Antiquity Age Ends - Sid Meier's Civilization 7 - Augustus Rome ep 9

Keep an eye on this guy, keep an eye on this guy. A lot of damage incoming. There it is. There it is. Fire. Oh man, he went after my general. Smart move. Went after my general. Really hurt my general. Is he on fire? Is he getting burned? Oh ----, that is no joke. That freaking lit this tile on fire and now my general is taking damage every turn that he stays in that tile. That is a filthy special unit, man. Let me see this again. Burning arrow. Tier one Mississippi unique range unit. Increased bombard strength. Three plus combat strength against siege units. Applies the burning status to a tile for two turns. Wow, you could make like a wall of fire to where the enemy couldn't cross it. That is fantastic, man. All right, so I desperately want to kill that unit. Yep. So this legion, he might put himself into extreme danger, but I cannot have these archers running around, man. They're going to cause too much trouble. All right, so I'm taking him down. Good job. We got a what's it called? A spear unit? Spearman? Yeah, spearman unit out there. This guy has taken serious damage. So I'm going to throw him right back into Kusa to heal up. Heal up, brother. And this wine resource is burning. Burning to the ground, man. Now you guys actually did a good job. I don't know where that archer unit is back there. Is there any other tile that was put on fire? That archer unit may have may have retreated. All right, perfect. Now, where's my level four? You get over here, buddy. It's time to get some extra what's it called? Experience. All right. So we're going to go over here into this tile with our tier four or our level four legates. Then you from the volcano, bring that fire on them. Yeah, buddy. Nice job. You, archer, behind them. You can't hit them from there? Really? Okay, so you know what? I'm not going to use the ballista on a... Yeah, that's barely... The ballista will do good against district defenses. So I'm going to get that ballista and get them back away so we can open up a tile for my range unit to come on down here. You see? And then I'm going to shoot this bastard right there. Boom, baby. Bye-bye. Injure him more. Some more, what's it called? Experience for you. And then legions on that tile. You know what? You're all right there, legion. I would much rather you build a fortification. Let the spearmen attack us while we heal, all right? We got the home turf now. We got the defensive fortification. You, sir, you're going to move up here. All right, we're going to take our time with it. Where's my other legion? Did another legion already? Yeah, another legion already came. And now we have our archers that are on the way as well. So the army has arrived. Seven turns. I'm going to fortify the city of, what's it called? Of Cusa, just in case there might be an army around here that I wasn't familiar with. And that's actually interesting. Machiavelli built the stupa. Is that a wonder? That might be a wonder. I don't know. The Sanchi stupa. If that's a wonder, then I can build like a nice little district right there and get some adjacency bonuses. Let's see. Yeah, Machiavelli built the Sanchi stupa. He's building wonders like crazy, man. I wonder how many he's got. The tornado outbreak named Hapitia is now weaker. Good. Isabella has declared war on Machiavelli. There it is. All right. So our little piece of paradise, our continent of Oceania and Pangea is at full-on war. We're all fighting now. So it's the brothers in arms versus these two goofs down there in the south. The north versus the south. That's essentially what it is. Machiavelli wants to increase the number of trade routes they can establish with you. 30 plus gold. Machiavelli can start an additional trade route with you. Yeah, sure. We're buddies. Anything you want to do, Machiavelli. Can I start an additional trade route with you? Send aid. Oh, I can send aid. Cultural exchange. Farmer's market. Interesting. I'll do this afterwards. I got my eyes focused right now on the war. So why is Madiolanium upset? Why? Is it the buildings in there? It's because we're at war? Or is it because of the minus ones? It might be these. Hang on. Yeah. All right. So I'm going to go back into this. I'm going to spend a little bit of influence. Boom. And then the same thing with you, Isabella. I'm going to spend a little bit of influence there. I wonder, did that make Madiolanium... Yeah, now all of a sudden Madiolanium is happy, right? It's not saying it there, but it is happy. So I got to remember about that. The war weariness, right? Can't stay at war for too long. And if I am, I got to use that influence. But now they're at war with Greece as well. So they got to use influence on the Greece war too. This is good for us. This is very good. Now, with Capul, we just finished the merchants. Yeah, look, I can't get anything down here. All I can go down is to the Scythian. All right. So I'll try to get down there. We'll go to here first. Take our time with it. But I'm not going to build up any more merchants. All right. That's for peace. We're at war. So let's focus on it. Miracle, Oracle, no, we are good. Wooden Mind, you know what? Let's get the Basilica and the Temple of Jupiter done. All right. We want to get them done next to these tiles. So I got to get another district going, probably on one of these farms right here, alongside of all these tiles. So I'm going to put it right there. We're going to lose a little bit of food, a little bit of production, but we have our major river resources right there. And eventually this was going to be... I could put it there, but there's already a granary right there. No, don't worry about the farms. Get it done. Get it done. Yes, yes, get it done. I know the pyramids are helping out the navigable rivers, but these are the buildings that we want. So I'm going to get them done. All right. Growing the city. So we can grow the city over here. I want that river tile, that river tiles. Those river tiles are key. All right. I want all those river tiles. Boom. And then one more there, and then one more there, and Capua is going to be a very nice city. So now, back down here. Any other units that can move around? No. What about my scout? My scout can go down here now, and then we can put a lookout down here, so I can know what's on their way. You're good. Oh, do I have an archer? Is that archer? That archer can battle. Let's go. Obliterate him. Yeah. When you can kill a unit, kill a unit. There it is. Another unit done from the Mississippian. How's that? How is that? I think we're good. I don't want to have too many units out there. Here we go. They're fighting back. They're going after you. Yep. They went after that guy, that legion that was now fortified. Oh, ----! Volcano went off when I had my legions next to it. Dangerous. The fire got... No! My fire camels! You bastards! How could you do it? No. Well, it might have made that tile even better again. Hang on. Let's see. Hang on. Five food, three production. Yep. That's all right. Don't worry. So, Nisros has erupted. Yep. I want to go back to you. I got to make sure to repair