Civ 6 | Total Isolation With A FIXED Nubia, Pyramid Strat Ahoy!!! - (#1 Deity Nubia Civilization VI)

In this game of Civ 6, we’ll be playing as Nubia in our latest Civilization VI A to Z challenge. This time, we’ll be running Nubia with a Unique Archer ONLY challenge so our armed forces are going to be very limited indeed.
On top of that, we’ll be taking advantage of our Nubian Pyramids to BUILD BUILD BUILD every district we could ever need or want. What could go wrong?!?
Welcome to Ursa Ryan’s Civ 6 A to Z challenge, where we take on EVERY civilization in Civ 6 in alphabetical order! My channel supporters have been hard at work creating a fun set of maps, games and challenges for me to play, so buckle up and welcome to the ride!
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Find the full playlist here: • Total Isolation With A...
00:00 - Hello, Welcome & Game Explain!
03:59 - Turn 1
09:55 - Not Exploring Is Super Weird
15:38 - This Is Why Nubian Archers Are So Powerful
22:13 - Wonders Are Flying, What IS The AI Up To This Game?!?
29:59 - Don't Get Your Hopes Up Ursa, This Game Is Not Messing Around
37:19 - Yes, This Is A Canal Game
42:39 - Easy Manipulation Of Era Score!
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[@SourceOfBeing]

£261 - Amanitore, also spelled Amanitere or Amanitare, was a Nubian Kandake of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë. Many Kandakes are described as warrior-queens who led forces in battle. Her royal palace was at Jebel Barkal whilst her tomb lies under what is now the University of Sankore.

[@abelgonzalez158]

Your dedication is otherworldly 👏

[@drjonritz]

[@l.p.7585]

I do hope these dozens of sankore fact I've learned from you are actually true :D

[@amniismail6265]

This guy should be university of sankore president

[@helstromh]

Considering the University of Sankore is in Mali and she was reportedly buried in Meroe (South of the Nile Delta) in modern Sudan, near Jebel Barkal.

[@t_xxic8814]

Building the *University of Sankore* at turn 69 with Nubia unlocks a secret victory screen. Isn't that... Nice?

[@lsrubin22]

Ursa: "In this game, I can ONLY build Archers, no other military units." Also Ursa: "Oooooh, if I put an IZ here, I could build Venetian Arsenal!" 😆

[@ChunkyChunguz]

Pretty expensive era score

[@UrsaRyan]

It's an exercise in how autopilot can be hilarious when I'm playing XD I realise later in the series what a silly idea it was

[@l.p.7585]

2 GE points tho

[@jacobdhall]

I'll never rest until the crisps are returned

[@jameshall1300]

It's hilarious seeing Ursa talk about Venetian Arsenal and setting up canal paths through his land in a game where he can't build any boats. 😂 I love it.

[@UrsaRyan]

Old habits die hard

[@adrianivanov6626]

08:27 I actually learned from you, Ursa, that horses spawn on flatland. You knew this, but forgot, which is fine with me, no worries

[@UrsaRyan]

It's amazing how much stuff you have to remember with this game, learning to look stuff up is a useful skill!

[@RiverHolySitesGoBRRRRRRR]

When it comes to Primordial Maps I usually always turn on Apocalypse mode as well, got to keep the game interesting at all times! Oh! And don't forget about the Crisps.

[@DylanKnighting1]

The Ruhr potential in the capital is insane

[@UrsaRyan]

We'll see if I can get it with the Ai being mad this game!

[@AnnaBurgess]

Revenge of the crisps.

[@DonCarmolo]

I've always liked the nubian pyramid. It's a fun sim piece and the thing about it not giving you enough yields I'd argue that the pyramid actually has a hidden production yield in the form of the boost it gives and then when the district is done it gets the adjacency bonus and they are spammable. Maybe not the best thing in the world, but very nice in my opinion.

