Rome Is The BEST Beginner Civ To Learn Civ 6 When You Are New To The Game, And Here's Why

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I always get asked who is the best Civ to learn the game, so I figured I would make an entire video about it! As always, you can find me at the above links and livestreaming on / boesthius Mon-Fri 12pm
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00:00 - INTRO
00:47 - Who Am I?
01:21 - What constitutes a beginner friendly Civ?
03:41 - The Roman Equation
04:08 - Trajan's Column
06:56 - All Roads Lead To Rome
09:56 - We Are Legion(s)
11:30 - Roman Baths
13:03 - So how is Rome a Good Beginner Civ?
16:21 - END
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[@awptownfunk8574]

Rome, Japan, and Germany as the best 3 for new players huh. Last time those three were together…

[@Funny24686]

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[@vxxiii4160]

Oh no...

[@iamacatperson7226]

Uh oh

[@banditartist4112]

Nah 💀💀💀

[@flipcats]

damnnnn 💀💀💀💀

[@siwentkiwwer9021]

Did you know that Trajan’s scouts are actually more powerful than other civs? It’s because they’re so good at Romeing.

[@Chillibro456235]

Its sane

[@boesthius]

i can't believe you've done this

[@strigiformes5434]

no way you just made a pun with Rome

[@janhalek669]

I don't get it :-/

[@aliizzzaarrrdddd]

@@janhalek669 roaming yk

[@MrTheoptimiser]

Only one pitfall of Trajan as a starter Pokémon. He might reinforce a build order devoid of monuments, which if I am honest I fell prey to.

[@slwrabbits]

The free roads also got me into trouble, but yeah, when I played a different civ for the first time, I had no idea what a monument was or why I would want one. Yeah, that was a rough wake-up call.

[@miliba]

@@slwrabbits When playing Persia I made culture top priority, so I immediately built all those monuments. The pace at which I sped through the civics was amazing

[@infradig696]

They just gotta remember to build monuments when they move on to other civs!

[@keltongillanders5736]

Whats a monument? Sorry average rome main here 🤣🤷‍♂️

[@infradig696]

@@keltongillanders5736 it's those things that make you win every game in Heroes & Legends mode

[@keltongillanders5736]

@@infradig696 ohhhh those. Yeah those are free dont @ me other civs.

[@Obsidian36o]

Rome was the first civ I played in every Civ game from 2-6, I dunno where I was going with this point but that's kinda cool

[@boesthius]

Haha it does seem like a trend for a lot of people

[@pdegan2814]

Same, Rome has been a solid starter civ pretty much throughout the whole series.

[@fatnootz3466]

I gravitate towards them in history games aswell. Idk Rome is just the irl textbook definition of a solid empire (before it fell).

[@the_tactician9858]

@@pdegan2814 It makes sense tho. Rome was pretty great because of many different reasons. They had a strong military, a large population due to clever food management, a very stable economy (until it wasn't stable anymore) and some of the best engineering seen to man until the Scientific Revolution came around. And while culturally they basically nicked everything Greek, they did enhance that culture by building amazing monuments and having a bunch of talented writers. A lot of civs surpass Rome in one point but overall, it's hard to find as complete a package as Rome. Add to that the significance Rome has on history (everyone knows the Roman Empire even if they hardly know anything else) and it seems a solid first pick for someone looking for 'a strong civilization'.

[@Robin-sf3gk]

I think 90% of players choose civs that appeal to them historically. So either their home country or the classics like Rome, USA, Germany. Whereby the lack of Alexander the Great and Perikles player maybe refute my argument

[@Dutch_is_a_Weird_Language]

'Fun' fact: the Civ VI tutorial scenario is, to this day, STILL BUGGED. It involves something with giving commands to your Scout, and it causes the win condition for the tutorial mission to not trigger, meaning that you will be stuck for... One... More... Turn...

[@BrianOxleyTexan]

Fantastic! I've been a casual player of Civ since it was source code to pull down and compile on a SUN workstation (! - and Sid was a grad student). I never thought too much about how to be good at the game. Your videos and Potato's have become interesting for me during this new age of work from home, and I find more time to be good at a game like Civ. Full props to you

[@lorduzi10]

And the end of all our journeying will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. Me going from playing rome because it’s rome and losing 95% of the time on diety to me playing rome and getting Arthur (or herc or hyp or himiko, or sinbad) on turn 10, proceeding to win every victory type by turn 200.

[@jumping438]

Absolutely fantastic video. Well executed and extremely helpful!

[@bolshebrik3660]

I love this vid, because my first civ 6 game (and my first civ game ever) was with Rome and it was so intuitive what I needed to do!