that camp, because that is our resources. Let me make sure our resources are still there. Oh, my God. Look at this. Look at all screwed up because of that. Thanks a lot, game. Fixed it. Fixed it. We're good. So much, man. So much to worry about. Another leader has started an endeavor with you. Yeah, we know that. Another leader has opposed your war. Yeah, they're still using their influence to oppose the war. All right. So, I'm doing it again. I'm doing it again. We're both going to waste all of our influence doing this. I'm fine with it. I got influence to spare, right? I'm making 12 per turn. And you, Isabella, we're still at zero. As long as we're at zero, I'm fine. But any kind of negatives, I don't want that happening. Grow town. All right. So, over here, we want the dyes. Yeah, dyes. And that's going to give us... Ah, I keep on clicking on the wrong things, man. There you go. Dyes. Where does that go? That's in Lungdunum. All right. So, we got the dyes resource there. That's even more. A feline enterprise. A bright new dye rocks the textile scene. And some of the craft workers are jealous, claiming behind their hands that the vivid color combination is only an accident by the inventor's cat. Oh, my God. A feline enterprise. The dyer is ingenious. 25 culture. Praise the cat. I already know what the Roman citizens want here. All right, Romans. We are going to praise the freaking cat. Good job, cat. You discovered new colors from dyes that will allow us to make our artwork even better. Oh, my God, man. What is this? Oh, yes. Machiavelli is inviting you to start a local festival together. Three plus happiness per turn in cities for both leaders. Yes. Thank you very much. I need that happiness. That's a good one. That's a real good one. All right. All right. So, down here. So, you. You got obliterated, so I need you to go back into the army right now. You're actually looking really good right there. But I would like to, yep. So, watch this. Look at my movement, right? Look at my movement. Legion, right back into the army. And then I replace him now with the fresh Legion. And the fortification is still built. Go ahead. You keep on attacking my fresh units, man. I will swap them out. And then with my scout, I'm going to get a look out. There we go. We can see what's approaching now. No more arrows to be found. Love it. Now, you, sir. All right. So, where is my Legatus? That guy's injured down there. So, we're going to want to pick him up and help him out. All right. So, pick him up. There you go. Now, Legatus, back into Kosa. And you're going to heal up. All right. So, we're healing up. We got Kosa freaking fortified as well. That's good. The Legion. You're actually all right there, buddy. But yeah, I'll just put you there anyways. There you go. So, Kosa is fortified. That's fine. And now I got a bunch of archers on their way down here. All right. So, let's get to obliterating. I'm going to send out my Legatus to the main front tile. All right. And now we start to bombard. Let's go. That fresh unit right there. Take him down. Another one. That's that fresh unit. All right. My freaking Legion in that fortification will make mincemeat of them. Boom. Down here. No problem. Archer down here. And now we got four archers to support our army. All right. We're good. We are looking great up here. Let's keep on just uncovering. So, yeah. This scout, you've done your job as well. I want to see if you can get back to Kosa. All right. I like to keep my scouts alive in this. Okay. So, I think we're good, ladies and gentlemen. Let's continue the war. We're at zeroes. One more turn for the Roman Coliseum. Oh, my God. We're going to get the Coliseum being built. Wait a minute. My Roman citizens. We put the time in. We put the effort in. And now we get to witness something beautiful. Come on. For Rome. Yes. The quote is slightly different, but it's still as beautiful as ever. Let there be a celebration, Rome. The Coliseum has been built. Now. Now we're truly a militaristic society, right? With all those wars being fought. Now we got the great Coliseum. Look how beautiful that sucker is, man. Oh, my God. And now. Look at this. Look at these tiles now. Five happiness, right? Five gold. Three culture. Two influence. Six culture. Eight happiness. Three influence, right? Like the adjacency points are looking great. And also, I forget what the Coliseum does. Something with districts and happiness, right? I think Rome is way happier now as well. Wow. 20 plus happiness. Oh, yeah. Our happiness spiked. That is a great wonder to have. And that's another. What's it called, right? That's another culture. Ah, I need one more to get to number three. Interesting. So we're almost there for the culture one as well. Maybe we just want to build one more. Opening night in the Coliseum. At last, the great Coliseum is unveiled. A monument to spectacle built to stand the test of time. Maybe I'm reading that wrong. The day of its first event is a wonderful chaos. With visitors traveling from far and wide to queue in the city center. In hopes of being part of cultural history. Hold a staged battle. Two plus combat strength on all melee units. Announce chariot races. 50% happiness towards the next celebration. Or unveil a new drama celebrating the Caesar. 25 culture. Guys, I think we should hold a staged battle. Two plus combat strength on all of our freaking legions. They grow up training in the Coliseum before they go to fight. Glorious war for the Roman Empire. I am doing it, man. Yep, hold a staged battle. Boom. It's General Zod versus Superb Man. Don't worry, no one got hurt. It's like the WWE. Benjamin Franklin has just built the great steel. So the Mississippian getting some culture there as well. Let me get rid of the yield icons. It's a little bit much to look at all at one time. Grow town. All right, so over here. Yeah, I want some more. I want more. That's salt resource. Get that done now. Right back to the resource allocation. Salt right there. Oh, I can't even do it. I can't do it there. I don't even have. I need to get another city to be able to get this down, right? So yeah, maybe do we want to turn one of our cities into a third one? I don't know. That's going down another route. I want to save up some gold right now. So we'll see. How many more do I need to get for the next one? It is. I got that already. Quest completed 14. It's 20 resources now. So how many do I got? 16. I need four more, right? So theoretically, I might need like two or three cities. Yeah, unless I actually have the extra four. There's no need to do that just yet. Machiavelli. Yeah, let's get gold per turn. Machiavelli. Let's go making more. I like it. All right. So that fishing boat is still damaged. All right. Here you go. Get it done. Now it's fixed. Nice. So I can build a market in our main one to get more. Okay. So that's what the fans are saying. That's what the Roman citizens are saying. Market. Where do we want to build it? Right there. What is the market? Is it plus one for an adjacent wonder? It is. Okay. So the market's going to go right there. That's clear. With all those river tiles next to it, the