Which Civ will you pick for your first BNW game?

[Cymsdale]

Random! (reroll if I get Germany because they are lame)

 

[Ulthwithian]

I'm going to try for the Spice Road Achievement first. Probably with new France, maybe Arabia (though isn't Arabia one of the Civs you have to connect to?).

 

[codepoet]

Right on! So that makes two of us.

Noice - we're in the cool kids club then.
I figure I'll explore the archaeology system late in the game by digging up ruins of enemy cities and commemorating victorious battle locations.
I can have small role-playing moments. I am intrigued by the concept of the archaeology system's ability to tie in past skirmishes from your game. More than anything else that might make the end-game more interesting for me.

 

[janboruta]

France against all nine new civs. I just need to check out all leaderscreens while exploring new culture system.

 

[Ogrelord]

They can easily meet all the other civs first, which means they get to build the world congress first if they do. I think anyways.

You still need Printing Press. And you don't get to 'build' World Congress. You become the host of the First World Congress and get an extra delegate vote.

 

[MadMage86]

Random! (reroll if I get Germany because they are lame)

Yeah... personally I'd have preferred if they focused more on post-industrial Germany than ancient-era Germany and grabbed them a UA that grants them easier/better Great Engineers or something; perhaps even a unique factory that grants additional land/air unit experience.

 

[Ogrelord]

For my own first personal BNW game, I think I will take Arabia.
I want to created some sort the Premiere Holy City destination of World Religion. I will definitely take the belief that generated Tourism from Faith buildings. I will try to aim for a Culture VC with a religion base.

 

[adwcta]

Ottoman. Gunboat Diplomacy tenant in Autocracy. Diplo victory. Piety opener.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I'm constantly changing my opinion. I think I'll just pick random and reroll until I get one fo the new civs or France.

 

[blackcatatonic]

France! I'm really interested in the culture game and I want to know how they will play with the changes.

My first game with a totally new Civ will be Morocco, followed either by Indonesia or Venice. I'm less interested in the others but I'll get to them all eventually.

 

[djvandyke]

I’m going for a Zulu Impi rush
A militaristic conquest game is probably best until I figure out exactly how culture, tourism and diplomacy now work

 

[InsanelyApple]

Maybe Byzantium. Build the world's most powerful religion using the new piety, crusade the nonbelievers, and then force it to be the world religion using the WC.

 

[DaNuke]

I will play Scramble for Africa with Belgium,Boers and Egypt,After this i will play with Poland or Morocco,and After I will play with France *--*

 

[crazyundead]

Shoshone seem OP as hell. Great at early game snowballing advantage for late game dominance.

Morocco looks like it will replace Arabia as the OP desert civ (Petra + UB = 6 production desert hills!!!)

 

[rkade8583]

Celts. It's what I do.

 

[N2dFuture]

I'm going with the Shoshone because they will provide a good but unspecialized foundation for the later game that will allow me to learn all the new systems.

 

[les berceaux]

First will be France, against the new civs. Either on Earth or Small Continents map. Second will be Portugal.

 

[les berceaux]

Celts. It's what I do.

Celts was my first Civ for Gods & Kings!

 

[Calouste]

What is so great about Polynesia?

Maoi.

There is going to be a lot less culture in the early game now that culture buildings beyond the Monument only have 1 base culture, and Maoi can provide a lot of culture. And they provide tourism in the late game.

 

[livsbrand]

Wanna try culture first and I like UIs. Morocco and France are possible but Brazil will probably take the cake. Looking forawrd to that jungle. However I seem to have accidentally voted for Poland.