Industrial Zones in the Classical era are pretty bonkers - Civ 6 Gaul Ep. 1

[@MyanRiller]

"if I can get a +4 I'm going to go for that over a +3" it's these kinds of galaxy brain strategies that I come here for. Amazing video as always.

[@ryanm3429]

I just did a double take... hello other Ryan Miller

[@Wargasmo]

@@ryanm3429 That's like a John Smith meeting another John Smith in the wild! What are the odds?!?!

[@itsjustdewieman]

@@ryanm3429Imagine having this happen to you when you were younger. I had an identity crisis at 7

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

i personally found gaul's oppidum interesting as it allows you to protect both sides of your defenses since you just need to place an oppidum in one side with max adjacency then place an encampment in the other to secure your positioning

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

if you ask me id say that theyre damn powerful

[@lordofhunger5175]

I just realized that the extra production can go towards the Venetian Arsenal

[@DaRealKakarroto]

*spoilerwarning* ah that's why the title for the new episode is "I built Venetian Arsenal because my comment section forced me to before I win - Gaul Ep.6"

[@grantshearer5615]

Best sithlord

[@lennard939]

Love ventian aresenal as a prductionbhevy civ (like germany or celts) oh you are outproducing every one Wanna double that

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

Lol, was thinking the same basic thought today looking ahead at my tech tree on my ongoing Russia tsl game. My Lavra in port arthur(my pacific coast city) should be online just in time, im mid monumental golden age, going into another golden age, add that to the high production of the tiles around that city... I already see it coming. Either there or in Finland. Maybe I should have added jadwiga... I'm steamrolling too hard in science.

[@galenmcginlay8604]

Ijust i

[@jaguarjames2225]

Bagacum was the ultimate prank played on the Gaelic people.

[@meluckycharms321]

My favorite city in total war

[@patricknorris6117]

Gallic*

[@antoninasienczuk6590]

Asterix would be proud

[@SlivCommique]

True

[@edpims4258]

Je suis d’accord

[@thememehead]

Great reference

[@jovindsouza3407]

That comic was literally my childhood, you just brought back a whole bunch of good memories 🥺

[@babygurlcatzsparklezz]

Is Asterix well known outside of french speaking countries?

[@Cole-ni8ib]

I really like the large map with not max civs, dramatics ages, and a more chill lets play

[@m82m107barrett]

Large map with only eight civs and he still winds up a stones throw away from Germany

[@slwrabbits]

​@@m82m107barrettMe too! What gives ...

[@atocanboi409]

"I'm actually *really glad* that I build the *Venetian Arsenal* this game" -PotatoMcWhiskey, 2020, aka Hell Year

[@atocanboi409]

did he not beg for me to stop?

[@natevanslyke3460]

Are you telling me you don't build Venetian Arsenal every game?

[@colehinson9306]

Mmmmm Venetian Arsenal

[@atocanboi409]

@@natevanslyke3460 ok so one time I was playing Germany and I build it for the Great Engineer Points

[@natevanslyke3460]

@@atocanboi409it's the best wonder, change my mind

[@justinknight3068]

Very important note about the Gaesatae: They upgrade to musketman, not swordsmen. Even if you have 20 iron, you can still train both Gaesatae and swordsman.

[@Dymodeus1]

"I'm glad I built the Venetian Arsenl in Bagacum" - unfortunately not PotatoMcWhiskey

[@jovindsouza3407]

THE FU-

[@Lundarian1]

I was gonna joke about the name of the city, but decided to keep it family friendly.

[@pugpaladin3218]

I'm gonna get a heart from potato without making a Venetian arsenal or cliffs of dover joke!

[@pugpaladin3218]

@Bryce Plummer hahaha just proved it

[@cameronphenix2096]

Is it possible to attain such power?

[@pugpaladin3218]

@@cameronphenix2096 MUAHAHAHAHA nobody can stop mr

[@colehinson9306]

EMERGENCY MEETING

[@Bloodlyshiva]

Problem. Just mentioning them means you're contributing to the in-joke. Which means you have failed in that.

