavarman VII (Suryavarman II)
Kongo - Anna Nzinga (Afonso I)
Portugal - João II (Maria)
Poland - Jadwiga (Sigismund II)
Swahili - Barghash bin Said (Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi)

 

[SMcM]

4. You must cater to your biggest markets (let's arbitrarily say any country representing over 10% of the customer base MUST be represented which seems reasonable, others are up to your judgment)

Spoiler :

Where is this chart from?

America - Eleanor Roosvelt
Argentina - Eva Peron
Inca - Paccha Duchicela
Mayan - Yohl Ik'nal

Byzantium - Theodora
China - Wu Zetian
India - Rani of Jhansi
Japan - Himiko
Scythia - Tomyris
Syria - Zenobia

Celts - Boudicca
England - Elizabeth
France - Catherine
Georgia - King Tamar
Greece - Gorgo
Knossos - Europa
Russia - Ekatherina
Spain - Isabella

Carthage - Dido
Egypt - Cleopatra
Madagascar - Ranavalona

 

[thecrazyscot]

Where is this chart from?

SteamSpy.

 

[SMcM]

Looking at that chart, you can really understand why so many people here always request Canada is added! I was really surprised by Russia being so high. I still reckon Germany is a more important market than Russia though (games will be sold for a lot more there).

However, it is worth noting that steam may not be completely representative of sales- for example, people in Japan and Korea may more often purchase games through other means.

Personally I mostly like the current roster, but if I had chosen (forgive me if I have forgotten something obvious) these would be what I would have gone with:

- America
- Arabia
- Aztecs
- Burma
- Carthage
- China
- Egypt
- England
- France
- Greece
- Inca
- India
- Kongo
- Mongols
- Ottomans
- Persia
- Rome
- Russia
- Spain

Avoided Germany, Netherlands and Portugal so that the roster would not be more excessively European than it already is.

 

[UnknownHuman]

1. America – Theodore Roosevelt
2. Arabia – Harun al-Rashid
3. Aztec – Moctezuma I
4. China – Yongle
5. Egypt – Hatshepsut
6. England – Elizabeth I
7. France – Philippe II Auguste
8. Germany – Frederick II
9. Greece – Pericles
10. India – Ashoka
11. Japan – Hojo Tokimune
12. Mali – Musa Keita I
13. Mutapa – Nyatsimba Mutota
14. Persia – Khosrow I
15. Rome – Trajan
16. Russia – Catherine II
17. Spain – Philip II
18. Sumer – Ur-Nammu

DLCs + Pre-order

1. Scythia – Tomyris (pre-order)

1. Khmer – Jayavarman VII
2. Ottoman – Mehmed II
3. Mongolia – Genghis Khan
4. Korea – Sejong
5. Poland – Jadwiga

Extension [...]

 

[BackseatTyrant]

Americas:
USA is by far the largest market, so it felt pretty obvious to have the US represented. The other choices were a bit tougher, though. I knew I wanted (at least) one Latin colonial, and (at least) one indigenous civilization for the new world, but I also wanted to break from the regular pattern. Alas, going with Aztecs and Brazil just made sense, with Brazil being the biggest market in Latin America, thus excluding any indigenous civ from SA. Which left me with a CA slot, of which Aztec Empire fit the best; the Maya and Olmec were to fragmented civilizations in OTL.

• North America - ((((((USA)))))), led by Abraham Lincoln (Navy Blue/Scarlet)
• Central America - ((((((Aztec Empire)))))), led by Montezuma I (Jade/Lime)
• South America - ((((((Brazil))))))), led by Pedro II (Green/Yellow)

Europe:
In order to repress the Eurocentric themes, I only gave my home continent four civs to share, with each quarter of Europe got some kind of representation. Looking at the stats, it looked pretty clear to me that the UK should get the top priority when it comes to representation. Germany and France, I thought, had to much of a central position geographically speaking, so I ditched them and replaced them with Denmark and Latium respectively. Seing how geographicallly peripheral and historically important Russia as been in Eastern/Slavic Europe, the fourth slot was a no-brainer.

• Northern Europe - ((((((Denmark)))))), led by Margaret I (Yellow/Red)
• Western Europe - ((((((England)))))), led by Winston Churchill (White/Teal)
• Southern Europe - ((((((Latium)))))), led by Augustus Caesar (Maroon/Gold)
• Eastern Europe - ((((((Russia)))))), led by Catherine the Great (Wine/Sky Blue)

MENA Region:
I was actually only going to have two civs from this region, in order to not pass the 18 civs limit. But when I finished sorting, I found I had only assigned 16 slots, so I decided to assign two more for North Africa and Middle East. I decided for this region, to split the slots chronologically, in this case by the advent of the Abrahamic religions, which I consider to be a rather important event in world history.

• Pre-Abrahamic 1 - ((((((Egypt)))))), led by Hatshepsut (Beige/Cobalt)
• Pre-Abrahamic 2 - ((((((Assyria)))))), led by Shammuramat (White/Orange)
• Abrahamic 1 - ((((((Arabia)))))), led by Umar ibn Al-Khattab (Sky Blue/Navy Blue)
• Abrahamic 2 - ((((((Turkey)))))), led by Suleiman the Magnificent (Turquoise/Maroon)

Sub-Saharan Africa:
Again, for the sake of evenly spread civs, I went with three slots placed in Sahel, Horn of Africa and Congo Basin respectively. I purposefully skipped southern Africa.

• West Africa - ((((((Mali)))))), led by Mansa Musa (Gold/Black)
• Central Africa - ((((((Angola)))))), led by Anna Nzinga (Blue/Cream)
• East Africa - ((((((Ethiopia)))))), led by Menelik II (Lime/Scarlet)

Asia:
So long, Gandhi! Hello, cradle of two of India's most glorious dynasties!

• India - ((((((Magadha)))))), led by Chandragupta Maurya (Orange/Yellow)
• Far East 1 - ((((((China)))))), led by Qin Shihuang (Teal/White)
• Far East 2 - ((((((Japan)))))), led by Meiji (Rose Red/Cherry Pink)
• South East Asia - ((((((Vietnam)))))), led by the Trung Sisters (Peach/Blue)