What is your first game looking like? (It's almost here)

I still want to play Tecumseh as my first game. Coolest looking leader ever. And I'm still leaning on Greece, Normans, America.
 
I'm thinking Egypt > Abbasid > Mughal
Led by Amina, Ibn Battuta, or Hatshepsut.
 
Hopefully Random Leader. Pick the most Historically accurate Civs. Otherwise start with Amina
 
Elhoim said:
Caesar, Rome, maybe Spain after, Huge map, one of the slowest speeds.
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Well, Huge map is out, Standard then. Probably Epic speed, but I'd extend the ages in the advanced option so that they last longer.
 
My go to is usually a science win with the Mayans. I might try that, evolving into Mexico for the Modern Age, but I'm not thrilled with any of the Exploration Age choices in terms of faux historical logical coherence. Also don't know who my leader would be in that case. I'm also interested in doing an economic victory route (because that's new) or a military victory route (because it finally doesn't involve the tedium of conquering most of the world). I might try either one of those with an end civ of America, a civ I almost never play because the anachronism of colonial civs in 4000 BC has always bothered me. (I know, I know, immortal and mythological leaders, Babylon in 2000 AD, bla bla, civ's never been about strict historical realism, but I have my own peculiar tastes in terms of what I'm willing to accept.)
 
I feel like I won't know what my first game will be until the first dlc civs are announced (I pray by civ 7 launch). For example I think Prussia is awesome but if the goths or HRE are added within a month I'd rather wait.

Based on what we know, long age speed, maybe epic overall speed. I'm thinking Jose Rizal or Himiko (depending on their abilities) with Khmer Hawaii and perhaps Japan (Siam city state play style doesn't interest me much).
 
Tecumseh Missisipian>Shawnee. Not sure about the Modern age. Maybe Mexico, just because I'm really glad they're in the game.
 
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Definitely Greece -> Spain
Leaning towards Prussia
(This is due to the fact that I really want to start with Greece, but want to pursue different paths to play towards America, France, Mexico, etc.)
Leaning towards Fredrich, Oblique, but still considering Machiavelli or Tecumseh, possibly

My strategy is going to lean heavily on Befriending Independent Peoples and adding them to my Empire right before the Age transitions
I'm also looking to recruit Great People in every Age
(I'm curious to see if the civs evolve as I predict they would, given my choices as the player)

Homeland:
Augustus of Persia (Abbasid -> Mughal)
Charlemagne of Rome (Normans-> France)
Lafayette of the Khmer (Indonesia -> Siam)

Distant Lands:
Ben Franklin of the Mississippi (Hawaii -> America)
Isabella of the Maya (Inca -> Mexico)

Governor difficulty
Standard Speed
Long Ages
Continents plus map type
Standard map size
 
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Either Ben Franklin or Tecumseh, doing Mississippian > Shawnee > America, going for a culture victory, to continue the tradition I started when I got 5 of my first game being for a culture victory as America.
 
Riconatic said:
Do we have in nice (table) format all civs and leaders. What would be designed to compare all bonuses of leaders and civs to others and plan mix/match first game.

Thus far I have been using combo of https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Civilizations_(Civ7) and

Game Guide | Sid Meier's Civilization VII

Learn more about the civilizations, leaders, and gameplay mechanics in the Game Guide for Sid Meier's Civilization VII!
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I‘ve made an excel file that contains all civ and leader bonuses with a color code, and also lets you choose leader + 3 consecutive civs and display the bonuses next to each other.

However, it‘s not complete yet. I have all revealed leaders, and all antiquity civs, but currently only ca. half of the exploration civs.

I‘m happy to share the file if someone wants to convert it to an online version, once it’s completed. Or share PDFs of the leaders and antiquity civs now, if you are interested.
 
Siptah said:
I‘ve made an excel file that contains all civ and leader bonuses with a color code, and also lets you choose leader + 3 consecutive civs and display the bonuses next to each other.

However, it‘s not complete yet. I have all revealed leaders, and all antiquity civs, but currently only ca. half of the exploration civs.

I‘m happy to share the file if someone wants to convert it to an online version, once it’s completed. Or share PDFs of the leaders and antiquity civs now, if you are interested.
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Thank you. That is exactly something I was looking for! However I am not in rush if you are still working on it...
 
I think Egypt or Aksum lead by either Haysheput or Ibn Battua. From there I will just go with the flow.

I want a quite vanilla civ to begin with but I am not that into Rome.
 
I'm pretty happy that Maya unlocks Hawai'i as that settles my antiquity and exploration age. Just gonna have to make a push for some coastal access which shouldn't be too hard.

Torn between Trung Trac, Isabella, and Ibn Battuta for my first leader.

I'll have to see what Meiji is like for a 3rd age - or else push to do whatever unlocks Siam... I really wish the civ unlocks were completely free! Russia and France feel out of place. I don't like America or Qing, Mexico doesn't feel very synergistic...
 
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Uberfrog said:
If this isn’t an option, it really should be, especially as it is how it will default in multiplayer anyway!
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I did not know that. Where was that revealed? Maybe my first game will be a "multiplayer" with only one human selected...
 
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