[@igr2113]

Omg potato is such an efficiency king playing a civ after watching him nail and completely break it hits different. Best civ youtuber hands down.

[@killtyrant]

There was someone who I watched for civ 5. Maddjinn and he was by far the best civ player I've encountered on this site. Potato is nothing to shake a stick at but the dude a mentioned was a bit better. That said, he took both his videos and channel down due to some contractual things which really sucks because he had some really interesting runs in both 5 and 6. He had a really interesting podcast called beyond the monument which he would go in depth about different strategies and such

[@eroe511]

No no no all wrong, spiffing brit is hands down the best civ breaker on youtube

[@bruhmoment-wq5cy]

@@eroe511 Spiff still hasn't got the almighty godly *100+ proudction industrial mega complex* meta so he's meh at best

[@jessewood3196]

I envy the way Potato just calmly acknowledges lessons learned & doesn't panic at small mistakes & just keeps making the next best move he can. I get too OCD about having each turn be just right, and it really slows me down so games take too long. A video about that would be sooo helpful!

[@jamesdinius7769]

I'm the same way. One thing that kept me out of this game was being super picky about my starting location (seriously, why do I always spawn near Desert or Tundra as Korea, or in flat land on the edge of the continent as America?)

[@iwatchwithnoads7480]

lol I just load a previous save

[@byronweaver6083]

Kept refreshing I just knew a video was about to drop

[@brunol.c.7027]

For the Statue of Zeus, you need to take into consideration that Gaul will get culture for each unit as well. Pretty good wonder!

[@fenix5422]

and the permanent +50% prod to anti cav units

[@leelambert1559]

fenix rising074 so are we gonna ignore that makes modern anti-tank gets produced quicker unless I’m overlooking something

[@KaizerKlash111]

Wait. The gaul IZ can attack So you can get 3 attacks from one city if it has IZ and encampment and walls Victor has a promotion making it so that buildings in cities get an extra attack So its possible to have your city attack **6** times per turn

[@Stachelbeeerchen]

In my game for this civ thats exactly what I abused. They firstly had to go through the encampments with ranged units in them and then through walls fortified by ranged units. Yeah no chance they are taking any of my cities.

[@grimmturd]

Potato: I'm gonna plug in this civic and plug out this one. Us: Unplug? Potato: Plug out! BAGCUM!

[@atocanboi409]

"Gaul is a culture Civ" earlier Production, combat bonuses, gets Culture from building combat units now that I think about it, Gaul gets the culture version of the Basilikoi Paides in every city for free

[@ChessJew]

To my eyes, the culture boosts are fantastic early game bonuses. Their trajectory seems like: rush to Oligarchy, earn some living space with your boosted warriors, then settle down to simcity to diplo or science. Though they're a bit diplo nerfed since you can't place the Diplo quarter next to a city and it loses some value.

[@MrTrellheim]

They're an early domination civ, really. The boosts for culture help you get the combat cards you need earlier and the gaeseate has a bonus attacking districts. Not sure what the long-term strategy for Gaul should be, though.

[@ChessJew]

@@MrTrellheim Yeah, ideally you're improving as many mines as possible to rush to Oligarchy. After your early power spike is over, they seem destined for a Diplo or Science win. Religion doesn't work, and their mines and IZs probably steer them away from culture victories. I do wonder how much of an edge the Oppidum is - an Aqueduct/Dam/IZ triangle is an easy way to get great adjacency, and that's not open to them

[@GangsterJawa]

@@ChessJew I'm pretty sure they can do industrial triangles just fine; it's only specialty districts that don't get adjacency bonus. I think, anyway

[@vyctory1059]

you made a mistake. You get Culture from building non-combat units like builders, settlers, support units(not sure about this one). He should have spam builders at beginning to build mines, get the culture. and get the Culture bombs. Maybe first builder then scouts.

[@donzify1964]

Finally, I was so bored out of my mind and then potato uploads..