market's got to go right there. Six right there. Yeah, that's a pretty damn good tile. All right. So I'm going to listen to the Roman citizens and slap down a market. So you can see our districts are building up. Not going to be able to get any more adjacency bonuses for these two. But that's all right. I can get a district right there all around the Colosseum. That's really nice. Okay. So I'll get that market done. Now, you. Looks like our archer got attacked by this guy. So now what I do is I send the archer to heal back up, right? And the archers that are behind him, they are going to step up. Although I can't move into that tile. So what do I got here? These guys are all injured. So we're going to have to heal them up. You know what? If I can't move into that tile and attack him, then he can't move to attack me. So that's fine. I'll leave that tile open for right now. You are going to bombard this guy down here. There it is. Very nice. You are going to wait. We can move up to this tile. No, that's dangerous. Move up to this tile right there. Want to stay behind everyone, right? So boom, boom. My archers are back there. And what we have to do with our main core, all these guys have got to heal, right? So I'm going to tell my general to heal up. And he's going to be defended in that tile by this legion right here. And our archers are going to be behind bombarding anybody that brings trouble our way. Command units. All right. So what's this? This is this guy. You've got to heal up in Cosa as well, buddy. You. You're good. Chill out right there. If he moves into that tile, then you're going to bombard him. You're good. Stay right there. All right. So we are good. So we're waiting on the market. We're waiting on the Temple of Jupiter. And we are just at war with the Mississippian and the Isabella. So this is basically what we're on about here. Watch out. That's a dangerous archer unit right there. We have another flood. Oh my God. The Ophanto River flooded again. I'm going to have to purchase some freaking... What's it called? Are we good? We're good in these tiles. Look at what these tiles are becoming because of these floods. Five food. Six food. Right? With the fishing key right there. That is big for Roma. I'll take the six culture per turn. I'm not going to waste my influence on this. But I'll take the culture per turn and I'll give you that wonder construction. There you go. Because it doesn't seem like we're going for another wonder now. Got the Endeavor. River Ophanto has flooded. Yeah. We're good there. Production. All right. So now I want the Basilica. So the Basilica now is going to go down on the Temple of Jupiter. Bang. Get that done. Oh man. Kapo looking real nice, man. All right. So we have our trader. Our merchant. But there's no way I can get down there without getting obliterated by them. So let's try to maybe go around all this. All right. With my merchant. Let me sweep out this way. Because there's no reason why their military unit should be over here. Let's see if I can get down there and get some trade with the Scythian Neapoli. Archers. We're good. Archers. We're good. Okay. Let's get rid of yield icons. Ladies and gentlemen. Let's see what happens up here at the war. Yeah. Here come. Now I'm gonna have to get out of that tile. Oh man. I have to get out of that tile now. Look at that damage they do. William Shakespeare. All right. So I can continue to change policies. But I want to continue to get these. And also I want to save gold. So you know what? My policies are right where they need to be. Another leader started an endeavor with you. The Achilles River has flooded. All right. That's gonna hurt. Oh man. That actually comes all the way into Cusa right there. Look at that. Yep. And another player has built the Wonder Monk's Mound. Man. Wonders are being built very quick, man. Machiavelli wants to increase the number of trade routes they can establish with you. Yeah. Sure. Why not? 30 gold. More gold for me. Make me rich, Machiavelli. Make me rich. And then when you build up your territories and you're on the brink of winning, then I can, you know, turn against an ally and take it all for myself. I just said that to you guys. All right. He didn't hear that. Don't worry. Choose a civic. All right. So we got entertainment done, which is now going to give our settlement limit an increase. So now we can go after another city. So Romans, which city should we be focusing on next? Can I go for future civics? No, I can't go for that. So I'm gonna have to pick up all the things in the middle right now. The mastery of code of laws. No, I don't need that. Citizenship, mastery, literacy. That's another codex right there. So I don't think I'm getting too many more settlement limits. Yeah. Oh, medicine. He units healed five. Okay. So I'm just picking up all of these now. So we're going to go for a citizenship. Choose production over here in Roma. So we're not going after the Oracle. We've made that decision. We're not going after any more merchants. I'm not getting any settlers now. We might as well take the chance to build up some buildings here, right? How about an arena? An arena. One plus the base yield is for happiness. One plus happiness for each adjacent mountainous terrain. So if I can find a mountain to go alongside of, I've already pretty much put all of my tiles down. What else? Natural wonder and adjacent wonder. So if I get this. Ooh, what about just down there in the market? So yeah, I'm going to make that decision. We're going to go for the arena right there on that tile. And that is Rome. From the capital to the market, the arena, the villa, the monument, the basilica, temple of Jupiter, the forum, and the Colosseum. That is the heart of Rome right there. That is the heart. More of these. Ah, so the market gives me another. I did not know that. Again, my Roman citizens, thank you for making me smarter. We're getting more, but it was still not like, I think like four more resources. So we're a ways away from that. Archer units. All right. So now this tile is on fire, right? So even though we fortified it, we got to move out of this tile. All right. So what I think we got to do here before we march towards them, I think I got to lure them in, heal up, and then go back. Because right now all my units are, yeah, they're suffering, right? So by attack, I don't want to lose anything. I don't want to go backwards in this. So what we're going to do. Watch this. All right. So you, you're good now. Yeah, we're going to back you off over there. All right, you guys. How many more spots do I have in here? Look at all the spots that I can get, right? So I'm going to get this scout and I'm going to make him join there. I'm going to get this legion and I'm going to make him join there. Then I'm going to take you. I'm going to march them all the way back to Kusa. Then I'm going to take my archers, right? I'm going to get you guys back here as well. Boom. You back there also. And because they're still next to my level four, build up that fortification. Build up that fortification. You, you've already got a fortification there, right? So