#1 Let's Play Civ 6 Mali - Mansa Musa - Civilization VI Gathering Storm Preview

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Game sounds went weird in this one, I'll fix it in the next

[@vicratlhead2228]

Desert Venice without Venice's shitty downside. They look so fun.

[@Aerion_Dirceus]

I heard absolutely no game sounds. All I head was you talking.

[@datrandom134]

This is deity right?

[@mcp0924]

@@Aerion_Dirceus I think there is an embargo on game sounds...not sure tho. Early let's play rules are weird.

[@mcp0924]

@@datrandom134 This is Immortal, one step below deity

[@kria008]

if he waited a moment with placing the third holy site, he couldve placed it on the + 6 tile below and would have also a suguba with 2 holy sites next to it... anyway, I feel like, you can do simillar thing as with hansas as frederick, where you make a triangle of cities, put 3 sugubas together and 3 holy sites each to be adjacent to 2 sugubas... gold power

[@thelordkragan1888]

As well as faith if you picked desert folklore. Because who needs production when your faithful and treasury can build up entire armies per turn?

[@kria008]

@@thelordkragan1888 I dont know honestly, i never liked investimg in faith all too much, since its pretty much useless, if you dont buy army with it... I will probably not be a mali guy, I am the guy who builds huge industrials as germany instead

[@thelordkragan1888]

@@kria008 You will also be able to purchase districts with moksha now.

[@kria008]

@@thelordkragan1888 Thats true, they added some value... I was really happy to see reyna in rise and fall, cause I always had a ton of money and couldnt improve my low prod cities, moksha is finally even a choice for me :D

[@redpandahit122]

Or he could have put it on the tile above the one he placed it on

[@victoriouse]

I just realized, you have become my #1 choice of youtubers who play Civ. Loving your work Potato!

[@pranavsingh6395]

Dat potato in the end gets me everytime 😂

[@sirius1025]

Holy cow that’s an amazing start. I’m really enjoying your gathering storm gameplay and analysis keep up the good work!

[@thelaurakyna]

You're justifying the reload and there i am reloading autosaves constantly to try and save my one scout from barbs...

[@jrm78]

I'm just drooling over the gold generation possibilities of a city in middle of that desert to the north. Love your videos, Potato!

[@infamoussky22]

This is a comment to please the KZbin algorithm.

[@bnuuyes]

All hail the mighty Algorithm!

[@Shain3333]

KZbin has become bananas

[@Spoot1RHGL]

Your speech has improved a lot! I am happy to see all the hard work payed off, good job!

[@nicolaslillo1665]

Will you do an analysis for Eleanor of Aquitaine?

[@augustvonmackensen7273]

That's what iv been waiting for.

[@TeamWolfmountain]

She is a very difficult leader

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

No. Her ability is incredibly simple

[@TeamWolfmountain]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey it is but what i meant she is super strategic because no other civs near and she is basically is useless

[@TheSjuris]

TheAmazingRatedR or if Dido is right next to her.

[@refinedbrass]

love the content man been devouring it like a vermicious knid scrams a oompa-loompa

[@zzSHOTGUNzz]

It's very interesting to see an economy oriented game, it gives some flavor and deviation from the usual playstyle/formula. I like this! Keep changing it up Potato :)

[@4Goodman]

Well, you are famous enough that Firaxis gave you an achievement of your own. "Po-tay-toes! - As Pachacuti, construct a Terrace Farm that is adjacent to 2 Aqueducts and 4 Mountains" Thanks for the new series!

[@ann-mariemanwaring3552]

Or LotR reference...

[@4Goodman]

@@ann-mariemanwaring3552 Well, we all know but I was going for an ego boost here. :)

[@adryandawnstarr477]

I got a quick question. Why not build the holy site in the capital on one of the flat desert tiles to get some value of it? Better to save the hills for mines.

[@S23K]

I can't speak for Potato, but it did cost 25G more iirc, so maybe that's why.