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

The Gauls unique unit is not rendered obsolete by Swordmen. They aren't obsolete until gunpowder. They are quite capable of tanking hits from a Swordman if they heal each turn. Edit: Statue of Zeus also gives you 3 gold each turn. Which is not much on its own, but adds up over time.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Feels more like a Defensive Wonder, as it makes it cheaper to produce Anti-Cav units as well (basically the melee counterpart to the Temple of Artemis). Anti-Cav units are rarely used on offense against the AI (might be different against humans, never tried it).

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

@@LAZERAK47V2 Tried it once, it's a pretty decent wonder, both on Offense and Defense. I wouldn't discount the three archers it gets. It is usually enough to trigger the inspiration for Mercenaries and boost Machinery on its own. And it boosts your military score as well, making the AI less likely to attack. And that is beyond the +3 gold each turn, and the Era score from building a wonder.

[@maulkin4387]

Respectfully disagree. First off, your low base strength means you'll get obliterated by ranged units even in your own territory, unless behind fortifications. Being able to tank a swordsman in friendly territory is very small use, again it only helps if you want to turtle. And if you want to turtle it's best doing that after Renaissance if you've already set your self up for victory. Not during the ancient/classical eras where this unit is useful. That's the time you should look to expand and eliminate the most dangerous civs. Trying to turtle early on while (for example) Korea races to an unassailable science lead, is a recipe for disaster.

[@DarthRaptor22]

In my Gaul playthrough, I had a city with a district on the 3rd ring, and decided to settle a city right next to it for experimental purposes. It works. You CAN have a city center next to a district!

[@ethantoth5770]

Fun fact: you can actually keep producing Gaesetae after discovering the swordsman tech since Gaesetae actually upgrade into musketmen

[@j2th31]

I love this slower pace. Sometimes you fly through so fast, when playing I have no idea the decision making for intermediate steps. This is one of the best videos you’ve made from a teaching perspective.

[@leol9550]

Been hard finding Gaul playthroughs cause everyone is doing Byzantium atm, so much appreciated!

[@RobertR19]

Gotta love that volcano juice.

[@spacemanifestdestiny3542]

"I'm gonna dub these as the turtle civ" Vietnam: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@natevanslyke3460]

I have registered over 1500 hours, mostly deity run throughs (been playing since civ II) and still learn something new from Potato in these videos. Amazing stuff man.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

I lowkey want to make a civ-like game but made for playing "sim city". I really like how satisfying Civ 6's basic mechanics are, such as adjacency bonuses and improvements.

[@eduard3177]

Have you tried the "City Lights" mod for civ 6? I think that might scratch your itch. (kinda hoping Potato is going to give it a try one of these days)

[@andrewsercer9538]

I'm an aspiring game dev ... message me if you are serious about making a new game (I'm not pro but could definitely help)

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

@@eduard3177 Checking it out, looks cool!

[@grizzfan12]

Potato: Learning > Getting cities

[@rafaelfernandez1060]

Potato, I’ve watched almost every let’s play you have in your channel. It has been quite the ride, with your videos being the companion to my breakfast for weeks now. That is why I feel compelled to tell you that your improvement has been so damn notorious. Yesterday I finished the gameplay with the Ottomans and I gotta say that you’re rocking it. The way the game is played, the way the video is organized and even the way you speak. You emit much more confidence and dynamism today, which reflects in a content that is way more enjoyable to watch. Keep it up, man!

[@longhairhiggins]

The fact that the Firaxis team described the Gaul as a defensive civ was puzzling to me. They have wonderful bonuses to having a hordelike army, and good benefits from producing units en masse. I think they are fantastic at world domination, with good contingency plans.

[@bingusbung9773]

It's really interesting to see how fast you can make Gauls empire so large. One or two builders is all it takes to double or triple it's size.