what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to funnel them into this area. So I can obliterate them and heal up my units because that's what I need right now. Although I may be on that river is a bad idea. So we're just going to take our time with this and try to lure them in. Also four more turns before we can upgrade our military completely, right? So that's what I'm looking at. You going to get down here. We're going to cross over here. We're going to try to get down to the Scythian Neapoli. All right. So any movement? No, we're good. So it looks like they are healing up. Yeah, you can see that tile is still on fire, man. That's crazy. I actually really like that. Another leader started an endeavor with you. Yep. We are growing the city again. Any tiles around here? Any resources? Anything? No. Okay. So what we're going to do here is we're just going to continue to grow in these river tiles because these river tiles. Oh, but we have a Kaylin right up there. I can get a Kaylin. No, I don't want to get that yet because that tile could still belong to Rome. So I want the river tiles. I want the river tiles. All right. I want all those river tiles for Capital. That's the whole point of the Pyramid Wonder. Now, over here again, you can see all the units that are in my stack now, right? It's great. Heal up. Same thing with you. Heal up. All right. We're going to chill out. We're going to wait for these units if they're on their way. Here we go again. Let's go next turn. There you go. My fortifications were complete and we got some units. Oh, baby. My boys, my brothers in arms coming to help me out with those beautiful Greek hoplites, are they? The phalanx, baby. 300. It's freaking a Leonidas on the way to help out Warlord Superbious. That's great, man. That is great. And last but not least, I'm just going to sneak this tile right here. That way, boom. There it is, right? So the Thabai is not going to suffocate Mediolanum at all with that. Then Neapoli. 1, 2, 3. I can get it over there and we can have a nice little... Basically, these mountains are going to be the difference between our borders, right? Machiavelli. Another trade route? Sure, Machiavelli. Keep on giving me gold, buddy. I'll take all that gold. Just keep on building up. We're good over here. Yeah, I want to save my gold for the eventual mass mobilization of our military, right? That's what we're going to do. You guys are good. Stay back there. You're good. Stay right there. No one's within range. Lure them in. You. You're good. One tile at a time. Let's try to navigate through this. One tile. That's good. That's friendly. Over here. Oh, man. Although this is a... Oh, no. That belongs to Machiavelli, right? Yeah, the Scythian Neapoli. Oh, my God. I didn't even realize that. So they have city-states fighting for them as well. Yeah, the Scythians are fighting. They're either fighting Retinue or they're fighting Champa. That's great. Great for us. Okay, let's keep an eye on their military units. Yes. Get them, Hoplites. Get them. The Greeks attacking the Mississippian on Roman lands, baby. Just to the west of the Sancti Stupa as well. They feel like God is on their side. The wonders motivating them for the war. That is beautiful. And now look at this. They think they can invade our lands, huh? They think they can invade our lands. General, up here to this tile now. General, over here to this tile. So I want to see if I can get a little bit of help on them. Heal up. And General, heal up. There it is. Now watch this, right? You come into my territory, do you? Yeah, well, that's one archer bombarding you. Boom, baby. Come into my tile, do you? That's another archer bombarding you. There it is. Promotion available. Another archer bombarding you. Bang, baby. Get out of my Roman lands. Get the F out of here. As we have another scout on the way back. Come on, scout. Get back here, buddy. You can make it. You can make it, scout. I believe in you. All right. So we also had another upgrade. Did we get an upgrade for you as well? Oh, baby. We got an upgrade for both our number five and our number... Oh, geez. Field Medic. Land units within the command radius gain five plus healing in enemy. That's the one. If we're going on the attack, that's the one, right? That's the one. That way we can get right back to going and marching forward. I don't have to spend as much time healing up, right? That's good. Looting. 50% yield and HP from pillaging the command radius. Okay. So pillaging, not bad. And the last one, survival training. Land units within the command radius gain the commando ability. Terrain combat bonuses are doubled. Oh, my God. Yeah. You know what? I'm just going to get logistics. There it is. All right. We'll get this done. Then we'll get maneuver. So I need another two upgrades to get maneuver. So we got to get to the Legatus to level seven, man. And my other Legatus, let's see. So with the other Legatus, I want to get this as well. But this one is very important. Units can move after unpacking. I'm just going to get that initiative. All right. So that way now both my Legatus can just move south and deploy units and immediately attack right after that. So that's what we're going to go for. Okay. All right. So let's see what happens. Are they going to attack me? No, I was able to get there. I think we're good because yeah, that is a Caesarian city state or whatever independent power to my ally, the Greeks. So I think we're good. All right. So you as well, get up there. Come on, get back. Next turn. I wonder. Oh, they're attacking my scout. You piece of... Where are you going, Greece? Help out my scout. No. Hell no. That Roman scout has got to be saved. I am going to save him. And we got iron working, ladies and gentlemen. That is going to be our tier three military units now. Come on. All right. So now that we got that, everyone was saying you got to get after mathematics. So that means engineering. We'll get the amphitheater and the blacksmith and then to mathematics for that academy. Although I don't know. I don't think going for science is going to matter that much at this stage, at this late stage of the era. We'll see. I'll try for it though. Okay. All right. Greece ran away and my scout is in trouble. Okay. So let's think about this. Let's think about this. All right. Yes. Yes, sir. All right. So you're going to come over here. All right. You're going to deliver one of these guys onto the field of battle. You now with the initiative upgrade, you're going to attack him. Get him out of there. There you go. That's one taken care of you. You're going to go down here. You're going to deploy there. See how valuable initiative is. And you're going to attack him. Get out of there. Scout. I saved your brother. Join the army. He's safe. He's home. All right. Our Roman scout that did an incredible job getting everything uncovered in the Southeast. He figured out where the Egyptian capital was. He went up the East coast and he came back with stories being attacked by those damn Mississippian. But my Roman soldiers got out there and saved the day. Come on, let's go, man. I'm not letting anyone die in this war. I learned