[@user-ru9pd6tf4s]

after rewatching this 77 times i can confirm it is a banger

[@t_xxic8814]

I could confirm after watching for the 69th time. Nice. Isn't it?

[@zeazy5356]

Who is going to tell Ursa that he can't put the Nubian Pyramid next to another Nubian Pyramid? ^^

[@MrMolova]

Spent the whole of the video wondering if he was gonna realise

[@UrsaRyan]

I did eventually = ( I was looking at two Nubia mods and one let you do it, I totally forgot that I wasn't using the second till much later

[@jiaoyunbo1145]

Love to watch your videos, thanks, Ursa Ryan!

[@UrsaRyan]

Very welcome!

[@shyman5391]

Love your videos , your my big civ 6 inspiration

[@UrsaRyan]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@abelgonzalez158]

FOR THE CRISPS

[@islandeagle8576]

Nubia was a good civ until they stole all his crisps

[@Charizardlison]

the line in the desert is actually this Saudi 100-mile-long mirrored skyscraper megacity

[@yubakaskudblaze2311]

Well.. Thanks alot ! I was just saying ln the last poll that i wanted to see you use the Nubian Pyramids. Thanks you my Bear.. uhm.. i mean Dear !

[@FARBerserker]

You can only BUILD your Archers . . But you can BUY other units? And at the very least: You can UPGRADE your Archers.

[@Sascha5]

He can upgrade but not buy.

[@UrsaRyan]

I'm only buying or making unique archers = ) I can upghrade them later but once I unlock Xbow, no more units!

[@swiatloslaw]

If you only build archers in this game, if you want to add other units to your army, you can always get them by "recruiting" the barbarians with your apostles. Would love to see it.

[@UrsaRyan]

I decided against it this run but yes that would have been good to see!

[@Monstrosity9000]

Ryzantium is back! I was thinking about commenting the last two series but I see my worries have been quelled

[@UrsaRyan]

I missed it greatly as well XD

[@Hastey08]

R.I.P crisps

[@mmccarthy9458]

I remember my very first game of CIV 6 as Egypt. I was wondering why I couldn't occupy and take the city with Chariot archers. Ranged units cannot take over cities so you need some sort of melee unit if you plan on taking out a city state or one of your neighbor's cities. I like the theme of the first holy site next to a volcano and a fire god based religion. One way to balance India would be to choose an Agni based belief and when you complete Manhattan project, you get AGNI ICBM and a free civil engineer :)

[@beosor4234]

The Lost Settler City looks like the perfect candidate for the Mausoleum and Liang Combo 😄

[@jameshall1300]

Yes it is. Some fisheries wouldn't be amiss either.

[@atocanboi409]

Picking up the tribal village with your settler was actually a huge misplay because you could have moved on the cows and settled that same turn since it’s flat land, and grabbing a tribal village in your borders claims it immediately.

[@Charizardlison]

much better city location now though

[@brycepeel9631]

Huge? Lol

[@tomaszgruszczynski5097]

10:15 Actually thinking about it not all features get removed, like geothermals or floodplanes

[@thebenqisme]

Dark age science policy is my favorite. You should play tamar on dramatic mode.

[@paulgaofei]

Interesting idea this, a good Nubia mod.

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Unnecessary pandering, honestly. The Nubian pyramids are perfectly powerful enough already, and a mod that lets you put them anywhere unbalances them in a pointless way.

[@drjonritz]

I would have settled BarbWatchAlpha on the Iron, and CanalCity on the Olives. Leaves space for pyramids and stuff. . . But I'm not Ursa, and Ursa is S-Tier, and so I keep watching, taking notes, and cheering his victories.

[@moreon340]

Loving the Canalysis at 34:53. Something I often forget to do.

[@UrsaRyan]

The best science is a well planned canal

[@JeffreyKane]

those turn 89, 13 science, 13 culture starts though ... it's always in these situations i meet a civ on like 200+ science.