[@M.Whitlocke-sp7id]

Even though I am getting into this game WAY later than everyone else, I would like to thank you for making this video. After watching some beginner's guides and playing my way through the tutorial a few times, I was still struggling with what leader to choose for my first real game. I appreciate that you made this so intuitive and easy to understand, even for a complete beginner like me that doesn't really know what they are doing yet.

[@jeper3460]

The easiest according to Boes: Rome (Italy) Japan Germany Hmmm...

[@boesthius]

monkaS

[@donkeykong315]

Nothing weird here…

[@lmaocetong]

There is 3.9% Alexander because he is pure domination civ, I hate domination games, even as him i go culture or science

[@RyanFilmMaker]

you nailed this. excellent work.

[@TheTyranex]

Great video. I just picked up civ 6 myself after watching series made on civ 5. I was getting clobbered once I passed the classical age and Rome seems like the perfect starter civ to learn the game for me.

[@goferlp7011]

My playtime is 95 h I'm really proud that I beat a game with germany on emperor. Normally I play a game every few months. But I love to watch potatomcwhisky, only on KZbin because I don't have time for twitch. Thanks to him i found your channel.

[@mrman-yj3bn]

we remember what you said - scotland

[@richarddavis5259]

Dude I just found your channel and it's awesome. You're have a really good personality along-side being very knowledgeable with the game. I've learned a lot just from chilling and having the videos up while playing civ

[@Tizxxx]

Cant agrue as a new player that started around the time of this video but is just seeing it 3months later, first attempt as Vikings but now 2 dominations as Roman with inland seas to add more ease. Tome is a powerhouse if you target your closest neighbor and snag the settlers they produce right off the start too. Currently going back to vikings and holy sites after watching that one of your vids

[@sweeternickel70]

My criteria for a beginner civ are: 1. How much stuff can I ignore/put off doing? 2. How easy is it to steamroll other civs with cool and powerful units? Edit: 3. How far ahead can I get in science without doing much?

[@SpicyTake]

This is a great idea for a video. Very helpful thanks!

[@boesthius]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mode-Selektor]

Another great thing about Rome as a beginner Civ is that it also has some powerful utility when you start trying to transition to using ore advanced tactics. Chopping forests is very powerful in the early game. Being able to chop with Legions is quite powerful, and you're already going to make Legions anyway, right?

[@craftsmenMC]

Rome is still a main of mine, even so far after 6s initial release. It wasn’t until Ethiopia was released that my boy Trajan was bumped into second place. I just find them so flexible that I could basically do whatever and just have a chill game. Love my boys in purple.

[@zonefreakman]

I found this very helpful. The past couple of games now with Trajan I've been learning how to district better, and how to get a good momentum going with eureka bonus's and expansion. Rome helps you I think to learn how to play because they don't have any ridiculous district bonuses or out of the ordinary abilities. It's just a free monument, better aqueducts and better swordmen. In my last couple of games I've done a Legion rush which I never do an early war because I was afraid that I would just lose outright to the ai. But since I've learned how to better manage my cities I was able to keep up with the ai and I learned that the computer really sucks at warfare. Early warfare is also a lot easier than late stage, and if you're going to do warfare then do it asap. I'm in a game now where I took a civ out in the classical age with my Legion so I had a lot more cities to work with to kick Hurammbais ass.

[@CheeterCheese567]

So professional. love the style of content, hope this leads into more :)

[@phildicks4721]

I agree about Rome. They are very straightforward and kinda fun.

[@sheevpalpatine1105]

thats actually a pretty nice video! im one of the people who got civ vi for free and i only have played Civ Revolution on the Nintendo DS before that and i always played rome and now i have been avoiding them all the time in order to try smth different, but now i think ill go back the the ol' reliable :)

[@Manas-co8wl]

For sure, he was my emperor win. My first deity win was with Montezuma but by then I knew the ins and outs.

[@mrcopycat2355]

I just went head first and selected Random for starting on Civ 6. Of course this is stupid but the game chose the Mapuche. Really fun Civ that helped me understand Loyalty and Governors, which are new from previous games (among other things).

[@CreaniKun]

trajan was actually the first civ i won a game of civ as. might have been very easy and without much strategy, but it helped me understand what there is to do.

[@gonecrazy2922]

I tried Trajan on prince for my first game and made a few legionnaires then captured an enemy's capital, then got war declared on me and proceeded to lose.

[@matthewdrake448]

thank you!

[@Nxla-92751]

Great video, boes. You helped me become a deity player and I always recommend Rome to my friends and people on Reddit.

