🐴🐴🐴Civilization 6 Horse Only is BROKEN - Mongolia Deity Domination Horse Only Challenge

[@austinbalon3124]

This is not the salted potato that I know, you’re not allowed to be happy while playing civ

[@wwefan61911]

@Alonzo Liam fuck off

[@elephantandwine9867]

I love these tighter, more edited games. I’m not a massive fan of the new streaming trend (not just yours) but if that means more content like this, I’m all for it

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

The plan is to put out more edited content on youtube, and then move traditional let's plays over to livestreams.

[@nickgrosvenor5245]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Will you post vods of those streams later?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

@@nickgrosvenor5245 Might make a second channel for VODs.

[@benabaxter]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Eh ... dunno if you're making enough content to split the channel into two. Subscribers can self-select what they want to watch.

[@Nightcrawl7]

@@benabaxter agreed

[@aaronlee6279]

This is technically historically accurate. The Mongols took over almost half the world in the matter of 20 years. In game, you fought for around only a few turns against most of the other civs, not including bloody Australia.

[@juulcoob5162]

17% of the world*

[@fidodidozekraoui7551]

To be fair the Mongols didnt use just horses

[@kumakamikaze]

@@fidodidozekraoui7551 cat sappers units when

[@Antilles1974]

5:59 "Let's go ahead and get this other copper online." Doesn't get the first copper online.

[@philipmorse-fortier5499]

I loved that. He moved on top of it, then moved off to get the other one first XD

[@thecardczar8764]

Yeah, we all hate when we do that lol

[@youtubeaccount7052]

I know. I literally started dying of laughter after he just ran away from it.

[@ManOfWonder19827]

So I'm sitting here right beside the actual Lysefjord, and chuckling along.

[@benthemaster4321]

lol

[@dreadredbaron]

So how is life as a Mongolian?

[@ManOfWonder19827]

@@dreadredbaron My horse is quite nice, though he seems to have grown a couple of feet after I watched this video...

[@joshrayborn1418]

Dude that's fucking phat bro

[@pikachupokemon9198]

Kol

[@Mammooot]

Imagine the Mongolians rushing to Norway with guns in 1070 lmao :D

[@GewalfofWivia]

And built the Great Pyramids in 1060 xD

[@DocSardo]

Firaxis: We've toned down horse units across the board in this patch. Should now be much more difficult to pull off early horse rush victories as melee and siege units will be needed to capture cities. Genghis: Hold my beer...

[@samsuh]

hold my fermented yak's milk*

[@Bloodlyshiva]

Once you have hard(or harder) rules in place, breaking those rules can be more dramatic. I'm kind of thinking of Rise of Nations, but it's true of most games, really.

[@rainbowthesaurus6253]

Yeah I'm sure beer wasnt really an ancient Mongolian thing unless they raided their neighbors and found some sake as well as beer while the Polish beat them back from Europe

[@Roberrt16]

@@rainbowthesaurus6253 Definitely should have said hold my Keshig

[@jackyokeed7044]

It's like nobody truly understood how incredibly broken the Mongols horsemen were in real life. They conquered most of Asia and it was actually the brothers fighting after gengis died that prevented them from making it into true history books as a massive empire. They would have stomped the polish if Ghengis hadn't died and the empire fractured from the infighting

[@luisterine7267]

The emojis in the title brought me here. Do not let me down, Civ Guy

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Neigh good sire, I shant let you down from your high horse

[@luisterine7267]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey You did not let me down this time. Congratulations, you live another day.

[@simplyanobserver]

Luisterine if he disappointed you would you boil him mash him or stick him in a stew

[@UntarWow]

"This is going to be one of the easiest games I have played in my life." 4 months later, discovers broken pantheon exploit.

[@igorjuszczak6289]

Not discovered, just shown off

[@JacksonOwex]

@@igorjuszczak6289 I don't think OP mean Potato found it FIRST when they say he DISCOVERED it but that Potato wasn't aware of it and then he became aware of it, aka DISCOVERING!

[@zimell9002]

You know that the guy has reached another level when he’s calling the deity AI easy

[@jasonreed7522]

The Diety AI is just as dumb as Chieftain AI it just has so many bonuses to help it cheat to victory. It would be nice to fight a "smarter" AI with no bonuses. Also, the main trick for Diety AI is to go steal their stuff since they aren't any better at war, just slightly stronger units.

[@X-11]

Did someone lace your whiskey with crack? The excitement is over 9000!