[@adryandawnstarr477]

@@S23K between the missed gold from the potential mine and missed gold from not having flat desert tiles for the trade route, it prob would have paid for itself.

[@dracma127]

@@adryandawnstarr477 Having a desert tile occupied by districts/wonders doesn't reduce your bonus gold from trade routes iirc.

[@avandurion]

@@adryandawnstarr477 Yes it would over time, civ is a fine balance of planning for the future and rushing important things asap. in multiplayer, I often play +1faith+1gold policy card instead of +1 production just to get that pantheon asap even thou the production card is much much better. And buying tons of tiles is the number one mistake new players make, as long as you settle cities only 3 tiles apart there is no need to purchase a single tile, save the gold for units.

[@adryandawnstarr477]

@@dracma127 what i meant was. I think it would have been little more optimal for him to have bought one of the flat desert tiles in the capital to have but his holy site on. It would have netted him a one more faith per turn and he would have had a flat desert tile he lacked when he started his first trade route to get the extra gold. its really a small thing i admit. but it was something i noticed was weird. its a new civ.

[@trevonhood297]

Don't chop too much, with the decreased production from mines, lumber mills are going to be your friend, especially on plains

[@briljin]

This is one of the new civs that interest me. With their gold and faith bonuses, you could have two very easy sources of buying an army as needed.

[@Domkhxiii]

As bad as Venice was in civ 5, my favourite strat was money income so I’m looking forward to this :)

[@isaacjohnston8831]

4.1 faith on turn 2. Move aside Indonesia, Mali gets first pick at pantheon now

[@TwistedNegative]

Too bad Earth Goddess (+1 faith on tiles with charming or better appeal) wouldn't work well with Mali's Mine addiction. All the other Pantheons are relatively easier to get.

[@isaacjohnston8831]

@@TwistedNegative I have found the computer pretty heavily favors deserts giving holy sites adjacency bonuses, which is very useful for musa. It's nice to know you're almost guaranteed it if you want it

[@TrevorCaldwell]

Luckily, Indonesia and Mali will probably choose different pantheons anyway, so it's not game-ruining if you play Gitarja and Mali is in the game.

[@isaacjohnston8831]

@@TrevorCaldwell might be a problem for her in multiplayer but I would agree vs comp this is unlikely to change much, unless both want faith for clearing.

[@joshx-kb2el]

Your content is awesome. Best of the best out there. Can't have it enough. :) Thank you, and keep up the good work.

[@grantpritchard7492]

The Eleanor Dev Livestream showed the Mali being eliminated very early by Sweden even on King level, so I must concur with your estimation of Mali's strengths/weaknesses,

[@melwin2490]

Where he puts his warrior at 13:30 would make a incredible industrial zone. Dont know if he notices it later in the video, so i'll keep watching i guess.

[@jasonhw00]

I think you need to plan a "trade" city with the Mali, all flat desert tiles and send all you traders to it, to Min/max.

[@pjmcb]

So that second city should have been one tile to the right. Desert floodplains = flat desert tiles = +1 gold/turn. The floodplains would have allowed farms and rapid growth , allowing you to work the desert hills tiles, and the +6 gold per trade route out of that city is absolutely killer. In fact, desert floodplains are almost unfairly overpowered for Mali.

[@DesignsByTRex]

I'm actually glad you restarted that turn because it's just too good to pass up

[@SGProductions87]

Towards the 3rd minute I am screaming DONT GET A BUILDER TILL YOU GOT MINING BRO

[@Dyrwen]

I dug your Maori run; hadn't subscribed to you before that, looking forward to this one.

[@eight_count]

I don't have a computer that is capable of playing this game, however, because of your videos, I am considering purchasing a new computer just so I can play this game. Thanks for the videos!