[@michaelw6277]

Hell, I like Rome when I’m coming back to the game after a long break. Rome’s strengths are so fundamental that they require zero additional thought to use, allowing you to just play.

[@orkolahiri5846]

I'm a new player to civ and start playing civ 6 about a month ago (same time as one of my friends). Two other friends play civ 6 as well, and one of them recommended to me Trajan, but he also recommended Pericles. I agree that Trajan is quite good, but I think Pericles is also quite useful for beginners. It's not like you have to go for a specific victory with him, although I guess he is mostly culture, and he is quite simple and not too complicated or nuanced I feel.

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

I wish I knew this when I started. I've never played a Civ game before and for my first play I picked Spain, yeah, needless to say I haven't touched the game for a long time after that 😂

[@brucemooney1277]

I’m 1800hrs into the game. Yet, Im still very noob. All I do is plan my empire, get through the first two ages and then move on with my day, leaving Civ running in the backgroung for the music. AND… I bought all the extensions 😅😂

[@boesthius]

Haha it's ok!!! I have a very competitive mindset so if I'm not like the best at it I have a meltdown hahaha. To be fair I've played like 4-5k of Civ 5 and a bit of other civ games too so I have a lot of experience~

[@slwrabbits]

Some of the music is really good, to be fair. Sometimes I play as China just to listen to it.

[@Dariomadethis]

I love these💎👇🏽🔥

[@ODiddy67]

Japan was my first diety win (second game win, after playing CIV (original) fanatically). I was fanatical about not losing a unit. I lost my save, but I lost two units in an early war, samuri timing attack, space race win. 3000 hours later...

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

I don't think it's so simple as "you should always build a monument first". Personally I always build a monument before a granary unless my city has low housing (usually 3 or sometimes 4), then I go granary first, but that's usually because I tend to settle cities away from fresh water more freely once I'm already fairly established and don't need the culture or loyalty boosts as much, and if loyalty is a problem for a new city I just stick in a filler governor until it can generate enough to not get loyalty flipped.

[@Archive41024]

Thanks. VERY comprehensive and understandable video. I'm new and this helped me a lot. I was going to play the dutch, but now i'm going to go with rome based on your video. Thumbs up from me 👍

[@rafaelmocarzel5684]

percfect

[@tannergriffith1847]

I have played maybe 15 games if civ 6 and it’s my first civ game I have played what I am struggling with now is more the mid game and what I need to be focusing on to get better game to game!

[@plamenneykov2512]

At that time I jst wanted to play Rome because I love Rome I did it just to have fun, I think that's the most important thing in civ6, just have fun

[@whatsinaname7289]

This is a great video and I love your style. Been a subscriber for quite a while now, and I love to see high-quality stuff like this.

[@MatAndHisHat]

Oh my god... all this time I thought Military Engineers could only lay down Railroads. I never knew they could make Roads. The more you learn, huh!

[@Chillibro456235]

Alternative Take the Sukritacts Hadrian leader mod some xtra Cheese for the smartest empire

[@snuffman4life]

Great insights boes! You really should have more subs with such good content. My first prince game was with queen Seondeok to see those spaceships, but seeing this, maybe Rome would be more intuitive. As a new player they did seem a bit complicated.

[@ShaqPlaque]

Seondeok's a great "ok, I understand the basics of this game now, and want to try something more focused" civ

[@benjaminsheffer6945]

I just played as Rome, and I won a domination victory in about 150 rounds. I sniped a settler before Greece could place it down, so I got to start with two cities.

[@Chillibro456235]

Right the best to Beginn and the best to end things in deity pangea vs 1v5 Challenge. Chop out legions with legions into legions into….

[@bertoneill2488]

Cleopatra Eygpt would be my Recommendation.

[@shaynalynn8666]

I've played civ since civ2 but I always have issues with the eras in civ6

[@mrman-yj3bn]

Do civs factor in their ongoing wars before starting 1 with you? Like if a civ was at war with a massive nation are they less likely to attack me because it would be dumb.

[@baku_m_salti3128]

Maybe the real beginner friendly civ was the friends we made along the way.

[@elendiel]

Awesome video. One thing I gotta ask though! Is your name a twist on the early medieval philosopher Boethius?

[@boesthius]

Yeah haha. I was like 13 I english class and saw his name when we were going through philosphers and I went home to make it my username, but ended up misspelling it hahah

[@elendiel]

@@boesthius That's an awesome story! I didn't even know that guy existed until I studied philosophy at the Charles University in Prague. Even though I generally don't like medieval philosophy (I'm not a christian), I loved his Consolation of Philosophy!

[@muzanjackson5199]

When I first played civ I had no clue on what each civ did so I chose random and got stuck with jadwiga

[@bingusbung9773]

Every time I play rome I always get a god-like start for other civs.