[@oldgerontius2943]

I was really disappointed in my Gaul playthrough to find that mines do not provide tourism after flight. This was the main reason I played them to get a culture victory, and by the time I found out I was in too deep. Thankfully Voidsingers provide you with all the faith you will ever need to get naturalists and rock bands, plus the extra production meant I was swimming in wonders. Never mind bonuses from having a monopoly on great engineers for a lot of the game. Managed a bittersweet win in the end tho. Doubt tourism from their mines will be implemented, I'd like for there to be an update to the wording of the tourism from flight unlock to prevent this kind of false hope happening again. Tl:dr Gaul do not have hidden bonuses towards a tourism victory.

[@andrewkomarov3925]

They do Now

[@brennonstark8363]

Every time they add a new civ that’s not Ireland, do you cry a little bit? I mean they have England (twice) and Scotland...

[@lordofhunger5175]

Brennon Stark Imagine they just add Wales

[@marinary1326]

@@zainrafiq2693 imagine they add Bangladesh first

[@leelambert1559]

Marinary Nepal or Bhutan?

[@maulkin4387]

Whenever you feel down about the lack of Irish civ, just think about Portugal who set up one of the biggest colonial empires in the world yet are still waiting to be added while their colony (Brazil) got in the game before them. That should make you smile again.

[@MoneyRabbit0411]

@@zainrafiq2693 GRAPE!!!!

[@ubermikesocal]

All hail the game breaker, PotatoMcWhiskey. Civ should hire this dude to point out game exploits and save them the effort entirely

[@metroidnerd9001]

Interestingly enough, it's possible for a volcano to clear out a bonus resource but not destroy the improvement on it. I believe this has only happened to me once, but it meant I had a quarry built on nothing.

[@romanotorri7920]

Yeah this happened to me and I had a pasture with nothing in it ha

[@MegaRugster]

Yeh this is annoying, usually the minor eruptions remove 1 level of the mine or corral/farm etc and the big eruptions destroy everything, similar with floods. The worst for me are the blizzards and hurricanes that can pulverise my entire nation in 1-2 turns setting me back hundreds of turns. It takes around 2-3 turns to repair each hex. Then 5 turns later the game goes and does it again!

[@jamesdinius7769]

@@MegaRugster Don't forget Dust Storms.

[@riconade4431]

Ambiorix is easily one of my top 3 favorite civs

[@CameraHam]

My favorite part of these videos is that you show yourself turning everything off as a way of saying “who cares if you gotta make it a little easier on yourself, as long as you have fun”

[@stevenharkema5456]

You had the right idea, a 3 city swordsman push followed by mass expansion is very very strong for this Civ if you have a close neighbor.

[@joelpierce1453]

Been waiting for this video. Playing as Gaul took some significant time to adjust.

[@jb111082]

Man,that thick Irish accent is probably the best thing about this channel

[@darelsmith2825]

I never knew pillaging a campus would get you a tech. TY, potato!

[@Bigvision121worship]

They are seriously my new fave Civ to play as. So much fun to play tall with all the mines and culture bombs!

[@csokasg]

yayy for new civ6 video with gauls, i was waiting for it :)

[@hampuspersson647]

I really enjoyed this format, a nice chill vibe! Great change of pace :)

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

Much better way to make videos. Main problem about streams is concetration. LOVE IT. :D

[@Stymfalide]

"We'll start by the defining what our Gauls are this game"

[@user-ex2tk1qr3i]

I love Gaul is completely broken🤣😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@nilswedman9818]

Gaul and byzantium #1 and #2, they are insane

[@MrTrellheim]

@@nilswedman9818 Are we forgetting Gran Colombia here?

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@MrTrellheim Yeah, I heard they were OP from so many people, so were they nerfed or something?

[@MrTrellheim]

@@thalmoragent9344 Not really. They are still a very solid domination civ with great sinergistic bonuses and exclusives. They simply got overshadowed by Byzantium's cavalry printing machine. Gaul is not anywhere near GC's level, in my opinion.

[@2009worstyearever]

@@MrTrellheim GC is significantly better than Byzantium - you dont need to fund a religion, you dont need to wait until Divine rights. You have 3 movement catapults without a general, no city will survive 1 turn against you.

