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Input Requested for PolyCast Christmas Special 2016

By DanQ | December 5, 2016

Headed by regular co-hosts [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/2-DanQ]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url], [url=http://apolyton.net/member.php/22677-Makahlua]”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], [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] is approaching the conclusion to its landmark [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php]tenth season[/url]. On December 10th, 2016, the show’s annual Christmas Special is to be [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast/live]recorded live[/url] as have been episode recordings this calendar year. The regular co-hosts are need of questions to answer, comments to reflect on and topics to investigate to drive this celebratory stream’s content: [i]Civ[/i] in nature, strategy/computer gaming in general or even [u]PolyCast[/u] specific inquiries are all welcome… you are not limited to just one!

To submit your questions, comments or topics for this purpose in advance, do one of the following:

a) respond accordingly to this post;
b) send an email to thepolycast@gmail.com;
c) leave a voicemail for free by using [url=http://www.skype.com]Skype[/url] to [url=skype:thepolycast?call]call the show[/url]; or
d) leave a voicemail by using your telephone to call the show: (301) 637-7659 or +44 121 288 7659.

In addition, the [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] team will also take them live during [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast/live]the recording[/url] of the 2016 Christmas Special in the chat room powered by [b]YouTube[/b]. Help the show’s regular co-hosts prepare for this event by submitting your inquiries in advance. [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the [i]Civ[/i] community an interactive voice on game strategy.

Civ VI Reference 1.0

By Thunderfall | December 5, 2016

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Forum member Grumalg has made a very extensive and handy reference file for Civilization VI. It’s 77 pages long in PDF format and contains the Civ6 Civilopedia info in easier to use table format. Check it out and discuss it on the forum!

Thanks to Grumalg for making it and sharing it with the community!

This document is basically the Civilopedia converted to tables, plus some additional information from the civilization selection and government sections of the UI. It does not include the ‘Game Concepts’ section of the civilopedia.

The things I don’t like about the civilopedia are:

1) It takes a lot of clicking and scrolling to get to a piece of information.
2) Since you can only look at one thing at a time, it’s hard to compare things.
3) It covers the middle of the game screen, so you can’t look at the game situation at the same time.

The extensive internal linking allows you to reach pretty much anything with a small number of clicks (1-3 typically).

By placing the data in table rows, you can see more than one thing making comparing things easier. The document is heavily internally linked allowing you to drill down from the data in any particular table row to what it references. While it’s quite useful using Alt-Tab to view with a single monitor, it really shines with dual monitors where you can have the game on one screen and the reference on the other. That allows you to look at data *and* the game situation at the same time.

It wasn’t designed for printing and is likely not to print well without a very good printer due to small text in tables (8 point), alternate table row shading for eye guiding, and the massive amount of small icons embedded in the text. In any case printing it throws away one of it greatest strengths, the massive internal linking allowing jumping around quickly.

Since we don’t have access to the BLP files yet, all the icons/graphics were produced by screenshots, followed by cropping, background removal, and in the case of white icons color inversion to black. All graphic work was done in Paint.Net. It was formatted/composed in MSWord, then imported into Libre Office for export to PDF.

PDF was used for two reasons. In a PDF you have the ability to go ‘Back’ that doesn’t exist in MSWord (at least in the old version I’m using – OfficeXP). Also the .doc form was pretty big due to the massive use of text embedded small icons (full sized from screen capture – just shrunken in display size). I figured the 113 MB+ size could be an issue for hosting bandwidth. The conversion to PDF shrunk it to 13.6 MB.

The text is *mostly* verbatim from the civilopedia with minor exceptions. The long lists of many terrain types were often reduced to things like ‘Must be built on Hills’ or ‘Cannot be built on hills’ to save space in table row size. Some long sentences were reduced with shorter wording meaning the same thing to save space. Instances of ‘found or conquered cities’ were changed to ‘founded or conquered cities’. Instances where the civilopedia used ‘Jungle’ were changed to ‘Rainforest’, as Jungle is not an existing terrain type currently. There are probably some other changes I’m not remembering at the moment, but keeping as close as possible to the civilopedia was a goal.

