PolyCast Episode 286: “Extra Balanced”

By | July 29, 2017

Attention worthy. The two-hundred-and-eighty-sixth episode of [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url], “[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season11.php#episode286]Extra Balanced[/url]”, features regular co-hosts [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/2-DanQ]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url], [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/22677-Makahlua]Stephanie “Makahlua”[/url], [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=136315]Philip “TheMeInTeam” Bellew[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/SBFMadDjinn]”MadDjinn”[/url] with first-time guest co-host [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/members/browd.232467]David “Browd” Brown[/url]. It carries a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

– [i]02m24s[/i] | [b]Senate[/b]
Speeding through [i]Civilization[/i] series newcomer [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/a-general-strategy-for-gilgamesh.610833]with[/url] [url=http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Sumerian_(Civ6)]Sumeria[/url] in its sixth iteration, picking fights [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/article-how-well-did-they-create-australia-in-civilization-vi.611151]as[/url] [url=http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Australian_(Civ6)]Australia[/url] (11m52s) and always warring [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/is-perisa-macedon-dlc-worth-10.619802]as[/url] [url=http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Macedonian_(Civ6)]Macedon[/url] (20m18s).
– [i]24m45s[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
Reactions to the then-announcement that Australia was to be [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11HVt8f0X-I]the next civilization[/url] added to [i]CivVI[/i]’s line-up, and a first for the series (recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season11.php#episode276]Episode 276[/url]).
– [i]38m19s[/i] | [b]Forum Talk[/b]
If, then when, to [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-eternal-dilemma-when-to-stop-taking-cities.619222]stop taking cities[/url] in [i]Civilization VI[/i] followed by the need, then composition, of [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/occupation.618655]an occupation force[/url] in conquered cities (41m59s; recorded for [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season11.php#episode284]Episode 284[/url]), if then when to [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/do-you-settle-large-swaths-of-tundra-if-its-in-the-back-of-your-empire-vacant-or-ignore-it.620138]settle “large swaths”[/url] of tundra terrain (47m47s) and [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/what-do-you-do-with-the-extra-farm.619594]replacing surplus farms[/url] or not (50m20s).

– [i]Intro/Outro[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
Predictable [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/dlc-05-anticipation-thread.613088]anticipation[/url], questionable victory pursuit then coffee, cookies and watermelon in context.

[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] is a bi-weekly audio production recording [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast/live]live every other Saturday[/url] throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the [i]Civilization[/i] community an interactive voice; sibling show [url=http://thepolycast.net/modcast][u]ModCast[/u][/url] focuses on [i]Civ[/i] modding, [url=http://thepolycast.net/turncast][u]TurnCast[/u][/url] on [i]Civ[/i] multiplay.