Civilization VI

[Darth Wagtaros]

Damn, 30 years? Thought it was older.

[KRonn]

Nice bbc interview with Sid Meier about games:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60304123


And it's the 30th anniversary of Civ 1's release. :gasp:

Wow! That's one game that had me up all night many times!

[Syt]

So there's a new expansion pass coming, with more leaders for existing Civs.

https://civilization.com/en-GB/news/entries/new-leaders-coming-to-civilization-vi/

Pack 1: Great Negotiators
Abraham Lincoln (United States)
Queen Mbande Nzinga (Kongo)
Sultan Saladin (Arabia)

Pack 2: Great Commanders
Tokugawa (Japan)
Nader Shah (Persia)
Suleiman the Magnificent (Ottoman Empire)

Pack 3: Rulers of China
Yongle (China)
Qin Shi Huang the Unifier (China)
Wu Zetian (China)

Pack 4: Rulers of Sahara
Ramses (Egypt)
Ptolemaic Cleopatra (Egypt)
King Sundiata Keita (Mali)

Pack 5: Great Builders
Theodora (Byzantines)
Sejong (Korea)
Ludwig II (Germany)

Pack 6: Rulers of England
Elizabeth I (England)
Varangian Harald Hardrada (Norway)
Victoria - Age of Steam (England)

For Windows PC, if you purchase Civilization VI Anthology (or purchase all of the content that's included in it separately at any time), you'll be eligible to receive the Leader Pass for no additional charge. For Mac App Store and iOS, the Civilization VI: Leader Pass is available for individual purchase only.

If a leader is for a civ that was added via DLC, you will need that DLC, too.

[Zanza]

Is Ludwig II the Bavarian king that built Neuschwanstein or Ludwig II "The German" who founded the Eastern Franconian Realm that eventually became called Germany? 

[Solmyr]

He's under Great Builders, so I suspect the Bavarian.

[Syt]

Yeah, same.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Will new leaders really change or improve the game dynamics?

[Syt]

Not sure. On their Steam page they also advertise Julius Caesar who you unlock when you link your 2K account with your Steam account (there's been similar schemes for getting units/leaders in Total Warhammer, IIRC).

New Ability: Veni, vidi, vici
Receive 200 Gold whenever you conquer a city for the first time or 100 Gold when you clear a Barbarian Outpost. These Gold amounts both increase to 500 after you research Steel.

That extra gold for barbs seems a bit strong in early game?

[Zanza]

He's under Great Builders, so I suspect the Bavarian.

Yes, sounds likely.

[Zanza]

Looks like the Leader Pass is free if you have the "Anthology" pack, which I seem to have on Steam (despite buying all the DLCs separately). Looking forward to playing Civ again with the new content. It's still a fun game.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Looks like the Leader Pass is free if you have the "Anthology" pack, which I seem to have on Steam (despite buying all the DLCs separately). Looking forward to playing Civ again with the new content. It's still a fun game.

probably because your collection is complete (as you said). Won't bet my head on it but I guess it'll register as being equal to the anthology. (When I click on the Anthology bundle in steam it says 18 out of 18, bundle complete)

[mongers]

Has this become free on Steam?
As I logged into my steam account on my old 'games machine' for the first time a year and it was listed as updating, low and behold once complete it seems to play  fine.

I vaguely remembering trying to sign up to at 2K Civ6 linking to your Steam to them, which failed, but did that somehow give me a free version of it?

As it is I'm not especially bothered with the game as it's too cartoon like for me.