my lessons from that first ambush. Never again. Mississippian general is on the way. All right. That is the war. The war is shaping up. All right. So let's move forth. You. Let's go all the way up there. Okay. So hang on. Think about this. If that archer is going to move one and then he can attack to here one, two, and then I got to be here. He cannot get to that tile. He cannot. He can hit this. He can't hit these three tiles. These three tiles are my tiles that I'm going to. All right. Here we go. Let's go. So first, move this guy forward, right? We're going to get a legion unit. We're going to deploy him in that tile. We're going to get him in that tile to fortify there. Boom, baby. Warlord Superbious is on the march. I'm loose. I'm loose now, ladies and gentlemen. You're going to go over there next to the volcano. I know it's dangerous, but that's all right. Fortify. We are loose, man. Look at this ----. I love the war in this game now. You. You're going to fortify as well, right? Boom. There it is. So we're going to try to lure that archer in. All right. Speaking of these archers that are behind, you're going to move up. You're going to move up there. And you, sir, are going to move up right there. There it is. All right. So we got our new battle formations ready to go. I still have a ballista, an archer ready to go to move forward and attack even more, right? There is the nut that we hope cannot be cracked. And then my legion on the side here. You're just going to take care of the flank. Slowly, we will wrap down and support the armies in the middle. Over in Capua, we just completed our forum, right? Yeah. We got the Basilica and the Temple of Jupiter both built. Let's get the bath going. We got some dirty citizens over here, but I don't want to take away any of these river tiles. So in fact, yeah, I'll just take away this river tile right here. Five against the water, though. That might not be a bad tile to go to as well. You know what? I'm going to put the bath on this tile right down there. There's the bath to Capua. Boom. Get that done. That's food. Next up, the archer. No one's in range. You're good. You got to heal up, brother. You're good as well. And oh, yeah. All right. So I can complete a trade route with Scythian. We got a nice little road going there, making it easier to travel. And if I go to my resource allocations. Oh, baby. How many is that now? 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 still. So I still only have 16. And then all these at the top. I don't know if these count or not. All right. So we got to get to 20. And we have to get another city down as well. So we're not there just yet. But if we take Chickas, a silk, a horse, a what's it called? A pearls of fisheries ores. That could be the one. Then take Pedet and get that gypsum in there as well. Oh, baby. Next turn. There you go. They're attacking, but I'm in my fortifications. They're attacking again. I'm in fortifications. I'm good. Let them get their attack bonuses off, man. Doesn't matter. All right. Oh, you want peace now, do you? Well, I was the one who declared war on you. Listen, I'll give you peace if you give me Chickasaw and Homa. Benjamin Franklin will reject this deal. Well, get the hell out of my face then. I'll take it. How about that? I'll just take it from you. So archers now. The archers are going to be the ones to clean up. All right. Not going to use my legions because they are going to get damaged when they're in there doing that. So bombard, bombard. We're good. You now. You are hurt. So again, I'm going to flip you in there, and we are going to get another legion out. Oh my God, I forgot. I just did. Oh, I did. **** an idiot. Oh, I'm an idiot. I just upgraded a legion, but that means I can't move them again, right? Yeah, I got a legion level three, is it? Legion level three. Yep. All right, so I can get my units up to tier three now. I forgot about that. So I can't upgrade the archers. The legions though. So you, you're going to bring everybody in. There you go. And go back over here. You're going to go back to Kusa. We got to heal you up. Just get back to Kusa. So by upgrading these units, it's going to cost me 130 gold. Oh yeah, we can definitely do that. All right, so let's do it. You guys all right with that? We're going to upgrade those units now. The archer unit might be a little bit at risk. Okay, I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to send this. I'm going to send this guy, this legion down here. So he can protect here. Then this tile is now going to be open. I'm going to bring an archer into that tile. I know it's a little bit dangerous, but I can also get an attack off here. Might as well just clear the flank. Clear the flank. There you go. I don't need my archers getting hit. Clear the flank. All right. And then I've got to upgrade these units in this tile with this, with this guy. So the ballista. Can I upgrade you? No. The archer. I can't upgrade you. The legions. All right. 130. Let's upgrade the army. Boom. There it is. And another one. You. Do we already get you done? Yes. We have two legions in that tile that have been upgraded now. Narrative choice. Oh ----. Broken borders. No. The empire fractures as once loyal settlements seek their own path forward. What? Laws and customs, symbols and pageantry. There are no longer sufficient in holding society together. What was once a shared identity forks like a river and its currents bear many beyond political borders. They pledge themselves to outside powers seeking new threads of connection and aid in extracting themselves from their former state. Continue the crisis. What does that mean? Choose crisis policies. Oh man. So I got to get another one in there. Oh man. Minus six happiness in towns. Minus six happiness in cities. One minus settlement cap. What should we do, Roma? I'm going to go minus six happiness in cities. All right? Because I only have two cities. The rest are towns. Boom. There it is. So Roma now has 25 happiness. And Capua has a minus two happiness. And I'm going to purchase a arena. And we're going to get the arena next to the wonders. There it is. Right there on top of the granary. The granary and the arena. Boom. There it is. All right? And we got that happiness for Capua back up to plus eight. You see it? You see? We made it work. We didn't lose anything right there. Did not lose a damn thing. That was totally the right thing to do. Now, down here, what do we got? Command units. Have you guys moved? No, we're still waiting on the movement. Still waiting. Next turn. All right. Here we go. Now I think I'm going to use a little bit of influence here because he's about to attack again. Yeah, let's use a little bit of influence right there. That'll help our happiness as well. Let's see what kind of attacks they bring. Keep an eye on the great general down here with the archer, right? Let's see. They're attacking my archer unit in the middle. That guy's going to be vulnerable, but I can replace him. They're not bringing anyone else up from behind. We're all right. Oh my God. What the hell? Something's going on. Something just crazy happened. Something