Let’s Play Civilization 5: Part 0

I’ve decided to write a Let’s Play story. For those of you who don’t know what that is, a Let’s Play is basically like playing a game and showing your various adventures to people as it progresses, failures and successes alike. I’ll probably do a lot of Let’s Plays on here. This one will be of Civilization 5. Exciting.

To start it off, I’ll show you the settings I’ll be playing with. (Apologies for the somewhat small images, I had to compact them snugly into the unexpandable ribbon of online musings.)

I’ve started in the ancient age, with only the Time win condition off. That’s because I’d rather not have the world suddenly end while some program determines who was the better leader on the planet it just obliterated. I have also given myself the modest title of God-Emperor Dino, ruler of the glorious nation of Meeria. Some would say it’s technically just a renamed version of Greece. I say Greece was just a renamed version of Meeria. In your FACE. You know, the one you used to have until you defied me.  Most of the advanced game conditions are off as well. I don’t remember what most of them do, but I usually turn them off for a good reason. I think, at least. Much of the game is set to be fairly randomised so I will have absolutely no idea of what to expect. For all I know, Ghandi could get giant death robots and conquer the world, or maybe he’ll just nuke everyone for fun. I would.

To prepare you all, let me show you where I’ve settled(while I was fiddling with some settings and accidentally pressed the “Settle” hotkey).

As you can see, it’s next to some grain, fish, wine and a bunch of fur. Oh, and some deer that I will have to enslave. Sorry WSPA. It also has naval access, which will help me scout the coasts and plunder the seas once I get boats. Arr matey! Tune in next time to see me stumble around, meeting more nations and probably getting war declared on me by three nations at once, just because they don’t understand the rules of my favorite game, “Surrender your weapons and give your country to Dino”. Nobody ever wants to play that. I wonder why.