[@PaulEIvory]

The last video with Mali inspired me to go for my first religious victory. (I only have ~110 hours) After watching this I'll try a Domination run with Genghis

[@waves_under_stars]

Next try science victory with korea or something

[@Henricksenfamily]

One of the few games where 110 hours is pretty low

[@MrSlinky]

"and I'm pretty sure I can take one of his cities here with just a single horseman.... yes." I died here laughing

[@etho7351]

Turns early game are like 10 years each. Mongolia conquered the entirety of the civilized world in 20. Mongolia isn't broken enough confirmed.

[@MIshthra]

I really appreciate the editing, well done Whiskey.

[@micahrakestraw9010]

Honestly, Mr. Tater, i love this style of video, a full game in a small digestible video. Would love to see more!

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Cheers man

[@jacobhawney]

Just have to say Mr. McWhiskey, this was a PLEASURE to watch and listen to. You just sound like you're having so much fun! I love the episodic series for teaching and tutorial runs, but for just regularly released content, this is the best. Keep it up good sir!

[@Amelanduil]

„Nice going, Genghis!” -Bill Wurtz

[@cano4085]

Nice going Otoman Turks!

[@stefanbirnbaum4880]

In my Wilhelmina game I had a +8 Campus - that was insane. 4 mountains, geothermal and river

[@cstarcrusher]

Genghis be like : I got the 🐎 in the back .. and front .. and the entire world

[@the7thletter37]

starcrusher lol

[@stolenhero6650]

In year 1350 AD, the Mongolian horde has researched nuclear fission, they are now sending giant death robots riding on giant metal horses to the last remaining cities on Earth.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

I managed to get the Eye of the Sahara on a coastal city with tons of desert tiles in a Petra city as Australia. Can confirm, the output of the tiles when Outback Stations are used is actually insane.

[@has489]

Dude I love your new edited videos. I usually can't sit through hours of playthrough videos without getting bored. But this one is perfect

[@richardcramer1604]

Happy Bastille Day, great game, great video; I love this condensed format. You must have put a lot of effort into editing but it was worth it, it shows. It was a joy to hear your upbeat narration sounded like you had a lot of fun playing, this is the Potato I subscribe to. Good job!

[@Alfwin]

40:38 you have the technology to use oil in 960 AD and you're _complaining?_ lol.

[@thatonekid640]

DEUS VU- *(gets shot)*

[@2Links]

11:50 On the other hand, having your cities follow your religion gives a bonus to loyalty.

[@jasonreed7522]

Lots of factors to consider when making that choice, the effort needed to spread the religion can be quite a resource drain, but a good religion is very helpful. In this case i don't think he would have been able to spread his religion as fast as he conquered land. (Spain's conquistadors convert cities when they take them so spain using a religion to aid loyalty when conquering is a good strat)

[@RadleyAwesome]

Potato: Paw-leng-kae Close enough! Lol Good content, Potato. Thanks for uploading.

[@ubralodtopu8918]

"Thank you so much for playing who's horse is this, I'll see you next week" - Whiskey ( 28:38 )

[@pliskiniroquois0]

I genuinely checked if my playback speed was way up because he is just spitting rapid fire B A R S

[@RicoHansen75]

9:19 just buy the spot where the barb camp is, and you get the era-bonus for clearing out camp :)

[@GamerGrampz]

~ 06:38 Out of curiosity, why did you decide to drop the campus and overwrite the terrain? Since there were only two copper mines to set up, would it not of been more efficient to chop the campus site to help you finish the monument and get started on the campus? Or would the increased cost of production from you discovering foreign trade outweighed this advantage? Or getting the boost for craftsmanship was more important? I'm only asking because you had a builder right beside the tile, so it seemed kind of obvious to me... but I've learned a lot from you and TheGameMechanic so want to know if I'm missing something here. Thanks... not tryna be a dick lol-- generally curious.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Just didn't really think of using the builder - was too excited to place the campus. If I was playing correctly I should have chopped the tile before placing. Craftsman boost is probably more important, but I could have just used the chop production to make a second builder. Definitely just a misplay on my behalf.

[@GamerGrampz]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey No worries. I wouldn't have commented at all except in this newer video style you skipped past the next turn or two so I wasn't sure about the reasoning. I don't wanna come across as a smartass by any means because I make more than my fair share of mistakes when playing... especially when playing and commentating lol ~ 10:30 did you end up saving this barb camp for the 8 or 9 turns until the next age started so the +3 era score wasn't wasted? I tried rewinding a time or two but couldn't tell because of how the video skips around. When you choose your dedication I can see the camp is gone, but because of the editing don't know if you happened to clear it that turn before opening up your dedications.