[@glueckssilben]

Does anyone remember how difficult Rome was to play in Civilization 1 due to the geographic position?

[@donaldbshaw2189]

In an age where youtuber's are more focused on income than content, this video almost stands alone w/r to content over commerce. Thank you.

[@AeonQuasar]

Are there an actual discussion of Granary vs Monument going on? Granary are barely even worth building unless in big cities or start without freshwater.

[@Chillibro456235]

2 complete Different Buildings with use

[@banban5568]

He's literally their mascot for Civ 6.

[@GorchaxGaming]

Related question: What difficulty is best for a beginner to learn civ6? I did them one by one until i reached deity, and then kept playing there, but i feel i lack tempo and lots of basic knowledges. I have thus started playing on immortal again, and get my butt kick on occasion. Should i aim to refine my skills on immortal or maybe lower until i am deity ready? I have won some deity wins, but usually they are Dilplo Victories which always feels cheesy.

[@Nxla-92751]

I personally started on prince and worked my way up. I have 300 hours played and it took me about 30 to get to deity. Watching boes helped me learn a lot.

[@infradig696]

That one less settler the AI gets between Immortal and Deity really does make all the difference in the world. If you're doing good on Immortal, and having issues on Deity, I'd say play Immortal until it feels too easy or you're no longer having fun. The main difference is just working on your early game. Once you get that down, Deity will be a lot easier.

[@DylanKnighting]

Prince because no one gets any bonuses

[@boesthius]

If you're still having issues with Immortal, I would say go down to Emperor and try out some specific strategies i.e. "Ok I'm going to play Korea today so I'm going to try and get as much science as I can and get to Spaceports as fast as possible" and go from there. I know I should only be promoting myself but I would highly recommend watching @PotatoMcWhiskey 's Overexplained series to help get what may seem like obvious mechanics to get caught up

[@ShaqPlaque]

If you want to level up and find yourself sneaking wins with uninspired Diplo Victories - turn em off while you work on your paths to other victory types on the lower settings. I was in exactly the same boat when I first started getting Deity wins

[@ryder6590]

Is it a mod or dlc that gives more civs to play as?

[@Enderia2]

“Expanding is the most intuitive thing” Me: no?…

[@scottdaniel5269]

100% Agree. I think this was an intentional design decision as many people will default to Rome as their first choice when they boot up the game due to its history.

[@steelymaverick88]

drinking game take a shot every time he says the words "straight Forward"

[@alcarinqa768]

i have like 800 hrs but only 10 wins because i just dont finish games most of the time

[@bianca24601]

Would Rome also be the civ you would recommend for trying to move up the difficulty levels, or would someone with a "win condition" bonus be better for that?

[@appropriate-channelname3049]

Rome is very good because there abilities make it easy to build up a empire. What that empire does is your choice. Their abilities make them great for every victory type. The best one is domination since the legion is a very powerful unit. It basically lasts until gunpowder units.

[@Weathersbeast]

My toxic trait ? I get bored about turn 100

[@Crookanator]

Mr. Streamer. For my current playthrough of a got lakes mod map, the map has an edge... it isn't possible to circumnavigate. Is this a specific setting in the got lakes that I overlooked. thanks

[@boesthius]

there is! the setting is called "World Wrap" and its a few below the Continents/Islands/Lakes/Pangaea Landmasses settings

[@Crookanator]

@@boesthius thanks man!

[@ShortsAndSweater]

This game is the biggest time sink I have ever experienced.

[@CrisPy.2808]

I would disagree with Frederick, because I assume that new players wouldn't restart games and in my games Frederick has a high probability to spawn in tundra as non tundra civ.

[@sculkwizard]

I wonder why bablyom turn 1 has gunpowder lol i hate him in any game

[@heatherkramer3139]

I would recommend a different civ than Rome. Starting with Rome gets players unused to having to build monuments. Rome is easy mode. Getting things for free isn't helping you get better. I would say Japan, as it has a good bonus that encourages you to learn how to place districts.

[@knightpaulman4686]

Excellence.

[@chmurkawichurka9651]

l have like 400 hours in civ 6 alone but l think lve never seen the victory screen, just cuz l hate late game in this game, l just find it super boring

[@Cpt.C]

Oh, Rome was one of my first civ that I played. Truly great experience, earned a lot of money by Trajan's ability to make trade routes for free.

[@lukelasermaster3128]

Over 1k hours and i have quick combat and movement disabled.... i like the animations :P

[@slwrabbits]

exactly! whack, whack, WHACK! I didn't spend money on a fancy video game just to turn off the graphics.

