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*

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@byronweaver6083]

Kept refreshing I just knew a video was about to drop

[@grimmturd]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@ethantoth5770]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@donzify1964]

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

[@spacemanifestdestiny3542]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@leol9550]

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

[@RobertR19]

Gotta love that volcano juice.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!!!!

[@dracma127]

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

[@grizzfan12]

Potato: Learning > Getting cities

[@riconade4431]

Ambiorix is easily one of my top 3 favorite civs

[@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.

[@Wompwompwomp.ny1]

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

[@Stymfalide]

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

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

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

[@Bigvision121worship]

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

[@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

[@joelpierce1453]

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

[@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”

[@Pekoe.]

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

[@JoeKerr420]

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

[@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.

[@koyouko]

Love the lets play, educational mix in these videos

[@ubermikesocal]

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

[@chungchung9935]

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

[@donzify1964]

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

[@korfrag6865]

Yo-ho-ho and a bagacum

[@siakattack660]

I hope you achieve all your Gauls for the series

[@jb111082]

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

[@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.

[@mitchelson215]

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

[@gieaudio8762]

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

[@darelsmith2825]

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

[@peeftribos]

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

[@samsquanch197]

Oh man this week gets better and better!

[@HashtagWhattaNerd]

Glad to see the more relaxed style come back!

[@MaiHand]

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

[@rcdcrichard]

11:20 I would've changed the civic tech research, because you're going to build 3 tiles improvements very soon anyway. Could've used the 6 extra turns to research other techs.

[@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.

[@chillingwithyou8756]

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

[@JustBackgroundNoise]

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

[@absurdpotato4004]

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

[@belisarius6949]

*Bonk* go to Venetian Arsenal jail

[@samhooley1915]

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

[@joelpetersmedia]

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

[@gabrielflavianus6189]

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

[@villadskvistborg5917]

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

[@expandeux]

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

[@cybersaiyan9596]

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

[@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.

[@gigglesgames1]

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

[@AliRadicali]

Bagacum: Say my name! Potato: Baggy.

[@jessewood3196]

Can someone please explain to me a bit more why getting 2 recon units is kind of bad (6:40)? Thx! Edit: Maybe bc getting a gov title or something else from the goody hut would have been better than 2nd scout??

[@gulfwulf3597]

I'd like to know as well. The only two reasons I can think of are the extra gold cost and the scout's low combat strength. That and they quickly lose value unless you're at war with some who's spamming support units because Special Ops can attack them directly. Late game I just make army of them and have the go around and clear out barb camps.

[@jessewood3196]

@@gulfwulf3597 For extra gold cost, do you mean once you upgrade them later? Scouts are 0 gold maintenance I'm pretty sure.

[@houndofculann1793]

@@gulfwulf3597 it's purely for the opportunity cost, i.e. the fact that you don't get something else from the goody hut instead. Since you already have a scout (or two, if you also built one yourself) getting another one is usually less useful in the long term than getting any of the other rewards

[@gulfwulf3597]

@@houndofculann1793 I can see that, but does that apply to scouts you build yourself?

[@houndofculann1793]

@@gulfwulf3597 not in the same way. A scout is the more valuable the earlier you build it because firstly, you haven't yet explored a lot, and secondly because you don't have as many things you can do with your city yet, so the opportunity cost for building the scout is smaller. Building a second scout right after another means it still has decent value because your first scout hasn't yet explored much, and you probably still haven't researched a lot of other options for you to use your production on so the opportunity cost is still relatively low. The longer you wait between the scouts, the smaller the profit will be relative to the opportunity cost as the former will decrease while the other will increase. For tribal villages, the opportunity cost is always the same (and pretty high because of all the other options), but the value of the scout will only go downwards. I hope this answer helps =D

[@giogvarianashvili6309]

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

[@aaronlee6279]

classical venetian arsenal much pog

[@matthewmcneany]

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

[@matthewmcneany]

This is Civ V babylon level of broken

[@clemenx]

Yes! I was waiting for your Gaul video.

[@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.

[@alliezah]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@timtuinstra6164]

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

[@rickaxemeow8095]

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

[@Andy-iq6rk]

The unique unit is such a brutal warrior replacement. 20 + 15 vs spearman and 5 more if barb with the right stuff giving you a 40 strength warrior before promotions and quick to make with no downsides. Early war is an option.

[@greatnilemedjaywarrior3155]

Gloriously to the All The Barbarians Tribes Out There yeahhhh

[@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

[@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

[@jiqhi6350]

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

[@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

[@xxviixxvii5585]

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

[@ploppman7524]

You think huey teocalli is worth this game? While there aren't many big lakes on this map there's quite a number of single tile lakes which would benefit from huey. As I was thinking about that you missed out on a likely boost to military tactics at around 19:10. It's understandable getting the boost wasn't exactly in the forefront of the planning there. It still happened at a poor time.

[@rjdruhan]

With the bonus production Gaul feels a lot easier than Byzantium. Production gives you the option to do anything you want. Byzantium needs a lot of things to line up and they pretty much have to go total war.

[@agoule01]

the nose exhale after "bagacum"