[@GamerGrampz]

PS. Watched the rest of the video so this will be the last question... I swear lmao

[@joesalgaming8114]

you can buy the land under a barb camp, for those who dont know. Also, a game idea. Have a game with all the OP civs you can think of. Like Mongolia, and Mali

[@Hassy171717]

Hey Tater.... haven't watched your vids in a while but I have to say your commentary has gotten 1000% better on these cut videos in the interim. Keep up the good work! PS as a Canadian, it's Ah-LOO-min-um!!!! :)

[@unknownlegend7867]

The absolute glee you express when you smite your enemies is contagious.

[@Hopesedge]

32:00 Imagine sitting withing your walls only to see a hail of arrows fly across the ocean and land inside your city walls, terrifying.

[@zoelyman]

Ok! So all I need to do is get 3 +5 science districts before turn 50, get an army of horse men, and conquer 75% of the world, then I will be able to build the pyramids before turn 367? Got it! :P

[@brettkane9175]

If your comedy is anything to go by, you'd make a great parent.

[@KingOskar4]

I like these abridged versions of a civ playtrough 👍

[@sostrongineedmoreofyourmon974]

What I tend to do as Genghis is to smash down early civs to a non-coastal secondary city (taking their initial capitals is always my goal) then leave them locked in place by my conquered cities essentially turning them into city-states is in a world dominated by my civ. I then just play out the game being the sole builder of wonders, being hundreds of years ahead in tech and culture and absorbing all available gold in the world via trades with the various civs.

[@tomas5408]

Lol just after you killed the Incas a Scythian rebelled city was flipping to the Incas (even though they were dead)

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

It was weird.

[@_DaemonCleaner]

I'm really enjoying this style of videos. Hansa madness next? :)

[@Blangadanger]

Love the way their playstyle matches their historical domination in the middle ages. The fitting irony of steamrolling through a sleeping Rome with only horses was fun to watch.

[@Zeuseus6609]

31:00 well actually the name Canberra comes from an indigenous word Kamberra which roughly translated is 'Meeting place' which was used to describe an area where different tribes would meet so it's kinda accurate, though the militant nature of the meeting is at odds with the historical context XD

[@andymion]

I just want to hear The Spiffing Brit start a video with "Heeeyyyyyyyy Spiffies" now.

[@MrSlinky]

probably my favorite of your vids so far lol

[@atomic_godz]

you say it should be looked at in the balance department, but it looks like the real reason domination was so easy wasn't because 'mongol so broken!', it was because you got the great campuses and a huge tech lead. You're not one shotting cities because of a +12 from the intel, you're one shotting them because you've got cavalry when they have horsemen.

[@karium3999]

Your maniacal laugh is contagious. You just improved my mood hahaha

[@Arthurt120]

Mongolia is just a blast ahahahaha. I was playing Ghengis and my Modern Armor were at about 140 ATK. Just to put it in perspective, GDR have 130 ATK

[@harpoquondraxmarx805]

Is this like... sped up? I feel like I'm on crack trying to keep up.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

This is me going slow. Pray I do not go any faster.

[@irkedcs]

bruh do you not watch Potato on 1.75x speed? Wait. Have I been on crack for years?

[@Adallace]

It does look and sound sped up slightly when comparing it to his other videos.

[@keimokuula9852]

Hes on metamphine impossible to listen to

[@locococo8961]

@@irkedcs I watch all videos on 2x speed, this on normal is so slow to me

[@benthemaster4321]

5:25 They're trade City-States.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Correct, sometimes I forget words

[@GamerGrampz]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Merchantile sounded smarter anyway 😂👌

[@jssmatt]

Love this type of content! Hope you also make some instruction type videos (tier lists, how-tos, etc)

[@McMoataz]

Found this 11 months later, really good content. Subscribed!

[@thebigboss1035]

Very cool video even though it's not the same turn by turn type.I enjoyed this a lot! Support from Romania!!🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Salutari!

[@NotFearOfFlames]

Been thoroughly enjoying these style of videos! Keep it up my spud

[@unigeekpanda3026]

Ok, Lease- Eh- Fjord, and Palén- Keh. It's really supposed to be a click-ish sound but a k-sound will do. I do like these more edited video quite a lot though. The later stream VODs are also a nice mix up for your normal gameplay videos, which I still enjoy watching very much, keep up the good work!

