new civ 6 game?

[greenline]

long time no see. I recently picked up civ 6 on sale and found the gameplay fun and the AI weak, either effortless or tedious on high difficulties. i'd be interested in a game against other players, preferably greenish. i can possibly draft a friend to play but his presence would be unreliable and also i dont think he'd be very competitive unless he was on my team and i was giving advice

signups so far:
greenline
ljubljana

proposed settings
script: pangaea, map balanced to the extent any mapmaker willing to put in
world age: new
rainfall: standard
resources: abundant
no city states
barbs on
3-5 players
pick selection: randomized groups of three, with dumb civs (scythia) excluded. plus 1-2 allowed rerolls

- DoF blocking allowed with no restrictions
-- Embarked units supporting naval fights - no restrictions
- - Banned wonders: Venetian arsenal, Statue of Zeus
- Banned pantheons: Religious settlements
- When a DoF is offered it must be accepted or rejected on the same turn. This is because there is no way to retract a DoF and the player who received the offer can hold it and accept it at a later turn, which will start the 30 turn timer from that point - something that the sender may no longer wish.
- No tactical DoWs regarding Australia, Persia, and India.
- Ending turn with shift-enter is not allowed.
- Work ethic - banned completely

- Banned civs: Sumeria, Maori, Scythia

[Bruindane]

Take a look at https://www.playyourdamnturn.com/game/listOpen for a wider net.

The level of civ6 play here was exceptional to lurk, though with no active games and with multiple past participants swearing never again I'm not sure how much green interest there is.

I don't play with spreadsheets so that makes me a greenish noob, but a little mp experience keeping together a minor power that was too annoying to conquer is my only victory so far. Well, at least in my telling it is. Playing other games, but Civ6 was a beauty.

[Krill]

I'm very much a green at civ6 and would be interested in playing another game

[greenline]

So that's one potential signup down. Fingers crossed we can get a few more...

I never followed the later games enough to tell what caused all the regulars to swear off of Civ 6. From cursory readings all I can tell is that thrawn seemed to win over and over again.

Is it too early to discuss map settings? I wasn't in a huge hurry for a 'naval' focused game (water heavy maps take out a lot of the fun of district management), but I can accede to that if everyone else prefers

[TheArchduke]

Depends on setup and players.

[greenline]

how would this go for preliminary settings...

script: pangaea
world age: new
aridity: standard
resources: abundant
barbs on
3-5 players
pick selection: randomized groups of three, with dumb civs (scythia) excluded. plus 1-2 allowed rerolls
map can be mostly random with touchups for balance. i don't know who would make one though

not sure what the 'standard' ban list would be either. the last game i followed closely was PBEM 7

[ljubljana]

sigh, i might not be green anymore but i guess i'm probably down...

one (soft) suggestion to tilt the meta in a slightly less CS-snowbally direction: maybe we should try using just one CS per player instead of the usual 2? or, since that could cause some unintended variance re PoliPhil inspiration, we could even try a no-CS game. it's a bit of a blunt instrument (and probably an overcorrective one) but it IS an underexplored space here variant-wise, as far as i can tell...

[greenline]

I wouldn't mind trying a no CS game. will make early culture generation and gold that much more important. But I'd want to hear from the other potential signups before pushing on that path

[Bruindane]

The last game's bans and rules
https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/show...p?tid=1079

These don't include the new leaders that were introduced with the leader pass. Perhaps a good clarifying question is if this game uses standard rules, rise and fall, or gathering storm?

Lurking, hopefully.

[Chevalier Mal Fet]

I will lurk but have no time for a game, sadly.