A LOOK AT Civilization

Bias in Spawn

• A leaders decision for his people can change where they live.
• Each civilization lives where the leader decided, usually to match needs.
• Political states need for, so they will settle near fertile land.
• All of this goes into consideration in the game and decides your spawn place.
• Your spawn is decided due to what your needs are and qualities your civilization would have.

GAME CONCEPTS

• Diplomacy
• Culture
• Science
• History
• Religion

Diplomacy

• Contacting other civs can be tedious.
• Other civs can be hostile or friendly.
• Their reaction to you can determine trading options.
• War can also affect your relationship with another civ.
• Religion is an important factor. Sharing faith brings happiness to civs.

Culture

• Culture is influenced by citizens' happiness.
• By having pop culture or influential civics, you can keep them happy.
• Happiness also increases work force, overall labor and production, and growth.
• Having great artist or pop culture figures increases happiness as well.

Science

• As you progress in city structure, you need more science to know how.
• Buildings can increase healthiness.
• The sciences you choose can influence what you can build.
• The wrong technology can be devastating, an example in real life.
• Science can influence happiness as well by providing a sense of achievement

History

• A nation's history greatly affects the attributes it has in Civ.
• If they were destroyed by hordes of barbarians, then many units will come for you.
• If your nation's history shows you to be futile, there will be lots of tension in trade.
• Peaceful nation's tend to spawn away from others and have limited trade.

Religion

• Religion will also affect the people's happiness.
• Having no certain religion will have little effect on you.
• Choosing a religion can cause disputes with civs of different religions.
• Religion can also lead to increased trade with civs of the same religion.
• Religion affects production in cities where that religion is spread.

Connection

• Real world history affects multiple parts of gameplay.
• Choosing the nation and leader affects your spawn and a nation's attributes.
• History can decide the fate of your nation by reacting to your decisions to meet history.
• Every decision makes the game change to fit historical events.