[@kristjanpeil.bsky.social]

Played Mali on Prince Earth True Start Location (nw Africa). The game pretty much played itself - by turn 20 i had loyaltied the capitols of Egypt (central north Africa) and Arabia (Suess Africa). Turn 141, out of the blue, it was faith vic purely on missionaries.

[@alluvium1465]

I think Moksha is a better first governor buy for Mali. You can use faith to buy your religion as fast as possible, and Moksha will spread your religion to your other cities without need of missionaries. Gun strait for his promotion to buy districts with faith, and every 5 turns move him to a new city and go on a spending spree. If you get that 25% faith bump for buying buildings as well slow building them, it is going to be stupid how much you can purchase.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

You might be right

[@larsduim]

problem is that Mali doesn't get their 30% production Malus towards Districts and Wonders so it's better to slow-build those and buy buildings/units

[@benedictosamosir9109]

why don't you build the holy site on the +6 flat dessert? Those hills are important for money aren't they? Also ruhr valley + petra on your capital.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

River Adjacency

[@rensd12]

Hey @potatomcwhiskey, do you know what triggers the great work screen to appear in the UI menu? It happens to u at 05:00 when your warrior finishes moving. My game has bugs and it doesnt trigger the great works menu, even when i have multiple amphitheathers, musea and wonders with great works slot. Heck, i forgot the Palace in the capital. Please help!

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

No idea

[@rensd12]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey okay i don't use mods and tried to check steam; right click the game > properties > local files > verify integrity of game files.. didnt help will try to reinstall the game now ):

[@azimuthclark462]

I have been living by the whiskey philosophy of am I having fun playing the game? If restarting means I'm having more fun than I do it. I started the game on settlers, I am now playing on King and crushing. I still have some details I got to iron out and start paying attention a little more. But I am having a lot of fun playing this game especially with the culture wins

[@aaronspeach9404]

Did you have barbs turned off or was it just super lucky you had no barb camps?

[@socratesdeekte6321]

I would’ve placed the holy sit on the +6 flat desert tile. Leaving as much desert hills as possible intact for Petra mines.

[@DynaCatlovesme]

An expected surprise is no surprise at all!

[@hakonandreasolaussen1949]

When you’re going back to old civs after doing all the new ones, maybe go for a diplo victory with pericles? Or Egypt, who I think are getting flood plain changes with this exp

[@Kopesy]

The map generation looks fantastic. Have they updated it with the new expansion?

[@gorp2116]

So I see all those new toggles for things like river and mountain labels but heavens to Betsy that is a big QoL hit because I'm almost certain they still haven't implemented setting defaults for those in the options.

[@juliocmbaia]

On your third city, should you put your holy site on northeast hex of where you placed thus allowing a +6 Suguba near 2 Holy sites?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Not really super important imo

[@brianhum8765]

Love seeing the Mali gameplay Potato! Would it not have been better to settle to the southwest of that first city and save the 3 production wooded hill you settled on? Keep up the good work, can't wait to play GS next week!

[@eduardo3652]

Potato you used to show us the game creation screen in a lot of your previous series, is there a reason you haven't done it for Gathering Storm?

[@MasterLapin]

Nice Dune reference with the "Tanzerouft" Basin

[@samborambo222]

Every time you crush a potential PetRuhr desert hill I cry a little on the inside :'( Also, ideal district placement might end up being a little like the Hansa/Commercial Hub diamonds for Germany, only with Holy Sites and Sugubas.

[@dracma127]

So, the new achievements got updated into the game yesterday. What do you think of it? Po-tay-toes is going to be a pain to get, I can tell already.

[@LewisEWatts]

Been lookin' forward to this series

[@adryandawnstarr477]

All aboard the hype train! Im not sure why, but im super interested in this Civ's playstyle.

[@xbjrrtc]

It's different! And it allows us to make use of poor terrain.

[@brooklyn560]

Who's you're favorite of the new civs so far

[@vegansons4536]

What system are you running? Movement seems very quick. In late games in CIV 6, turns take about 10-15 seconds on my machine. Cheers for your help.