new. Oh man. All right. So two plus happiness in all settlements. Jeez. What am I doing now? Am I getting rid of the golden culture from my... You know what? Yeah. Let me get rid of all these for right now. Let me just... Let me start again. All right. Let me start again. Gold. Important. Gold. Important. Happiness. Important. Combat strength. Influence. Production. Culture. Yeah. And then the remaining three, I'll go with these ones. All right. So production towards military units. Don't need that. Latinas. Or lat... What's that? Latinitas. Cursus honorum. And princeps civitatis. There it is. All right. Boom. Take that. Very nice. All right. So we're making 124. So what the hell is all this now? The settlement of Cusa is on the brink of revolt. Oh! How? How do I... Whoa, whoa, whoa. Cusa's minus five. How do I get it happy? Oh my God. All right. So help me out. What do I do? Oh, they're burning. They're freaking burning that city down, man. Why? They may revolt. What can I do? Machiavelli has made peace with Benjamin Franklin. You piece of ----. All right. Well, whatever. Benjamin Franklin has completed a milestone for the great library. Okay. The agenda of Machiavelli has changed your relationship. All right. And what's this? Unhappy citizens riot in Cusa. An angry mob has destroyed the brickyard. How dare you? You pieces of ----. They don't want to be under Roman rule. All right. Well. Ah. So now that the city is under my control, I can purchase some things. Okay. So my Roman citizens are saying a warlord superbius. If you build the walls, that will help out the happiness. Now, I don't see it there, but let's see. Adds 100 HP to the district and 15% combat strength, blah, blah, blah. All fortified districts must be conquered, must be built. Doesn't say anything about happiness there, but let's do it. 140. We want... Oh, you know what? Because there still is the... There still is... That's what it is. The crisis is still giving me settlements without walls. And now that that's become a legitimate settlement, it's got the negative... I see. We're building the walls to get rid of that. Got it. Good point out. Very good point out. So ancient walls. Boom, baby. And then we're going to repair their damn brickyard for 20 HEs. Can you guys not blow that ---- up again? It's the one building you have. The one piece of freaking economy or production that you actually have. And you know what? I'll give you guys an altar as well. All right. An altar to the gods. Which way do I want the district to go? Probably back this way. So let's build the altar. That is a... Let's go this way with the altar. Let's go right there. There you go. Next to the two mountains. All right. The altar can help that. I can probably get a library in there as well. Does the altar... Oh, you know what? It's already built. No, never mind. It's already built. There it is. All right. So Kusa now. Kusa has a happiness of plus three. So have we solved that? They're no longer rioting, right? Is it solved? Like there's nothing burning. They're happy. It's under my control. I don't see any more. There's still that occupied like chain link sign right there. I think we're good, right? Next up, literacy, skilled trades, coinage. One plus gold for each imported resource. Well, that's not bad. Let's go for literacy though. I will get that done. Command units. Okay. So they brought their units closer to our borders. You know what that means, ladies and gentlemen. Bombard. Archers get to work, man. Take them down. No prisoners. Boom. All day, every day, right? So my archer up here did get attacked, but he's fortified. He's supported with the flank bonus. And again, I'm not looking to move forward because I don't know what's out there. And that general is going to be a problem. Scout. Yeah. See that guy right there. If I move into this tile, the archer can go boom and attack me. I want to get the first attack off the archer. Isabella wants peace and she's willing to give me bidet. I got to do that, right? Yeah. Accept. Thank you. Milestone complete. Pax Imperatoria. Oh, baby. We are flying in this one. So what city did I just get? Oh my God. I got a forward ground against Chickasaw and Tokia. Oh my God. I'm right there now. That is wild. All right. So purchase the walls. All right. Purchase the walls. And yeah, purchase the altar. Get the altar down right there. All right. So want some happiness down there as well. So now we got happiness for bidet. Walls, John. Walls. Yeah. And what we're going to do as well. Oh, I can't purchase any military units. Hang on. Purchase already made this turn. I see. So you just have to wait. You can't purchase a walls and a military unit. Got it. So I think I want to purchase a military unit down there for sure. That's big, man. So now the Western coast of Oceania and Pangea can belong to me. Chickasaw has got to fall now. Chompa and Chickasaw have got to fall. I can burn Chompa to the ground and I can convert Chickasaw into a Roman rule. 20 science. Yes. Science, science, science, science. Oh my God. Another one. City guard. Three plus combat strength for fortified districts. That city down there is going to be left alone. City guard. Boom. There it is. That's perfect. Now, what about you? You want to make peace? You want to give me Chickasaw? Oh, all right. Benjamin Franklin will accept that. Let's do it. Propose. The war comes to an end against Egypt and the Mississippian and Rome conquers all men. They didn't want a war. They knew. They knew a warlord. Superbius would be marching in their streets if they didn't play ball. At least that keeps them out of Chahokia, right? Boom, baby. A capital proposal. Let's make it work. Yeah, let's make it work. All right. Thank you very much. That's hilarious, man. So, in one swift move, I take away the cities that belong to my two enemies in the west. Oh, that's great. And Chickasaw. Let's get in there. Let's spend our money. All right. The walls. Let's repair the bath. There you go. I know I'm getting low on gold, but it'll look really good when it's done, man. Boom, boom. Repair that as well. Repair it. Get it all done. Get all the repairs done. And I'll worry about, I think we already have, what's it called? A thing over here. It's still unhappy, Chickasaw? Yeah, minus seven. So, we're going to have to figure out how to turn that happy, man. Oh, my God. Narrative choice. One turn deserves another. The Argentarius awaits his clothing return in vain. Is this from the bath? Remember all those years ago when the guy stole the... What? He's still waiting on his clothes? The thief has kept his possessions. The bereft Roman finally gathers his coins and heads to the shops. As he passes the baths, another option occurs to him. Lost clothing offers a chance at new fashions. Minus 25 gold, but 100 culture. Okay. Free clothes are apparently available at the baths. 