Like Horsemen, they are awful against Cities so don't bother - use them to roam the enemy's lands (preferably 3 hexes from their Cities) and eliminate their Military so your Hoplites and Archers/Composite Bowmen can bring down the City's defenses. Use these during war and within your own territory for their mobility and strong capacity to knock out units like Archers in a single charge. The Companion Cavalry also come with the Great Generals I promotion, which will cause their battles to generate more experience toward your next Great General. They're also a bit more mobile, with 5 moves to 4. They've got +2 Combat Strength over a Horseman, giving them 14. Upgrades to Knight, Obsolete with Metallurgy Requires Horseback Riding Tech, Horse Resource. Unique Unit: Companion Cavalry (Replaces Horseman): Hellenic League also allows you to trespass without losing any Influence with City-States, so use their borders to step inside and fortify your units until healed, then go back after those Barbarians again. Incredibly powerful for getting loads of CS bonuses and votes for a Diplomatic Victory. I just hope the mechanics work well and are intuitive in their design.Civilization 5 Greece - Leader: Alexander Civ Bonuses, Strategies, Unique Units and BuildingsĬity-state Influence degrades at half and recovers at twice the normal rate.

I really like some of the new features – including creating works of art and archaeological digs.

Search for the great natural wonders of the heart of Africa as you explore a dynamically-generated continent each time you play.

Scramble for Africa: The great colonial powers of the world are scrambling to explore the Dark Continent and extend their reach into its interior.

American Civil War: Fight the “War Between the States” from either the Union or Confederate side as you focus on the critical Easter theatre of operations between the capital cities of Richmond and Washington.

This includes eight new Wonders such as the Parthenon, Broadway and the Uffizi. I have only logged about 40 hours on Civilization V, and I haven’t yet gotten the first expansion of Gods & Kings, but this one looks great – if only for the fact that you can have cultural victories! Yup, this new expansion actually has mechanisms for spreading culture and using tourism as an “offensive” tool.īrave New World features a new focus on diplomacy and international trade, as well as new civilizations, units and buildings.

I’m not sure about you, but I’m a HUGE Civilization fan. Not in the dystopia way – this looks quite cool, and will be available July 2013.

Sid Meier’s Civ 5 is welcoming its next expansion, Brave New World.

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