[@ArchfiendRai]

Dude this map is amazing. You had so much space.

[@rockerfarm6445]

Yes, finally there will be a full Game of the Mali :)

[@esbenrasmussen2419]

I think if he had known about the flat desert tile mechanic with trade routes, then placing the first holy site on a flat desert tile would be better, saves one petra hill and then the commercial hub could be on the grassland river instead. Saves 2 amazing workable tiles and makes use of 2 otherwise useless tiles for districts. But there is a lot of mechanics to get used to with this civ.

[@theral056]

Do you run the video at 1.5x speed and comment over it later, or are you just that fast? This is such a quick pace. Lovely to watch!

[@CanBonamaVEVO]

FINALLY SOMEONE PLAYS MALI

[@eduardo3652]

Why was Urban Planning only worth 0.7 production? 6:35

[@kenisip2005]

Mali loses 30% production towards buildings and units im pretty sure

[@eduardo3652]

@@kenisip2005 Thanks!

[@nicolaslillo1665]

Hey that's immortal not emperor

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

correct

[@clbl8706]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey first of all how daRE YOU?

[@nfzeta128]

Why is it that you don't get scouts early though? Especially given the boosts that exploring the map usually give you compliment research paths well.

[@alvindiao6392]

Yes! Mali! Nice pick

[@SourceOfBeing]

Does "-1 Production from Mines" mean that the tile loses Production or just keeps its base?

[@drfredostein4410]

Potato was at war with Hungary and he had to buy units when he had a useless warrior just fortifying nothing near the city state.

[@Nonamnon]

Really enjoying the game so far!

[@venturedragon8951]

Is this expansion Rise and Fall compatible? Will you be able to play with Rise and Fall leaders and Gathering storm leaders at the same time?

[@exodia_right_leg]

Wow I am not used to potatoes old videos. He sounds like he hasn't slept for 2 weeks

[@charlesvattimo4674]

“ 6:05 ” One or more Spanish Conquistadors - About 15th century AD

[@eduardo3652]

Hey Potato, what do you think about Take-Two Interactive sneaking the Red Shell analytic software into Gathering Storm? It is in the EULA... but seriously, who reads those?

[@kang88mao]

You should build the Scout first and gain more game scores. The golden age will allow us to purchase settlers and expand quickly.

[@sofusjohansen7196]

U actuallt played Mali!!! Yay

[@iptf]

What buffs or changes are there to the other civs like the Zulu and Egypt? Can you say?

[@Sam-lr9oi]

Did you say 5 THOUSAND gold per turn? Oh boy, am I excited to see this.

[@VirtuesOfSin]

So... Potato... How is that Religion going? Ganna get good use out of that +2 era score, right? :P

[@dominiqueill5292]

Should have moved over ones more to keep the forest hill then made a lumber mill also as Mali you’ll need to worry about sand storms

[@DynaCatlovesme]

Hadn't noticed it was just _flat_ desert tiles that boost trade; that sort of sucks. Is it the same thing for the food boost?

[@colmcooney6835]

No I'm pretty sure the food thing is on both flat and dessert tiles

[@Saki630]

How slow is the start with Mali?

[@michaelharder3055]

Ilkum gives 30% benefit when buying builders too right?

[@Hathsin]

Praise the gold. It is the Mansa Way.

