civ 6 "little league" game?

[greenline]

Mali also penalizes you, although some brave person may think the benefits outweigh the downsides...

[Whosit]

I think that if we're going to create a curated of approved Civs/Leaders, we need to develop some criteria so that it's not based on just vibes or personal preferences.

[Krill]

I don't think anyone on this forum has the knowledge or skill to create a functioning balance mod or ban list for civ 6, and the skill level within games has been all over the place so I don't take the results as gospel.

Edit: To be clear, I'm not saying that variant games shouldn't be played: I'm saying that playing without restrictions should also be on the table. I know I wouldn't play a game with arbitrary restrictions created by players that don't know what they are doing, nor the effect of those restrictions.

[pindicator]

Yeah, I certainly don't see myself as qualified to decide those things- much the reason why I didn't say anything about settings in the game I signed up for recently.

Edit: I do give more credence to a curated balance mod like BBG because it's in use by a large community and constantly being updated. It's certainly not perfect but none of them ever are

[yuris125]

I would be up for a BBG game starting in the second half of February. Have travel plans until then, and while I won't be completely offline, don't want to join new games

Civ7 will be out by then as well, and we'll know if RB has much interest in it

[Krill]

I'm going to Japan in March, back the weekend before Easter. I'll be looking to start a new game or two around that point as well (hyper random RtR game, maybe the same for basic civ 6 etc).

[Japper007]

I'm going to Vienna first week of March, so I'd wait until after that as well before signing up.

[TheArchduke]

I would like to join.

And we need to update the MJW banlist.

[williams482]

This was the original intention of PBEM18, hence the unconventional civ roster in that game (although it turned out that Phoenicia are actually just good). The trick is in picking which civs are "weak" enough to qualify. PBEM18 had the players submit lists of who they thought were the (six? eight?) weakest civs, and the most "popular" of those were used in the draw.

One simple option is just doing a draw of all non-banned, non-NFP civs which have never been played at RB. Or for a less restrictive set, all civs which have never been played more than once and never won.

[Chevalier Mal Fet]

Leaders who have never won in RB (never played in bold):

Base:
Cleopatra
Catherine
Gorgo
Pericles
Gandhi
Mvemba a Nzinga
Tomyris
Philip
Gilgamesh

Rise & Fall
Seondeok
Wilhemina
Chandragupta
Tamar
Robert the Bruce?
Lautoro
Shaka

Gathering Storm:
Kupe
Wilfrid
Pachacuti
Mansa Musa
Kristina
Eleanor

New Frontier:
Lady Six Sky
Simon Bolivar
Menelik
Basil II
Ambiorix
Hammurabi
Ba Trieu
Kublai Khan
Joao II 

Leader Pass:
Abraham Lincoln
Nzinga Mbande
Tokugawa
Nader Shah
Wu Zetian
Ramses
Sundiata Keta
Theodora
Sejong
Ludwig
Elizabeth I

Misc:
Jadwiga
John Curtin
Cyprus? 
Jayavarman
Gitarja 

Couple of those I need to double-check. But that's the initial list you'd be drawing from, with quite a few strong "never wons" and some interesting "never playeds."