Password (the randomly generated name of my faction in my current Rimworld game):
Normally I have some sort of musical theme in my games, but as I'm still listening to the same music as when PB41 started, I've decided to go for something a little different, and name my cities after my pawns in my Rimworld game.
With that out of the way, I guess I'd better talk about civs/leaders for the snake pick.
I think I've already decided what I want to do though, and that is play as the Aztecs and see how much I can exploit the Sacrificial Altar.
That of course means picking an ORG leader, of which there are nine.
The question becomes, do I pick the Aztecs first to ensure I get them, or pick a good ORG leader first, hoping that the Aztecs come back around. I think I'm going to do the latter, since a good ORG leader will be good even if the Aztecs aren't available when I pick my civ.
ORG Leader List:
Asoka: SPI. Spiritual is good, but not really going to be my focus here since it's not as though I plan on swapping out of slavery all that much.
Darius: FIN. A little better this version with a bonus to Library construction, and the non-riverside nature of the bonus is actually pretty good too, since I'm likely to be farming every riverside tile I have for the food required to maintain a 5 turn whip cycle in my cities.
Frederick: PHI. Doing it in 41, so not interested.
Hammurabi: AGG. Good if I plan on whipping out armies to conquer my neighbors, but not one of the best traits imo.
Julius Caesar: IMP. One of the best leaders in the game straight up, adding the Sac Altars isn't going to make him worse.
Mehmed II: EXP. Lots of building bonuses with this combo, which goes along well with all the whipping, letting me whip those buildings for less population than otherwise.
Napoleon: CHA. Extra happy means more whipping (a 3-turn cycle instead of 5 for example, wiht the righjt amount of food). Also see what I say about Hamm, CHA is good for war as well as AGG/
Roosevelt: IND. I imagine that plenty of IND leaders are going to be picked this game, to give the newly reworked trait a try, but I don't think I'm going to be one of them, it's not one of my favourite traits, maybe I'll give this version a try in SP.
Zara Yaqob: CRE. Another good leader in general, I don't think that CRE has any synergy with Sac Altars, but free border pops go with every civ (except the Incans).
So of those leaders, the three I like the most are Julius Ceasar, Zara Yaqob, and Mehmed II, in that order. Since I'm second in the snake pick I think I'm pretty likely to get JC this game.
Normally I have some sort of musical theme in my games, but as I'm still listening to the same music as when PB41 started, I've decided to go for something a little different, and name my cities after my pawns in my Rimworld game.
With that out of the way, I guess I'd better talk about civs/leaders for the snake pick.
I think I've already decided what I want to do though, and that is play as the Aztecs and see how much I can exploit the Sacrificial Altar.
That of course means picking an ORG leader, of which there are nine.
The question becomes, do I pick the Aztecs first to ensure I get them, or pick a good ORG leader first, hoping that the Aztecs come back around. I think I'm going to do the latter, since a good ORG leader will be good even if the Aztecs aren't available when I pick my civ.
ORG Leader List:
Asoka: SPI. Spiritual is good, but not really going to be my focus here since it's not as though I plan on swapping out of slavery all that much.
Darius: FIN. A little better this version with a bonus to Library construction, and the non-riverside nature of the bonus is actually pretty good too, since I'm likely to be farming every riverside tile I have for the food required to maintain a 5 turn whip cycle in my cities.
Frederick: PHI. Doing it in 41, so not interested.
Hammurabi: AGG. Good if I plan on whipping out armies to conquer my neighbors, but not one of the best traits imo.
Julius Caesar: IMP. One of the best leaders in the game straight up, adding the Sac Altars isn't going to make him worse.
Mehmed II: EXP. Lots of building bonuses with this combo, which goes along well with all the whipping, letting me whip those buildings for less population than otherwise.
Napoleon: CHA. Extra happy means more whipping (a 3-turn cycle instead of 5 for example, wiht the righjt amount of food). Also see what I say about Hamm, CHA is good for war as well as AGG/
Roosevelt: IND. I imagine that plenty of IND leaders are going to be picked this game, to give the newly reworked trait a try, but I don't think I'm going to be one of them, it's not one of my favourite traits, maybe I'll give this version a try in SP.
Zara Yaqob: CRE. Another good leader in general, I don't think that CRE has any synergy with Sac Altars, but free border pops go with every civ (except the Incans).
So of those leaders, the three I like the most are Julius Ceasar, Zara Yaqob, and Mehmed II, in that order. Since I'm second in the snake pick I think I'm pretty likely to get JC this game.