[@inerevaraskedforthis]

I don't think I've ever seen you have so much fun in a domination game. Great watch.

[@GeneralXarzu]

It was first named aluminum, but the British decided afterward that they like aluminium better.

[@2001Pieps]

A wise decision.

[@popodon6907]

Really enjoying these edited videos, but I feel like the cuts might be a little too fast. You already speak so quickly that the pace of this editing gets a bit overwhelming.

[@popodon6907]

I mean, I thought it was on 1.1 speed or something.

[@Coopetition]

Meanwhile, I'm watching on 2.5x speed with a Chrome extension.

[@TehJumpingJawa]

Hardest difficulty, World Conquest..... 11 units lost. Gotta love Civ 6....

[@eduardo3652]

Wow! That was fast! My head is spinning.

[@brendanbarrett8421]

I name my first named scout Cecil Thereis. The second one is Ol' Mercury squirts, referencing how people tracked Lewis and Clarke's expeditionary resting points by finding the remnants of the mercury based purgatory drugs they used during the journey.

[@csgoplayer-ne5wn]

whenever I play mongolia I never train horses until I have an ordu. The extra movement point is really helpful, and if you have a great general you get 6 movement horses which is just insane. and there is that promotion (I forgot the name) which gives you +1 movements, so 7 movement horses and 6 movement knights. The only handicap is that the great general is rrrrrrrrrreeeeeeaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy slow compared to the units. EDIT: The promotion is pursuit

[@gibbcharron3469]

Actually, if you put keshigs into formation with great generals, the general can move as fast as the keshig.

[@csgoplayer-ne5wn]

@@gibbcharron3469 Never thought of that, That's still a little bit slower but not as bad, Thanks for the tip :D

[@quicksparta3955]

Weeeeeelllll, wadya know, potatomcwhiskey got the best start of his life for the umpteenth time, I'm so surprised.

[@michaltyl1381]

You are a bloody demon! great job mate;) It's not so easy to take advantage of a luck in a game but u managed that perfectly.

[@ccubed7119]

I like these edited videos. Keep up the great work.

[@philmo9667]

Yo , Spud-Lord . You dun 'arf know 'ow to make a man moist . Been playing civ for 20+ Y now and this is possibly the most amount of fun this old man has ever had in a game ..... and I was simply watching . Keep up the hilarity my Goodsir .

[@ghostbirdofprey]

I get a little bit Genghis Khan don't want you to get it on with nobody else but me

[@emeraldrockdrake7080]

I dont think iv ever said this potatomcwhisky is a amazing and memoryal name

[@jessicabythesea1331]

You sounded like you were having fun! XD Great video!

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I'm trying! :)

[@Monik41291]

Love this style of videos! Keep it up!

[@gavinblower558]

21:51 - 22:00 look at Norway's Military strength... CHET???????

[@madmartigan1498]

Great gameplay. From a Civ 1 - Veteran...

[@jacoborourke8714]

I am digging these "meme playthroughs" you're doing. I'd recommend a civ to play as next playthrough, but I'm not who you've not played as on the channel or Twitch.

[@Jack-bt7qg]

did you ever do a video over what mods you use? i love that UI one

[@clementcadieux7935]

Jack I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have any UI mod in The video

[@Jack-bt7qg]

Muskius Elonlord is there some sort of setting that has the military strength & all that under each civ?

[@clementcadieux7935]

@@Jack-bt7qg It's in the interface settings I believe

[@Jack-bt7qg]

Muskius Elonlord oh alright thank you, i’ve never seem that

[@22Varg]

Btw Potato dunno if you know, but land units attacking from ships don't get penalized and do full damage as if on land. :) Just a nice little mechanic I recently found out with Victoria. ^^

[@idlethoughts8352]

"Ideally you wanna grab them all--it's like Pokemon, right?"

[@jackyokeed7044]

Most definitely don't realize how powerful the Mongols were under Khan. The only reason we don't really hear about the Mongol Empire is because as soon as he passed the Empire onto his children they all went at each other's throats so it was a very short lived but quite massive empire. You should look how he took over most of Asia. He took out western Russia, down through Georgia, up to the Mediterranean, was working on wiping the Turkey area and passed away. The only thing that stopped them was the infighting caused through greed and stupidity. If they had stayed united instead of power hungry we would have truly seen the power of the Mongols

[@bean7837]

It's definitely aluminium. Just because Americans decided to change the spelling to justify their weird pronunciation doesn't make it any less wrong.