[@ichifish]

My first game (mp 2v2 with three buddies, two with 20-30 hours, one with 100ish, all played Civ 5). I'd played a ton of 2 and 3, some 4, and no 5. Good at strategy, but noob to modern Civ: Me: Which civ should I play? Them: Do you want to play dom, science, culture or religion? Me: Science I guess? Them: Def Korea. Great at science. Me: Plays Korea, reads about Seon placement, kind of gets it, but is terrified of putting another district next to it so spends money buying out tiles and goes all in on science, goes bankrupt, stays bankrupt. TL/DR: Definitely Rome. The only downside is with every other Civ building the monuments is painful.

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

02:50 20 hours? Why would you spend 60 dollars and only play one round?

[@noirgames7561]

2:10 Статистика стима - ненадёжная статистика . Потому что ~30-40% копий , дисков , ключей и тд. , лежат в онлайн магазинах для перепродажи , но участвуют в статистике .

[@sslelgamal5206]

Play Hammurabi if you are new to game 😏 (Troll face 😁😂)

[@georgegrenadex]

0:14 can I please get a link to this video?

[@boesthius]

That wasn't an actual game I recorded but just some broll, unfortunately

[@HannibalN161]

My first win

[@1219nan]

Military Engineer doesn't use charges to make roads, only coal and iron I think.

[@ShaqPlaque]

That's Railroads. Normal roads are a charge and nothing else. Yes, it's a terrible deal when you consider the production spent on the Military Engineer

[@slwrabbits]

​@@ShaqPlaqueI was gonna say, that seems wildly inefficient. Thanks for clearing that up.

[@odinmatanguihan5086]

not so sure. I played Aztec in my very first game at Deity difficulty, all the Aztec specific features actually translated well into other civs(like stealing settlers is quite easy with eagle scouts and the tendency to go after luxuries stuck with me).

[@SophieFox947]

I would say, however, that it isn't THAT intuitive how the trader system works. Took me a long time to figure out how to get more trade route capacity, because i never used gold; why use gold when you can use production to build units. Additionally, It's not immediately clear when a trade rout goes through one of your own trading posts, although that doesn't matter with the "bigger number is better" mindset. Lastly, I thought for the longest time that traders were absolutely useless. Why? because I thought the given value (let's say, +6 gold) was the amount i got when the trader was done with his trip! 6 turns to get 6 gold is absolutely useless, which is why I never used traders. Just some counterarguments to your reasoning of "intuitive"

[@boesthius]

Yeah that is very fair!!! A lot of things like that aren't incredibly intuitive, and i think it shows how a lot of the depth and complexity of the game isn't super explained - even in the more "new player friendly" aspects of the game like this.

[@benjaminwiedel6366]

Freeeeeeeee

[@TrYhE]

kk

[@andrewb7615]

So do you just copy every single video of PotatoMcwhiskey?

[@boesthius]

oh yeah every video is 100% an exact copy how did you know

[@tindekappa9047]

Yeah only 30% have beat the game but that doesn't mean 70% didn't manage, it could be more like 20% didn't manage and 50% were like oh wow looks like I'm on track to win this game, if I play out the next 50-100 turns, anyway that's boring I'll start a new one.

[@slwrabbits]

I've never finished a game and likely never will; I'm not a fan of anything past the renaissance and keep starting over. Early game is fun, mid game is so much micromanagement, I don't even want to know what late game looks like.

[@tindekappa9047]

@@slwrabbits yeah especially since the meta is to go wide in this game. I just pretend I'm playing endless space or humankind and cap myself at 5 or 6 cities. If you've got 30 cities and it's modern day... bless you

[@merlinthetuna]

Basically everything you highlight here are why I consider Rome one of the ABSOLUTE WORST civs for a new player. They're wildly unfocused. Their abilities are good but don't clearly bias them towards a particular victory, which means a new player is being left to flounder across the breadth of the game rather than having a clear gameplan. Their free stuff is strong but the fact that it's free means a new player isn't even going to understand that they're getting it. If they roll a new game (whether because they win, lose, or get bored) they're going to wonder why all their civics take so freaking long and what these Monument things are. Oh well, I didn't build them in my Rome game so they probably aren't important. Same deal for roads and trades. The best civs for learning are Scotland and Genghis Mongolia IMO. Scotland has exactly one ability, Earn All The Science By Learning How To Take Care Of Your Cities, and everybody understands that Genghis makes horses go brrrrrrr. A new player needs a Cool Thing To Do much more than they need Good Numbers, and Rome only provides the latter.

[@davefekete7187]

I want to start playing this game again but the AI is just so bad i don't want to anymore lol