Game mode - Always War

Strategy Discussion
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Always War Mode

  • Must declare war on turn you meet.

  • Play true turns. Don’t reload for the purpose of tile or battle scouting. Any replay of turns should have the same outcome.

  • All player communication is public. No private pins. No secret agreements.

  • You are expected to play to the near end. If you are to resign, please post your request and reason (along the lines of - there is no hope and why). Being a belligerent defender to the end helps other players.

Game Setup

  • Max City States - May not be conquered or pillaged. OR No City States - Set map to have 2 extra players than recommended.

  • Tech and Civic Shuffle Mode - To allow for some randomness.

  • No religious victory

  • No diplomatic victory

  • No barbarians

  • No tribal villages

CIV Selection

Always War Civ Ban List

AI Rules

  • No Pillaging
  • Raze all cities.
  • Isolate capital.
  • May liberate your own.

Strategic Forts Mod

Steam Workshop::Strategic Forts

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DB Gold mod

Steam Workshop::DB's Civ VI Gold

Remove Unit Upgrades

Battle Notifications

Trees Hide Units

Better Warfare - unit combat / costs and resource requirements are balanced. Promotion tree updated.

Siege Units: No Extra Movement

  • Siege units don’t get movement bonuses from things like Great Generals or Logistics, because when they do, they can automatically move & shoot. (They’re supposed to have the Expert Crew promotion to be able to do that.)
  • The Expert Crew promotion provides +1 movement in addition to the moving and shooting ability

All Men Are Mortal - When Great People die, they die. (Same applies to archeologists and naturalists.)

All Cities Like Sugar - Luxury resources provide amenities to all your cities, not just 4.

Remove Foreign Info

No City Trades - helps hide cities from other players

Double Spy Capacity

Remove World Congress

Remove Emergencies

Remove Plunder Policies - Remove the plundering and pillaging government policies, because they allow massive yields for exploiting a weaker player.

Remove 1-Turn Policies

  • Professional Army
  • Retinues
  • Force Modernization
  • Land Surveyors
  • Expropriation