[@donzify1964]

19:49 I'm actually dying so much right now

[@korfrag6865]

Yo-ho-ho and a bagacum

[@gieaudio8762]

I was waiting so much for this Gaul letsplay from you, good to see you back buddy

[@Pekoe.]

17:07 you could hear him laugh to himself after saying “bagacum” fucking excellent

[@nathanskeen5865]

Using the scouts solely for the extra combat strength made me laugh bc a strat Gauls would use (I think primarily the Germanic Gauls) would be to bring all of the wives of their warriors to motivate them to fight better, and if they lost them their wives would be killed

[@FriendoftheDork]

They would kill the widows? That makes no sense, sounds like a great way to suicide your own people. Also no such thing as Germanic Gauls, Gauls are not Germanic.

[@peeftribos]

that was just a terrible war lol. Great video huge fan

[@chungchung9935]

I love these lets play series, much more enjoyable to watch

[@siakattack660]

I hope you achieve all your Gauls for the series

[@richskater]

I'm sure most are aware that mines only culture bomb unowned tiles. But a better way of phrasing that is "unowned *workable* tiles". That is, the culture bombs won't extend your borders further than 3 tiles from a city center. Just an FYI. I just finished a culture victory with them, pretty fun civ.

[@Trinity0809]

afaik culture bombs in civ6 never went above the 3 tile range. and it does grab mountains which are not workable

[@richskater]

@@Trinity0809 You could be right, I don't think I've ever used a culture bomb in civ6 tbh. Used them to get far away strategics in civ5 plenty though. And you're right about mountains, "workable" isn't the right word either.

[@Trinity0809]

@@richskater i think i learned it with the maori and fishing boats. but it makes sense, since you can only buy that far too

[@koyouko]

Love the lets play, educational mix in these videos

[@MaiHand]

Looked forward to this so much! got the new frontier pass just for Gaul! and ofc waiting for you to show O_O

[@calvineld-weaver4333]

Love these videos. I’ve also been spending a few hours exploring the Gauls. Bagacum is now the town of Bavay reputedly founded by Bavo who fled Troy. I always rename it to Belges in my games.

[@PiotrDzialak]

Potato, remember to chop everything around volcanoes. 100%, the rainforest will turn into ashes nearby the capital the same way the stone did. Good game and historically accurate.

[@samsquanch197]

Oh man this week gets better and better!

[@mitchelson215]

Have been looking forward to this video so much! Thank you!

[@HashtagWhattaNerd]

Glad to see the more relaxed style come back!

[@AnAngelineer]

Dramatic ages are pretty rough on deity : getting a dark age in classical era means your second city can revolt, which is pretty much a death sentence if you delayed building a big army. Seems the experts are getting increasing challenges! ...But personally, this led me to go back to immortal difficulty. I care more about having fun and not wasting too much time restarting 10 times, rather than online bragging points! XD

[@stijndevries6175]

I feel you, personally I like playing deity but with a map setup that slightly favours my civ, like Gaul on Highlands or the Maori on island plates or something

[@MegaRugster]

Yeh I only used this option once, I lost 2 cities in one turn both being in better locations than my cap and both went over to 2 other civs which practically ended my game. As for difficulty setting, other than initial setup, there is no real difference between prince upto deity, the ai expands at almost the same rate, in almost identical routes. ie the game places hostile civs next to you and the game changers further away forcing you into 1 pt era losses almost continually.

[@dracma127]

"They are the sim city turtle civ." Maya: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@chillingwithyou8756]

I REALLY like the more chill style, I'm subbing again

[@expandeux]

"We need to talk about the gauls civilization and what our goals (gauls) are" i see what you did there :)

[@JoeKerr420]

“Say my name” “Bagacum” “You’re god damn right”

[@Wompwompwomp.ny1]

I can't be the only one who raised an eyebrow at 17:07 👁👄👁 LMFAOOOOOO.