[@UrsaRyan]

Just wait

[@Charizardlison]

god tier ToA in the north of the continent - absolutely insane (edit: wrote while watching - not the spot selected but next to the camp in the east of the capital with +7 amenities)

[@222Marquitos]

look at that great zimbabwe potential

[@franmartinezgalvez6357]

If you can safely send Amani when there are 5 turns left for Era End. Era points will flow into the following one.

[@justinwright6395]

What's the point of Venetian Arsenal in this challenge?

[@UrsaRyan]

It's an exercise in how autopilot can be hilarious when I'm, playing XD I realise later in the series what a silly idea it was

[@excancerpoik]

pitati archers are so strong

[@aidanabregov1412]

Ryan spawning next to The Line wonder 😂

[@UrsaRyan]

The great rift in the world

[@violetteplague3043]

And eat crisps.😆

[@traviswilliams3034]

FYI, (around 19 minutes or so) Amani would have activated after you got the dark age. Unlike scored competitions where you can pick up points with 0 turn left on the timer, as soon as the era score timer hits 0 you can't earn any more towards the current age. Now idea why it's coded differently for one versus the other.

[@UrsaRyan]

Good to know!

[@twistedpixel756]

there's a really good Zimbabwe location there

[@Sascha5]

Ursa, why do you want to build the Venetian Arsenal? You can't build boats! Also when you said that you were totally landlocked, perhaps you meant sealocked (not a word)?

[@UrsaRyan]

It's an exercise in how autopilot can be hilarious when I'm playing XD I realise later in the series what a silly idea it was

[@chrisslaughter8448]

save some units for corps and armies for (slight) city strength

[@PiotrDzialak]

Tribal Huts provide Era Score only in the Ancient Era. No point for Diplomatic League card, when you are not exploring for new City States.

[@MH-hu5pi]

That diplomatic league card was really not a well thought move. Shame.

[@Cwdoneright]

Oh, how I wish I could play these games, but I only have civ for the switch. And it's the most crashiest ass game ever on it, too 😒. So thanks for scratching my civ itch!

[@UrsaRyan]

Very welcome!

[@tuindwergie]

Could anyone tell me what mod is being used to have game information (i.e. the type of mods, map seed etc.) show up in the Civilopedia?

[@winged_destro]

Early bears assemble!

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!

[@denizozelsel9497]

what is the mod that makes the forests look cool? i checked the discord but I cant find it

[@lucasblauw4394]

My problem with the whole +1 production towards mines over strategic resources (and +2 cold for other mines over resources), is that until turn a 100 or so, its only iron. If you have 3 sources of iron, that's +3 production in your entire empire. If you have only 6 cities, then urban planning is twice as good. A policy card that's available from te start. The bonuses are to minor in my opinion. Plus, you get extra production towards districts but not enough bonusses to food allowing you to build many districts. So even with the mod its kinda lacking. Love the creative gameplay tho

[@ggiuliacosta]

Here we gooooo )o)

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!

[@RBHeadge]

Is it worth building the Venetian Arsenal if you can only build Pitati archers?

[@laurentiucostescu7773]

Same thought..upvote

[@UrsaRyan]

It's an exercise in how autopilot can be hilarious when I'm playing XD I realise later in the series what a silly idea it was

[@FARBerserker]

Are you on your own continent? then you have ALL the olives. probably should have gone for the industries game mode too.

[@excancerpoik]

you should make a only scouts game where only miltary is a bunch of scouts and skirmishers

[@UrsaRyan]

Check out my Inca game on the A to Z, I did recon focus

[@portland573]

This could be an entertaining run...

[@UrsaRyan]

I had a lot of fun = )

[@christophmonnaie8413]

Does the culture of pyramids turn into tourism with flight? So confused on these improvements that do that.