[@wombat4191]

I was worried that he'd actually use Tanks in horse only run, but luckily the game ended before that. Mongolia is super strong, I don't think many players understand how good that diplo visibility skill is. Rush Monarchy, build the building that gives a spy, and just start listening (on top of the trading post bonus of course). Conveniently, the same civic gives you the Chivalry card.

[@TheVideoman22]

How do I get that list that is below the Civ Leaders?

[@PaulDuggan]

I really like your Civ videos. And this is despite the my reflexive and utter loathing of being called a 'spuddie'.

[@AnonymousSong]

That's probably the best explanation of the Mongol Empire in the mid-era of why they can conquer so much land in such a short time.

[@slwrabbits]

I did not expect to actually learn something from a computer game ...

[@jan-okkerockmann4877]

Cool to see a new vid, just watched an old gameplay where you played ultra brutal deity ;) have you tried the buying units for 0 gold exploit yet?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I'm pretty sure they fixed the 0 gold exploit in one of the patches but I'll double check!

[@jan-okkerockmann4877]

It was with democrazy, the state that got -20% unit cost and 60% from city states for 3 encampmemts

[@fatcoco699]

This was the happiest potato video ever!!

[@domagoj905]

Gathering Storm for 30€ on steam. Worth it? I have over 100 hours in Civ6 and I enjoy it quite a lot.

[@ezioplaysmc1232]

domagoj905 yes

[@Bishbashbosh687]

Around 27:45 how did u manage to get 3 dedications ? I only manage to get 1 is there a trick or something

[@TKillMonkey]

It's a heroic age. Not sure what the requirements are

[@Bishbashbosh687]

@@TKillMonkey looked it up, its because he got a golden age when he was in a dark age so that's why he got 3

[@jan-okkerockmann4877]

When you enter a golden age after a dark age, you can make 3 decisions instead of 1, the so called "Hero age"

[@TheBiggim31]

How does he get the civ icon display like that? Is it a mod? Do I need to enable something? I love seeing how you can just look at any civ even your own and see who is leading who is next in line and who is at the bottom in all the categories.

[@FruitMonger360]

As it just happens, I played a Mongolia game today. Got forward settled by Hungary early and had to focus on units early which really hurt settling and my science. I was able to wipe out Hungary but fell too far behind and am having trouble taking out Korea and Persia who are 10+ techs ahead of me.

[@MrMrSnail]

Hey, I've been watching you for a while now, and while I love this new type of video from you, I hope you don't stop doing full playthroughs. Cheers!

[@jefflinton9851]

I swear to the Potato Gods, I've spent more time in loading screens trying to get a decent start in a game on any setting level than ACTUALLY PLAYING THE FUCKING GAME! Civ can be so frustrating.

[@yslayk2184]

No one: Michael Jackson: 24:27

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

LOL

[@jacobrowe2704]

Aluminum-guy who discovered it wanted to call it alumium. He then changed his mind decided to call it Aluminum (the name used in America). Then someone in Britain decided that elements needed to end in “ium” and called it aluminium. So it’s correctly aluminum, but the British empire spread the wrong name aluminium to most of its empire.

[@uzoge]

17:33 Norway with 1205 military strength

[@kennuuthswansun3379]

Doesn’t matter if you can just run past their whole army

[@TamAviv]

Have you played a game on the new Seven Seas map yet? It's my new fav by far

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I have indeed!

[@AliRadicali]

Scythia makes the horses, Mongolia takes the horses.

[@AliRadicali]

Also one easy trick to guarantee any world wonder: just conquer the known world before building wonders, 4head.

[@Holydecipher]

Bushmills 10 is lovely. Smooth, sweet and creamy. Love this stuff. Thank you Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

[@ThisIsAmandaaa]

Potato manically laughing this entire video is me

[@xXDarkxIdealsXx]

lol runs into Australia in a massive desert. R.I.P. Potato. Outback station economy haha

[@Barph]

Last patch they fixed the barbarian's AI, now they actually send a scout, a raid party and a conquest party. Barbarians: Fix bug stopping raids from starting.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I know! But its totally insane. I quite like it though!

[@sudhanshugupta9155]

It is so unsettling to see potato so happy playing Civ