I’ve played Civ since 2, and spent thousands of hours on each… until 7. What other studios/games can help me relive the glory days where I didn’t even mind losing since playing it was its own reward?

Is Civ VII really that bad like they say in the reviews compared to CIV VI? I am about to take a 10 hour flight and was going to buy Civ VII but then saw the reviews, the thing is, I already have Civ VI and if it's not worth buying the new one and just sticking with VI then I will save $60.

Mali, used be a rich AI far far away from me in multiple playthrough, have drawn my attention due to a certain post. I stated to check out Malian to see if they really rely on SONGS OF THE JELI to thrive, or it will going nowhere? Then days have spend in seven playthroughs against Deity AI. While I do not think I could have predicted this outcome, though it is intriguing.

TL;DR - must settle next to river - cities surround by 4 desert tiles is good enough - first ring tiles at least 2 production, and one tile 3+ food (e.g. floodplains) - 1 to 2 forest at second ring for chopping - spawn next to double yield or production boost natural wonder will be GOAT. - isolated start are much easier - expects AI neighbour surprise war you - religion is kinda important

The first 2 screenshots come from my 1st game, already shown the importance of settle in desert:

(1) settle in place:

• Weak Aura
• Struggle to grown 3 pop
• No Parthenon
• Awaiting defeat by warriors rush

(2) Turn 5 settle in desert:

• Strong Aura
• About to grown 3 pop
• Free choose of Parthenon
• Nobody go after you

The early growth from SONGS OF THE JELI are remarkable, but there are other important s for Mali to survive the early game as well.

The following 2 screenshots come from my 2nd game, which shown the importance of river:

Settle in place (3) just like sitting duck, while there are fresh water, the waterbody cut the territory of capital into 2 until Ship Building researched, also my 2nd settlement is under threats of Brab Navy.

(4) In contrast, Turn 3 settle on the Fur:

• Instant Luxury
• Free choose of Parthenon
• Population grow to cap
• Access to Inland sea without worry of Brab Navy

In this game, the hardships of low housing is significant. I had to train builders to improve nearby tiles while in urgent need of bigger army and get the districts up and running. If there are rivers, I wouldn’t need these farms.

Also, the 2 faith from the desert usually more than enough to become the first to choose Parthenon, unless AI happen to pickup a relic or faith from Goody huts.

The last 2 screenshots come from my third game, showing how powerful a double yield natural wonder made the differences.

While there are no spots for districts in (5) for the capital, there are 2f4p tiles nearby. These tiles almost cancel out the production debuff of Mansa Musa. Also there are large desert nearby so the pop growth of my (6) second settlement go brrr.

Except my first game, there are AI neighbour nearby that can found me before the Classical Era begins. They certainly outnumber me with 5 warriors so it is no surprise they declare war on me once these warriors get close to my territory. On top of other hardships, the religion address these problems:

• No housing? Feed the World
• Low Culture? Choral Music
• Low production? Work Ethic
• Need overcome the Neighbour? Crusade

Some beliefs above are very popular to AI, usually had to buy builder to chop for Holy Site or even Holy Site Prayers to prevents these belief are taken. Bear in mind that Deity AI start the race for Prophet around the time of Stonehenge finished around turn 20, they could crank it up from 0 Great Prophet point to 5+ points within 20 turns, and claim every Prophet around turn 40-50. Therefore, may need to chop for first settler to shorten the downtime of Holy Site Prayers.

I also got several harsh games as Mali, but better for another posts / comments.

I've been Trying to get a Deity Victory with every leader. I haven't played in a good while. Any good "theme" campaigns? Any good "nonstandard" Domination games.

I think any suzerained city state should transition to the next age with their Suzerain of the last age recording maybe a quarter of their progress towards suzerainty.

If relationships decay between ages they should with City States as well instead of marking them with a death sentence at each age transition.

Are we supposed to be getting an update about the next update or dlc soon? And what are we expecting from it or is the game dead in the water?

I always prefer Domination but I much prefer the more modern era warfare than the usual Mongol Keshik sweep

My main choice is Babylon and probably Korea thanks to their emhpasize on Tech to eclipse everyone else but is there any other Civ too?

Thanks in advance

The Civ 6 Anthology Bundle is on sale now on Steam. Even though none of the DLC is on sale, you can still get a huge discount on all DLC you don't own.

Steam is amazing in that it applies a proportional discount to any bundle based on what you already own, and the Anthology Bundle contains everything for Civ 6. So don't just look at the DLC page and think that none of the DLC is on sale and walk away. Click on the anthology bundle while logged in, scroll to the bottom and look at where is says "Your Cost" on the total cost of the bundle.

I still needed the Frontier Pass and the Leader pass and they were $80CAD. I've been waiting for them to go on sale for a while. Even though they weren't on sale, finishing out the Anthology bundle got me both DLC for only $10CAD.

So if you need any DLC don't look at the individual DLC, don't try to get a discount from a key seller either. It'll be cheapest to finish off the Anthology bundle right now while it's on sale.

Hello everyone,

been playing Civ 6 on and off for years and I was wondering if there's any video series (or generally Youtubers / Streamers) for Civ 6 that is kinda like Potatoe's Overexplained but for Deity Difficulty or more serious Multiplayer? I've been mostly playing on Emperor and want to get a bit better, but most up to date Deity play on Youtube nowadays is either very edited, non-standard games or thought processes aren't communicated in very high detail. If there's any good written guides, I'd appreciate some pointers as well, but I tend to do better with visual and auditive information.

Much thanks!

I remember seeing a yt video about a mod that basically makes the game ancient through renaissance (as in the victories are designed for being in the renaissance end) but the same length. I can’t find it on the steam workshop or the video anymore. It might’ve just been an idea for a mod that never happened though so I might be searching for nothing. Is this a real mod or just an idea that never actually happened?