Great General: Eulji Mundeok

For those who don't know, Eulji Mundeok was a Korean general who led the kingdom of Goguryeo in a victory against the much larger Sui China. This defeat was a big factor in the collapse of this Sui Dynasty.

Effect: When retired, gives adjacent units +5 Combat Strength against units with a Higher Combat Strength than them.

Great Writer: Roald Dahl

Great Works: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda

Great Scientist: Copernicus

Copernicus gives Recon units trained in the city +1 Sight, and triggers the Eureka for Astrology.

Great Prophet: Apostle Paul

Great Artist: Salvador Dali

Great Works: The Persistence of Memory

Leader: Ramesses II

Civilization: Egyptian

Civ ability: Iteru

+15% production towards districts and wonders built next to a river. Floodplains don't prevent placement of districts and wonders.

Leader ability: Abu Simbel

+4 production from deserts. Districts built on desert tiles produce +1 production.

Unique Unit: Maryannu Chariot Archer

Replaces Heavy Chariot. Same as base game.

Unique Infrastructure: Sphinx

Built by Builder. Same as base game.

Alternate Leader: Appius Claudius

Civilization: Rome

Leader Ability: Via Appia

+1 Movement to units beginning their turn on a Road. Cities with a Governor get +1 Production and Amenity.

Leader Agenda: Censor

Tries to keep his cities content and build advanced roads throughout his lands, and likes leaders that do the same. Dislikes leaders that have little or outdated roads in their lands.

Civilization Ability: All Roads Leads to Rome

Same as base game.

Civilization Unique Unit: Legion

Same as base game.

Civilization Unique Infrastructure: Bath

Same as base game.

Leader is... Кость Левицький!

So, after I got the Pirates Scenario, I decided to continue a game I had pre-Pirates Update, only to find I could not load it. I thought this was weird, and so I decided to start a new one, and it worked for a while, and then decided not to respond after I clicked the Great Person button. I also couldn't save my game. Anyone else have this problem?

Alternate Leader: John F. Kennedy

Civilization: America

Leader Ability: What You Can Do For Your Country

Gain +5 Loyalty and +2 Production in all cities after being declared on by a civilization following a different government than yours. 20% additional production towards Space Race projects and WMDs.

Leader Agenda: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

Likes civilizations that follow the same government as him, and will try to ally with them. Dislikes civilizations that do not follow the same government as him.

Civilization Ability: Founding Fathers

Same as base game, R&F, and GS

Civilization Unique Unit: P-51 Mustang

Same as base game

Civilization Unique Infrastructure: Film Studio

Same as base game

Diplomatic Adjustment -

OK, so, this is just to make more use out of two of the game's mechanics, so it’s not a huge deal.

With this proposed adjustment, instead of players & AI voting all at once, and in the case of players, completely blind of other player’s votes, this will adjust the voting order based on Grievances and player’s can get info on any other voter based on your diplomatic visibility.

The player with the most grievances against them votes first, going in descending order. In the case of a tie, the voting order (among the tie) is decided randomly.

As each person votes, player’s and AI can gather information about prior votes based on Access Level.

Religion Overhaul-

So, I will preface this with saying I don’t like the way a religious victory is handled.

“Everyone worships the same things, all our problems are solved” doesn’t feel like much of a victory to me.

And outside of aesthetics, it’s fairly linear on its own, and doesn’t do much to distinguish itself from domination in any meaningful way. And all its problems compound into the lack of depth of the religion gameplay at large from the limited beliefs to the whole 3 religious units available.

So, obviously, I want some reworks, but let’s start with what stays the same.

Holy Sites, their buildings, the Current Religious Units, Founder Beliefs, & Worship Beliefs stay the same. Now, let’s get into the changes.

The number of Great Prophet founded religions for each map size is reduced by 1, this becomes important later.

When Founding a Religion, choose 3 beliefs instead of 2 (1 Founder, 1 Worship, & 1 Follower).

Afterwards, not unlike in JFD's Rule with Faith, Great Theologians can be earned, to get more beliefs, and other Religious enhancements.

Unlike in the base game however, there is no limit to the number of Follower & Enhancer Beliefs a religion can have. And any player can add beliefs to religions, not just founders.

Enhancer Beliefs have been changed to affect only the player that gave the religion that belief, and the number of Follower & Enhancer beliefs has been increased.

