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Murihiku
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09 Jan 2017, 9:31 am

^ Jadwiga, 14th century "King" of Poland. Yep, a female king.

More detailed info on Wikipedia, including politics and cultural/spiritual endeavours:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland


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10 Jan 2017, 8:48 am

^ Cool!!

I know Civ V is old now but I'm tempted to try This!


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12 Jan 2017, 4:19 am

^ Cool, an Australian civ mod. I've seen a couple of them, but I don't normally use mods.
There are a couple of NZ ones too, but they're kinda underwhelming.
At least Civ 5 has the Polynesia civ in it. That's nice.


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12 Jan 2017, 6:29 am

Does Civ 6 have touch screen support?

I know Civ 5 did but I'm not sure about Civ 6.

The reason I ask is because I think it would be a great game to play during my commute on a Windows tablet thingie.


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07 Feb 2017, 3:15 pm

Countless hours on civ II, 541 hours on civ V.
Played civ IV for a while, but it started crashing when I upgraded to Win 7.


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21 Feb 2017, 1:45 pm

RetroGamer87 wrote:
^ Cool!!

I know Civ V is old now but I'm tempted to try This!

Guess what, mate?

Civ 6 has released details of its next civ ... and it's Australia!



Basic information:
Leader: John Curtin (Prime Minister during WW2)
Colours: Green and gold (obviously)
Theme song: looks like Waltzing Matilda (again, obvious choice)
Unique improvement: Outback station
Unique unit: Digger

More info: http://civilization.com/news/entries#ci ... -australia

I think it's going to be released as part of the wider Summer 2017 update to the game (which probably means winter 2017 down here). Cannot wait!! !

:D :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :D


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22 Feb 2017, 7:51 am

Awesome!

At last we Aussies can take over the world!!



Should should have given us a bonus for our tiles being more likely to contain uranium so we can make nukes :D


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26 Feb 2017, 1:19 am

Okay ... so, they actually decided to release it yesterday. 8O (I guess when they called it the "Australian Summer Update" they meant "when it's summer in Australia". :lol: ) It cost $5 as DLC, or it downloads automatically if you have digital deluxe version of the game. It includes some updates to the overall game (including modding tools), plus the new Australia civ and a new Australian scenario.

So yeah, I've been playing as Australia since yesterday. I wish they had stuck to green and gold for Australia's colours but they've gone with sunburnt orange and white, with a kangaroo as their emblem. At least they kept Waltzing Matilda as Australia's theme song. I'll admit to feeling proud when it started playing. :P I think civs have some alternate music during the Ancient Era, because there was also another version of Waltzing Matilda, along with a rendition of Click Go the Shears (remember that song? :wink: ) and some nice Aboriginal music.



Haven't finished my game with Oz yet, since my relatives have been over this weekend, but some of Australia's bonuses look pretty cool. Pastures give a culture bomb similar to Poland's, and an Outback Station gives them additional food and production. Coastal cities also get +3 housing, plus some districts get additional yields when built on tiles with charming (+2) or breathtaking (+4) appeal ("Land Down Under" ... personally I would've called this trait "The Lucky Country"). And there's a +100% production boost for 10 turns when someone declares war on you, or for 20 turns if you liberate a city ("Citadel of Civilisation" ... something to do with WW2, I think). There's also the Digger as a unique unit, which replaces the Infantry and has additional strength when fighting on coasts, neutral soil or foreign soil.

Overall, I really enjoy playing as Australia. Especially with the added yields to campuses – I might start using it as one of my science-focused civs. Heck, I'll probably use it as my default civ. :mrgreen:


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