[@UrsaRyan]

No - it needs to be culture that is directly put onto the tile, or have another effect that's mentioned in the description of the unique improvement. Either way, you shouldn't be winning tourism based on many of the unique imporvements - focus on the biosphere, sea resorts and national parks

[@christophmonnaie8413]

@@UrsaRyan Cheers for clearing it up! Still fun to try to win tourism with mostly Alcazars etc tho ;)

[@BenvanAssema]

🖖

[@Machote23]

I Love you

[@manwithabasicprofilepic]

Hey Ursa, why do Grassland or Plains hills matter?

[@UrsaRyan]

Settling on a plains hill tile gives the capital tile 2 food and 2 production due to the way the game calculates tile yield - grassland hills only gives you 2 food 1 production

[@manwithabasicprofilepic]

@@UrsaRyan Ooooh, that explains a game I played with some friends earlier this week. Thanks Ursa, loving the hard work you do!

[@mediocrestuff2783]

Heyo!! I play on epic games and tried to get some of the mods Ursa is using, but steam workshop downloads doesn't have the latest versions. Anyone has a workaround? I want Detailed map tacks and Happiness and Growth Indicators

[@UrsaRyan]

Come to discord - there is a community of epic users there that pass mods between them

[@gustavinus]

Why Venetian Arsenal if you will build no boats? LOL

[@mythicnoble]

Why would you want venetian arsenal if you can't build ships?

[@UrsaRyan]

It's an exercise in how autopilot can be hilarious when I'm playing XD I realise later in the series what a silly idea it was

[@Reaper8869]

This challenge might be kinda hard

[@UrsaRyan]

Challenge accepted!

[@ryaneylee]

"Only 2 sources of iron", totally ignores the one on the desert hill under the nubian pyramids tack that cannot be placed anymore. Putting aside the fact that NPs cannot be adjacent. based ursa.

[@anilkarakaya9343]

Whats with sankore)

[@ryaneylee]

"We're totally landlocked." Landlocked refers to having totally no access to the sea, by the way. I guess English is not your forte, as a UK citizen :)

[@Jonnysh]

newbie-ah!

[@grantpritchard7492]

As a lot of commenters have already noted your desire to build Venetian Arsenal is pointless with these game constraints. I guess some habits are hard to break.

[@UrsaRyan]

It's an exercise in how autopilot can be hilarious when I'm playing XD I realise later in the series what a silly idea it was

[@rommayo]

Algorithm 77

[@lawlussmusic]

For the algo

[@PolarWolarBear]

1k likes!

[@UrsaRyan]

huzzah!!!

[@MH-hu5pi]

Why build a canal if you won't use boats?

[@UrsaRyan]

Why build a canal? Why build a canal?? Because!! Canal cities are what make the game amazing!!

[@eduardo3652]

Daily comment.

[@bertrambauer7357]

Fourth

[@125discipline2]

nubia is faction for... noob. get it? bc it's noobia.. he he he

[@UrsaRyan]

Bud um pish

[@AnAngelineer]

IMHO Nubia is the worst civ in the game now. Good thing the mod scene is here to make them playable.

[@UrsaRyan]

Nubia aren't bad at all - they're just boring! XD Other civs have much mroe interesting abilities

[@AnAngelineer]

@@UrsaRyan @jyutzler Actually, that was EXACTLY the answer I was about to write for jyutzler. They aren't the worst in terms of raw power. But to me they feel "the worst" because their whole intended gameplay concept is COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. You end up, in 99% of games, playing them like "a no bonus civ that has a better archer". And that's not interesting to play at all. Put that on top on the fact they're not very strong, and they feel like the worst civ to me. Even if I have to recognize that it is subjective, and not based on raw stats.

[@mahadevovnl]

These challenges are a bit annoying to watch IMO, only your unique archers? No upgrades even? No slingers? You won't survive any attacker that brings crossbows and such. Your city defense will be terrible... :( :( I am literally crying rn

[@UrsaRyan]

Well keep watching and you'll see how to do it = ) A challenge is supposed to be a challenge!

[@liuyusi125]

Ya still not really worth it. I mean, Japan is just obviously way better…