If the civilopedia is in error, that error is repeated in this document. I’ll happily listen to any issues or suggestions. I hope to keep this document up to current as patches/DLC/Expansions occur, but it may take a number of days for me to incorporate such changes depending on how extensive they are.

The future may also include adding an appendix of effect cross references, so one can look for all the existing things that affect a particular aspect of the game. Currently the Espionage and Religious Apostle promotion section don’t have anything tree like, as I don’t yet understand that well enough to represent it yet. Other sections may be added as they are needed.

Here’s hoping others find this as useful as I do for grasping all the changes in gameplay Civ VI brought us…

Civ VI – Hall of Fame Beta Gauntlet 2

By NobleZarkon | December 4, 2016

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The Second Civ VI Hall of Fame Beta Gauntlet has started here. Head over and take on the challenge and share your thoughts/strategy on achieving the fastest finish.

Game details are as follows

Victory Condition: Space (though all victory conditions must be enabled)
Difficulty: King
Starting Era: Ancient
Map Size: Standard
Map Type: Inland Sea
Speed: Normal
Leader: Gandhi
Opponents: Any, (default number of opponents option)
Resources: Standard
Start Position: Standard
Limit Turns: By Game Speed
Must Not Be Checked: No Barbarians
Version: 1.0.0.38 (ie Patch 1)
Date: 2nd December 2016 to 2nd January 2017

PolyCast Episode 270: “A Step in the Direction”

By DanQ | December 3, 2016

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Same path, to same destination, still unclear. The two-hundred-and-seventieth episode of [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url], “[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#episode270]That’s Our Number[/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 returning guest co-hosts [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=24310]Jon “CanuckSoldier” Ryder[/url] and [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?u=30928]Daniel “zaldar” Cole[/url]. It carries a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

– [i]04m06s[/i] | [b]News (Part 1 of 3)[/b]
Much [url=https://civilization.com/news/entries/civilization-vi-fall-2016-update-now-live]to be[/url] [url=https://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?4299727-Civilization-VI-%91Fall-2016%92-Update-Now-Live]said[/url] [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/fall-patch-discussion-thread.605447]about[/url] the first [i]Civilization VI[/i] patch that soon takes the form of a numbered list.
– [i]17m59s[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous (Part 1 of 2)[/b]
The first side conversation to the release of said [i]CivVI[/i] patch is one that sparks some considerable debate: preferring Settler to city capture.
– [i]29m58s[/i] | [b]News (Part 2 of 3)[/b]
Returning to counting down the most significant changes of note brought about by [i]Civilization VI[/i]’s first patch.
– [i]34m17s[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous (Part 2 of 2)[/b]
The second [i]CivVI[/i] patch side conversation brings some reflective consideration to bare: earning gold upon unit deletion.
– [i]42m39s[/i] | [b]News (Part 3 of 3)[/b]
The final dibs and drabs on the changes to [i]Civilization VI[/i] courtesy its first patch is followed by a Deluxe Edition discount [url=http://www.pcinvasion.com/civilization-vi-80-off]too good to be true[/url] while contemplating possible legal implications (49m36s).

– [i]Intro/Outro[/i] | [b]Miscellaneous[/b]
Method of payment, [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/5cw04v/200_population_supercity_30_neighborhoods_20]packing them in[/url], renewal roulette and the case of the blas.

[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.

Ireland civilization led by Brian Boru available for Civ V

By Rob | December 3, 2016

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Another fantastic leader and civilization from JFD and JanBoruta for Civ V, with contributions from Viregel. Brian Boru’s Ireland requires Brave New World and works best with Gazebo’s Community Patch.

Brian Boru’s Ireland comes with two unique units. The Fili (which replaces the Great Writer) produces Great Works of Writing which generate Great Musician points. The player receives a free Fili with each Great General spawned. The Kern (which replaces the Longswordsman) unlocks at Civil Service, does not require iron, has -5 combat strength, but may use enemy roads and gets +15% XP from combat when surrounded by two or more enemies.