[@jaeusa160]

As a point of discussion rather than criticism: Is investing in Pingala really worth it if you're going to limit the city's growth with a lot of 3-tile settles? Might still be worth it even with a few population but that's 3 whole Governor titles for a city struggling to grow beyond size 5 that's losing half its workable tile yields to neighbors. Actually, Pingala might simply not be appropriate for Mali as a general rule (decisions always vary by game, of course), due to how much they're looking at Desert tiles and Mines, ie tiles and improvements which don't generate Food. Pingala might be SO overpowered in this build that it's still worth. :O

[@AmariieMaerthos]

So, I'm not sure, does Mali have a rough/slow start? Hehe

[@leauleau100]

The holly site bonus, is it a bug? Right? Why +1 for each desert tiles? I don't have that :s

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Its my pantheon

[@leauleau100]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey didn't see. Sorry :) Thank you

[@lctree9252]

hi, I love your games, they are encouraging me to play more seriously. I'm relatively new to the game (never really played full on) how come you are getting +6 faith on holy sites when in my game I am only getting +2 or +3 ? I am selecting holy site spots surrounded by the same tiles as your selections. I must be missing something important.

[@lctree9252]

I found the problem, you selected desert folklore as your pantheon. thank you

[@stanislavpluzhnikov2861]

I cant understand what happend with great prophet. There are two guys already have over 60 points. Why they dont take this prophet?

[@maxkoppitz726]

Stanislav Pluzhnikov they had already taken one

[@stanislavpluzhnikov2861]

@@maxkoppitz726 is it bug? in late versions players with hired prophet dont display in this list

[@eatsleepgame6189]

ill watch em as soon as u make em, more pls

[@peterbjerregaard4109]

Hi Potato! Which mods do you use with your Civilization 6? Thanks for the video by the way, love Mali, and I can't wait to play the mighty Mansa Musa! :D

[@juliocmbaia]

Also, Shouldn't you faith purchase missionaries right away?

[@DrAlberts]

How does he get that +4 faith so early on?

[@brianhum8765]

Mali gameplay wooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Zasurein]

We need to know what happens. Keep going!

[@jonoc08]

3 episodes today?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

nah that was a special occasion

[@AQJ_DK]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Sad :(

[@zacksing-judge7464]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey "While we are exploring all the new civilizations in gathering storm I am going to make an effort that on the first day that I release a new series starts, I am going to make an effort to release 3 videos" So what you meant was just the first one, not all. I, like Jonathan, thought there would be 3 episodes as that was the set expectation. I would suggest putting that fact that it is only one in the show notes and not on comment 20-whatever incase others are looking.

[@zacksing-judge7464]

Sorry, that sounded bitchy. My inner Lawyer came out there. What I meant to say was I 2 R SAD

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Sometimes I simply can't keep to the plans I laid sadly

[@pegasus370]

Can you show all the mods you used?

[@EvilMidnight204]

Looks like you turned off barbarians when you were playing with the map settings :(

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I'm certain I did not

[@EvilMidnight204]

Just seems unusual to have seen none so far.

[@bensrandomshows1482]

The mali seem so cool to play

[@uoilo]

"I want to settle wide with the Mali" *settles 4 tiles away from capital

[@hakomichi]

Settling wide = lots of densely settled cities covering a lot of territory. Settling tall = building a few cities with a ton of growth and population while maximizing the distance between them.

[@corgizx]

ITS MALI TIME!!! Wait, that's not right...

[@NoSafeHavens]

DrAvatar That’s Kupe’s new catch phrase.

[@S23K]

One small request: can you turn the game sounds up please? I could be wrong (watching on my laptop) but I think it may even be off entirely. Cheers :) Edit - now I see your pinned comment - that's what I get by watching the vid too early :P

[@frederikskarbyetogeby7238]

Lets have a new LP Mali video! On Diety as well!

[@JackRule16]

What difficulty is this on

[@wuntap8574]

good stuff

[@DarkUmbrus]

It feels very oppressing without the game sounds xD anyways... Thanks for making my hype higher and higher at each episod man!

[@USMC2673]

3 episodes a day please. 1 jsut isn't enough

[@PotatoHero524]

Is he playing on standard speed?

[@Smoothiecom]

5000 gold per turn?

[@SubZer0Games]

GOLD!!! GIVE ME MOOOOONNNNAAAAAYYY

[@niekwels8686]

On what victory is he good?