Now, the most important change is that converting all civs to your founded religion no longer gives you a religious victory. Instead any player can win a Religious Victory, and Religious Victories can be won in more than one way.

Once a religion has accumulated 15 Beliefs across all players, its Meaning of Life will be revealed to all players following it as a majority religion. The Meaning of Life is a pseudo-randomly chosen win condition based on the beliefs of the religion (different beliefs affect the chances of getting certain Meanings of Life).

Now, I’m not done with the chart detailing the relations between beliefs and meanings of life, but I am working on it.

Similarly certain civs (Kongo) may want balance changes to utilize the new changes effectively, and I am working on this also.

Anyways, those things to come, I also have some additional Religious Units to spice up theological combat.

Disciple - Unlocks with Civil Service

Built with Production instead of bought with faith.

3 Movement

130 Religious Strength

2 Spreads

Gets stronger when near stronger allied religious units

Qadi - Unlocks with Education

You must have a Campus to purchase

1 Movement

4 Spreads

240 Religious Strength

Unique Promotions

Archbishop - Unlocks with Diplomatic Service

Can only be purchased in cities with a Diplomatic Quarter or Government Plaza

4 Movement

260 Religious Strength

3 Spreads

Gets 2 Additional Spreads and +20 Religious Strength when Purchased by the Founder of the Religion

Grants a free belief when Purchased by a non-founding civ.

Some of the effects on this post directly correlate to the mechanics proposal in my previous post, so, look at that first if you have not already.

Heorot - Unlocks with Mathematics

Must be built adjacent to an Entertainment Complex

Encampments provide +1 Appeal to adjacent tiles instead of -1.

Breathtaking tiles get +1 Production towards units.

Get Random Great People points from kills, scaling with era and corps/armies.

Mezquita - Unlocks with Reformed Church

Must be built adjacent to a Holy Site in a city with multiple religions present

Gives a Relic when constructed

+1 Faith & +1 Culture to adjacent tiles

+15 Religious Strength to your Missionaries

Grants 2 Beliefs to each religion in this city.

Himeji Castle - Unlocks with Gunpowder

Must be built next to the Diplomatic Quarter or the Government Plaza

+1 Diplomatic Victory Point when constructed.

Your Grievances against other players and Grievances against you decay at twice their normal rate.

Double this wonder’s bonuses when you have 0 grievances.

When you get grievances against another player, earn that much Science.

+5 Gold and +4 Production towards units.

Independence Hall - Unlocks with The Enlightenment

Must be Built adjacent to the Diplomatic Quarter or Government Plaza

You can pick a tier 3 Government of your choice to adopt after construction.

+2 Amenities

+2 Faith, +2 Culture, & +1 Diplomatic favor per turn, with an additional +2 Faith, +2 Culture, & +1 Diplomatic favor per turn for each other Civilization that Adopts the same tier 3 Government you adopted with this wonder.

Kremlin - Unlocks with Urbanization

Must be Built in the Capital

You always Vote last in the World Congress, regardless of Grievances

+3 Diplomatic Favor per turn

Your Diplomatic Favor per turn cannot drop below +2

Your Spies have a 25% Chance to decrease the access level of a foreign civ by 1 and increase your access level with them by 1 after a successful mission.

Củ Chi Tunnels - Unlocks with Advanced Ballistics

Must be built on a flat tile with at least 2 adjacent flat tiles

Grants 2 Free Spec Ops units with 2 promotions when finished, and upgrades all your current recon units to Spec Ops.

+8 Combat Strength, +1 Range, & +1 Movement to Recon units.

+5 Food & +3 Housing while not at war

Green Bank Observatory - Unlocks with Telecommunications

Must be Built on a Hill Adjacent to a Spaceport

Reveals the order of all Future Era Technologies and Civics (or all technologies and civics in shuffle mode)

Grants a Free technology of your choice (even if you do not have the prerequisites to research that technology)

Your cities get +3 Power permanently after completing a city project, this city gets +4 instead

Your powered buildings in this city provide +2 Science

Alternate Leader: Mehmed II

Civilization: Ottomans

Leader Ability: Fall of Constantinople

Conquering the Capital or Holy City of another civilization sends a burst of Religious pressure in cities following your religion and cities following the other civilization’s religion. Gain the Janissary unique unit with Gunpowder.