Go to JFD and JanBoruta’s Civilizations for the download links and to discuss Brian Boru’s Ireland.

HOF Civ5 Update

By Denniz | December 2, 2016

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The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 25 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to [b]mycivs[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Settler, Domination, Standard, Duel, Pangaea, Russia (Catherine) [BNW] game for 5333 points.

[b]mycivs[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games.[b]vadalaz[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games.

Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update:
[b]stiefelm[/b] – 1840 BC, Turn 54, 4000 points, Deity, Domination, Standard, Tiny, Great Plains, Huns (Attila) [BNW]
[b]stiefelm[/b] – 775 BC, Turn 84, 4812 points, Deity, Domination, Standard, Tiny, Great Plains, Huns (Attila) [BNW]
[b]vadalaz[/b] – 140 BC, Turn 336, 2895 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Huge, Pangaea, Arabia (Harun al-Rashid) [BNW]

[COLOR=”Blue”][B]Gauntlet Results:[/B][/COLOR]
[b][url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/gauntlet.php?show=minor&gauntlet=210]G-Minor CXXXIII[/url] – Diplomacy, King, Small, Arborea, Standard, Carthage (Dido)[/b]
1st [B]raistlin1967[/B] – 1856 AD T-298
2nd [B]walkyc[/B] – 1901 AD T-321

[SIZE=”3″][B][COLOR=”Blue”]** New Gauntlets Starting **[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][COLOR=”Green”]
[b][url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/gauntlet.php?show=minor&gauntlet=211]G-Minor CXXXIV[/url] – Culture, Prince, Standard, Tiny Islands, Quick, Venice (Enrico Dandolo)[/b][/COLOR]

>> [url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ5/index.php]Civ V HOF[/url]
>> [url=https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ5-update-discussion.606583]Discussion Thread[/url]

One More Turn Episode 509: “Flank”

By DanQ | November 30, 2016

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omt_logo Frenemies are served notice. The ninth episode of dramedy podcast [u]One More Turn[/u]’s ([u]OMT[/u]) fifth season [url=http://onemoreturn.net/episodes5.php#episode509]is now available[/url]. Entitled “Flank”, it has a runtime of 09m16s. A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on Twitter and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/onemoreturnshow]check out[/url] its YouTube channel for caption capability.

[u]OMT[/u] features the voice talents of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net]PolyCast[/url] regular co-hosts [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url] and [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=22677]Stephanie “Makahlua”[/url] among others; Quick is also the show’s writer and creator. Selections of American music and soundtrack composer [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2228215]Kevin MacLeod[/url]’s work is included throughout the series. Episode 510 is scheduled for release on [i]December 07th, 2016[/i].

PolyCast Cut! Tin Edition

By DanQ | November 30, 2016

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The [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] ([u]PC[/u]) is nearing the end of its tenth season of ongoing production. During the [url=http://thepolycast.net/classic]first season[/url] of [u]PC[/u] was its “Cut!” side series in production, serving as a compilation of cut moments from episode recordings. The last of these episode productions were only published for the first time earlier this month; other than as a series of minisodes during [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season8.php#episode200]Episode 200[/url], “Cut!” has not surfaced in the podcast’s production schedule.

Selections cut from episode recordings during the second through tenth seasons were archived in a similar fashion nonetheless, along with some holdovers from the first season. In celebration of [u]PC[/u]’s tenth year of podcasting “[url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season10.php#cut_tin]Cut! Tin Edition[/url]” has been compiled and is now available, clocking in at just over 100 minutes of material.

Beginning in October 2006, [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] has been a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the [i]Civ[/i] community an interactive voice on game strategy; since 2011, its has been [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast/live]recorded live[/url] before a listening audience every other Saturday. Listeners are encouraged to [url=https://twitter.com/thepolycast]follow the show[/url] on Twitter, and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast]check out[/url] the YouTube channel for caption capability. Its two-hundred-and-seventieth episode is set to be released on [u]December 03rd, 2016[/u].