200 gold, but minus 50 happiness for three turns. Oh, man. So, the Roman citizens are just going to the baths to get free clothes? We can't have that. All right. I'm going to spend some gold for some culture. All right. So, over here. What are we doing? Oh, merchants again. Let's get those merchants going again. Now that we're at peace, we can get some freaking merchants down there, right? All right. So, everyone just chill out over here. I want... No, no, no. Not you, though. You're good. Back into here. I want my army full. You, back into here. My army, is it full? Four legions, one archer. Yeah, that's good. Then my scout, you can stay there as well. The archers, you can go back. Archers go back, and archers go back. All right. So, the archers are back off the front line. And my legatus, you're going to go back to Mediolanum, just in case Greece tries anything. All right. So, my other dude, he is on the way. He's only got... I can probably put two archers in there. Yeah, I'll figure it out. What happens to the world? My unhappiness as well. My happiness went up to 69. Oh, man. Yeah, we got some anger. I'm getting used to that sound now. Oh, crap. Did this tile get even better again? Look at this tile. Five food. No, my camels. Not the camels, please. What do I do, man? Policies, maybe, for happiness. Chickasaw is going to get run over. So, maybe, what I do is, I send my general down here to Chickasaw to calm ---- down. Next turn, 91%. My Roman citizens. What are we going to do next, man? The Greeks are moving around. Oh, geez. Yeah, ---- is happening. They're burning everything. Oh, man. Both of them. Both of them! We don't need any of that. Maybe I can get happiness. Oh, trade outposts. So, if I focus on specialization for down here, is that what I should be doing? Two plus happiness to each resource tile in the town and five plus the trade range. So, I could get it up by four. One, two. Yeah, let's do that. This is the first time I'm doing this. Town focus. We're going to turn Bidet into a trade outpost. Boom. This town focus is exclusive. You'll only be able to choose this focus or growing town until the next age. Yep, that's fine. Get it done. All right, so, some more hap... There you go. That fixed it, right? And then repair the brickyard. Boom. There it is. It's a little bit of extra money. Boom. And now, what about you? Chickasaw. If I turn you into a trade outpost, you go from seven down to one. Beautiful! Oh, I love the options that I have at my disposal in this game. Get that done and repair the library as well. That's some extra science for us. Yeah, I'm figuring it out, ladies and gentlemen. I don't need... I was going to send my army there to help out with the happiness, but you know what? We're good. And I don't need to have my main force divided from my empire, right? I want to get 700 gold so I can maybe turn one of these into a city and get more resources out there to get Silk Roads so that we have more points that we can use, right? Holy crap. Narrative choice. Paradigm Shift. As settlements drift farther and farther from the empire's core, the capital falters and its banners lie limp. Once the city held civilization together, now it sits as a vestige of broken bonds and archaic union. But smaller hubs find voices that grow even louder, proclaiming their singularity amid new communities based not on tradition, but customs, beliefs, economy, and identity. All right, this one's obvious. Minus 10 happiness in my capital. Roma can handle it. Roma can handle it, correct? Roma. Roma. Please, please, please. Yep, Roma can handle it. Thank God for the Colosseum. And oh man, Roma can definitely handle going to war. I'm starting to see it now, right? Starting to see all their advantages. That's great, man. Boom. Get that done. So we're still happy. We're still happy even when this world crisis is on because we closed our borders. Oh, this is great though. And I want to save up gold so we can maybe get another city in there so I can send my resources around. All right, so people are moving up. People are moving down. We're happy. The cities are growing. I don't want to suffocate these cities. So just get... Yeah, get all... Oh, there you go. That tile right there. Wait. One, two, three. Yeah, that tile right there. That river tile right there. Town specialization. No, we're good. All right, so our main army, you're going to stay there in Cusa and just chill out. Our secondary army in Mediolanum to protect against Greece just in case they get any bright ideas. And then we have Napoli with a secondary army and Capua with a secondary army as front lines. So, I mean, we are guarded. The only thing that can hit us is a naval attack, but I don't think that's happening because you can't cross the ocean until the exploration age. And I've already gone up and down the coast. I don't think there was anything that you could do. Plenty of culture, which means that we are unlocking these civics. Ooh, I like that. When there's nothing else to take away. Damn, I am not perfect then. Far from it. You could take so much away from my goofy ass. Shit. We can get an amphitheater done. Ooh, culture. One plus culture for each adjacent mountainous terrain. Okay, that's why I saved that one tile. One plus culture for each adjacent natural wonder and also wonder. So where could I put that? Five right there next to these ones. Yeah, right there. On that tile. That's what I wanted to save that one for next to the mountain. Let's do it. Get that, what's it called? Amphitheater done. See if we can construct it in time. We got our guy to Champa. So construct that trade route there. Even more resources now, right? There we go. That's another simple one that I can send out. Boom. Oh, yeah. I want to get this done, man. I totally want to get this done. Chickasaw. Yeah, I agree. All right, so this is going to turn 15 production from gold. So we're going to lose a little bit of gold here. We're also going to lose a lot of gold turning it into a city. But I'm hoping that that will open up the resources that we can then get Silk Roads and max that out. So this is me exploring right here. Convert to a city. Bang. All right, there it is. I don't know how much gold. We just went from 185 down to 163. So a lot that we just lost. Chickasaw is now very unhappy because it is no longer getting those bonuses. But I can also purchase the Temple of Jupiter and the Arena now, right? And the Villa. And those are going to cost me lots of money. But I'm making lots of money per turn. But why I did that was for the resource allocation. So let's go down to Chickasaw. All I can get is two. But I can get the main ones in there. So how do I get more? Do I got to build a market? Everyone was saying boom, boom. Yes! How about Dem Apples, man? Pax Imperatoria maxed out. And now Silk Roads maxed out. Are you kidding me, man? 98% done. We're going to get to it. So our culture, right? We built three wonders. Not that many. But hey, still pretty good. Pax Imperatoria, we are way up there, man. Look at this. 12 out of 12. And we're happy. Science, weak. Very weak for science. But that's all right. And economy, bang. So we're rich and we're dangerous. We're powerful, right? No one wants to mess around with the great Roman Empire. Let's go the Bath and the Arena, all right? You can take a bath after you've worked your ass off in the Arena. Because that's a perfect spot for a market. That's a perfect