Leader Agenda: The Conqueror

Tries to spread their Religion by capturing Capitals. Likes civilizations that follow his majority Religion, and dislikes civilizations that have founded a Religion in their Capital.

Leader Unique Unit: Janissary

Same as Suleiman’s Janissary

Civilization Ability: Great Turkish Bombard

Same as base game

Civilization Unique Unit: Barbary Corsair

Same as base game

Civilization Unique Infrastructure: Grand Bazaar

Same as base game

Leader: Attila

Civilization: Hungary

Leader Ability: Honoria’s Dowry

Denouncing a civilization grants open borders. Generate grievances and gain extra yields from pillaging. Units can pillage without being at war with the target.

Leader Agenda: Scourge of God

Likes civilizations that make trade routes with this civilization. Dislikes civilizations with many tile improvements, and will try to pillage them.

Civilization Ability: Pearl of the Danube V (Same as GS)

Unique Unit: Huszar (Same as GS)

Unique Infrastructure: Thermal Bath (Same as GS)

Roman expeditionary fleet heading to Australia. Formed after the remains of the roman empire became the roman republic to showcase the wealth and power of a reunited rome.

I play as Saladin

Now I am the least scientifically advanced in the world

Gilgamesh declared war on me once

I only have 4 cities while Gilgamesh has 10

Battering rams do absolutely nothing

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

So basically, the idea is that every civilization has had some bad leaders. What if players wanted challenge and could play as these leaders? I'll post my ideas for these leaders as comments on this post. Let me know what you think!

I have a friend named Bob, and Bob is the best Civ 6 player in the entire world. Bob won a Religious Victory as the Kongo.

Leaders: Attila the Hun, Anne Bonny

Civilization ability: Nomadic Tribes

Receive a free military engineer every time you plunder a trade route. Receive a free civic every time you plunder a Theater Square. Receive a free technology every time you plunder a Campus. Any other plundering grants double rewards.

Attila the Hun leader ability: Scourge of God

+100% production towards all non-civilian units. Encampment districts can house both a barracks and a stables.

Anne Bonny leader ability: Golden Age of Piracy

+100% production towards all naval units. Gain the unique unit Pirate Ship with Mercantilism.

Unique Unit (Anne Bonny): Pirate Ship

Replaces Privateer. Lower production cost (140/280). 5 movement. Higher ranged strength (60/50). Lower melee strength (35/40)

Unique Unit: Sloop

Replaces Galley. 4 movement. Can travel on rivers (2 movement per river tile). Has a ranged strength of 15 and a range of 1.

Unique Infrastructure: Outpost

Unique tile improvement. Acts as a city, but can only produce military units. Can be built by both a Military Engineer and a Builder. Cannot be built in friendly or neutral territory or adjacent to a city center.

Leader: Maria I

Civilization ability: Odyssey of Discoveries

+100% production toward naval units. Founding or conquering a city on another continent grants 5 gold.

Leader ability: House of Braganza

Every time another civilization captures one of your cities, receive +5 gold, +5 faith, and +5 culture.

Unique unit: Man-O-War

Replaces the Frigate. Can attack in melee. Lower production cost (140/280). Melee strength on 50. Ranged strength of 60.

Unique infrastructure: Manueline

Unique tile improvement of the Portuguese. No placement requirements. +2 culture. +2 culture per adjacent City Center. +1 culture per adjacent Manueline.

Hawaiian Empire

Leader: Lili'oukalani

Leader Ability: Aloha 'Oe Great Works provide Culture equal to 50% of the amount of Great Person points needed to claim the Great Person. +6 Great Musician points per turn.

Agenda: Royal Order of Kalakaua

Likes keeping her citizens happy and loyal, and dislikes those who fail to keep their citizens happy or loyal.

Hawaiian Ability: The Life of the Land

Breathtaking or higher Appeal tiles provide Culture and Tourism. Natural Wonders, when they are inside a founded city, provide the city +2 Amenities, an extra Population and a free Builder.

UI: Tiki

Provides Tourism, an Amenity and Faith. The Tiki cannot be pillaged or destroyed by Natural Disasters.

UU: Hawaiian Cavalry

Replaces Infantry, and is available earlier than the Infantry, is discovered with Gunpowder. Has a higher Combat Strength and when it is garrisoned in a city it gives the city +1 Amenity.