[@gabrielflavianus6189]

meeting a production city state as a production focused civ is a really great start

[@matthewmcneany]

I can feel the power creep in these new civs from here.

[@matthewmcneany]

This is Civ V babylon level of broken

[@giogvarianashvili6309]

Dude I didn't even fast forward once. That was so entertaining. 👌

[@clemenx]

Yes! I was waiting for your Gaul video.

[@JustBackgroundNoise]

There was much debate over the name of the Gauls' new city. Ultimately, they decided with Bagacum because Sacajizz was too crass.

[@alliezah]

Bagacum will never be the same for me, can't unhear that.

[@joelpetersmedia]

Great video, I like the way you did this one.

[@ujustgotpwned1000]

Potato, if you didn't know - Preslav's suzerain bonus counts encampments buildings empire wide and applies to all cities. With enough encampment buildings, all of your cities will have full loyalty no matter what. Even newly founded and conquered. It's probably one of the best militaritistic city states for domination games imo. Besides Kabul that is, because Kabul is hands down the best.

[@deefdragon]

you went from steamroll (one of the things I most wanted to see), to lets play style, the OTHER thing I wanted to see. guess my birthday came a month early

[@aaronlee6279]

classical venetian arsenal much pog

[@belisarius6949]

*Bonk* go to Venetian Arsenal jail

[@AliRadicali]

Bagacum: Say my name! Potato: Baggy.

[@samhooley1915]

Bagacum can also be spelled as Bavacum, and is now known as Bavay in France.

[@gigglesgames1]

Whenever me and my buddies happen upon Bagacum we always Scream it at the top of our lungs 😂😂😂

[@xxviixxvii5585]

This is like me turning on the tooltip/advisor option field with the "McWhiskey" mod.

[@PersonstuckinMichigan]

just had a godlike game as gaul, i had 2 man at arms at very early classical era, took over almost everything that i knew about

[@jiqhi6350]

can't wait for the next episode. thank you :)

[@cybersaiyan9596]

12:10 i'm glad you explained that for dumbasses like me. lol

[@absurdpotato4004]

“Completely filled with interesting wonders” *cough cough* “Completely rigged”

[@queotzcatl3980]

I just had my first game with celts, got a Hero early on, and snowballed THREE civs in ancient era... I want for the last two, and decided tro let them live... absolutely insane hero powers! I could have won a Domination victory in ancient age. Then won a Cultural victory in Industrial. I didn't even got the time to build any corporations. Maya and Colombia didn't declare war on me even once. Vietnam, Babylon and Byzantium posed absolutely no defence. What a pity.

[@greatnilemedjaywarrior3155]

Gloriously to the All The Barbarians Tribes Out There yeahhhh

[@paedenhinton632]

I feel so bad for you, you had to deprive yourself of adding the cliffs of Dover.

[@rickaxemeow8095]

Statue of Zeus does give you a permanent +50% production towards anti-cav tho, so it gives you more than just those units.

[@rianputra777]

This civ is really fun to play! Havent picked any other civ since gaul release haha

[@Nodranil]

They are definitely a cultural civ in my experience. I've accidentally won on the same map type you're on because I unlocked flight with ludicrous amounts of mines everywhere

[@stoopidapples1596]

Your Gaul game so far is uncannily similar to Quill18's Gaul game, who also spawned right next to both Germany and Canada.

[@villadskvistborg5917]

First. Also how have you been? Did you drink all the whisky from last episode?

[@timtuinstra6164]

Heh heh... Bagacum. We all heard your sniff, good sir.

[@tobak952]

the Gauls are absolutely a culture civ: wonders and swift theater square buildings and projects. they are not only a culture civ, they are a solid culture civ.

[@extremedegree1688]

Now here’s the thing...that city just sounds like that in general man, when I saw that I was like...wait a minute

[@agoule01]

the nose exhale after "bagacum"

[@gianmarcozoffoli9891]

love the gauls thanks

[@villekorpi714]

I liked how your talked a lot about what your Gauls are.