spot for a market. All right, good. Next turn. All right, so I might be dealing with some unhappiness right here from Chickasaw. Minus 13 happiness, right? Oh yeah, that's another thing, right? So our social policies or whatever they're called. Yeah, right now, minus 6 happiness in cities. It's a city now. Chickasaw is a city now, right? So it's all these different things that start happening once you make decisions. Trying to figure it all out and trying to work it the best way possible. That's the whole game, right? That is civilization. I have so much fun doing it too. The settlement of Chickasaw is on the brink of revolt. So I got some turns. I can build up that happiness. Isabella has finished constructing the world wonder, the Colossus. Very nice. The open markets diplomatic action targeting you is completed. The agenda with Isabella has changed our relationship. And Chickasaw is still very unhappy. All right, so what can I purchase? Temple of Jupiter. Let's go. Let's get it done. This is going to be good for... I have to construct it in its own tile. What's it good? Culture for East adjacent happiness constructible. Oh, so I want to have some... So you know what? Let's construct this somewhere out here so that we can have many different options. I'm going to go on that tile right there. All right, there it is. That is building it. No, I don't want to build it. I would like to purchase the Temple of Jupiter. Bang. Only minus 10 happiness now, right? The next one, we'll build up the Basilica. And then we'll get the forum done on that tile. Good. And our traditions will help out some happiness and some culture. Over here in Roma. Oh, the blacksmith. I get more production. The amphitheater is really nice though. I don't have a free tile to build up the amphitheater. Amphitheater is good. Adjacent mountainous terrain. Nah, not really anything there. What about the blacksmith? Get some production going on this tile right here. What is this tile? That's the woodcutter. Ah, so what would the blacksmith help out on? Adjacent resource. Ah, so there's a resource right there. Interesting. That'd be really good if I could put it on these two tiles. Get those two resources. What else is it? Adjacent wonder. Okay, so the terracotta army. So that's the way. Yeah, it's got to go right here. Blacksmith. Getting rid of the woodcutter. Yeah, that's fine. Don't need any of these natural upgraded resources. I want my districts, all right? Now you. I want to continue to grow up here and get all these river tiles, all right? That's our food. Food is key. And the last place that we can send our merchant is to Chahokia. There it is. I think I already sent one there. So I think I have two unbound there. That's all right. Okay, so 98% done. When does it switch over? Is it 1% per turn? Hang on a second. Greece is mobilizing. Yeah, we're at 99%. Oh man, we got to get through to the next turn. 215. All right. So is this the last turn of the antiquity age? Rome has been fantastic. We have expanded. We've got our money in order. Now it's time to start working on maybe some science in the next stage, right? Exploration. Oh my God. 100%, ladies and gentlemen. We are at 100%. What happens next? Narrative choice. The coming of dawn. The world has settled into a new order. In the wake of unrest, borders have been reforged and political bonds redefined. The old world's models of authority have broken beneath the weight of progress and the very nature of empire transforms into a new age. The age of antiquity is ending. Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a fantastic 139 turns. We've made it to 840 BCE and the Roman Empire has absolutely dominated. We are laying claim to the continent of Oceania and Pangea, but we got to figure out what the hell is out there in the rest of the world. Naval combat, modern combat. Rome looks great with our Colosseum and our Terracotta Army and our districts, right? Got a lot of population in there as well. But ladies and gentlemen, we must move into the future. Next turn. Oh my goodness. Oh, of course. Yeah, we'll get one more in there. Jeez, that lit us up, man. Production increases, but lots of destruction right there. Yeah, it's at 100%. I'm waiting for it. Oh, the antiquity age comes to an end, ladies and gentlemen. Wow, what happens? Roman merchants were as well-traveled soldiers, creating a web of goods that crossed every inch of the world. Yes, a web of goods that went across the world. So my trade and my military, we did it, Rome. All right, so a bunch of points acquired, legacy points because of what I accomplished in the antiquity age. I got a science point. I got a culture point. I got three military points. I got three gold points as well. Let's go. Oh, jeez. I don't know what I'm doing. Age rankings. So culture, wonders of the ancient world. Machiavelli built six. I only got three. Pax Imperatoria. I got 12. The closest one was five. Great Library, the codices. Hey, I'm at four. I'm at second. I don't know if they showcase the civs that are in here that we haven't discovered just yet. And Silk Roads, I got 22. Are you kidding me, man? Ladies and gentlemen, it's time that Rome becomes something else. So in this game, based on what you accomplish, based on where your civilization is, you then become something new for the next age. It's almost like the game resets itself. And I really like this. Normanitas. Normans, help me out with how I say this, please. Sfaria at Suomi? Oh, yes. Hell yeah. They sat unquietly in northern France for just over a century before seizing England. And we defeated England? Oh, ****. Yeah, man. Hell yeah. They brought court culture, French language, weeweewee, and weapons of war. Knights rode out from stone castles, pursuing the values of chivalry. The Normans never truly disappeared, but merged with local populations, creating the amalgam we call Eng- We're the English! I think we lost some military units as well. Where's my- Where's my heavy archers now? Oh my god. I got swordsmen instead. Where's my siege units? And you- Oh my- My military has been messed around with. So we just went another 400 years? So, I pose the question to all of you right now. Do you like this new feature? I love it. Because it's as if the game is starting again, but based on what you accomplished in the previous era. So if you're trailing, all of a sudden the game brings you back up. Right? It's not that I don't have an advantage anymore. I do. I still have all my cities. I got the- I don't know if I have all those same resources again. Yep, there you go. You got some resources in there, right? So you still get to continue based on what you have. But it doesn't feel like the game is just over. And that was one of the things I hated about Civ 5 and Civ 6. When you played enough, you get to a point where you're just like, Well, nobody's gonna catch me. I got this now. But this is like we are diving right into a new game with something that feels familiar. So, my Norman citizens? Oh ----! My Normans! Warlord Norman! Let me know what you all think. And in the next video, we will take it into the exploration age with your Norman Empire.