Civ VI: Rise and Fall expansion

[jamus34]

It does, but I'm still leery of subscribing to Humble Bundle. They've offered some good deals in it, but I've also seen some stuff I'm just not interested in.

Yeah it's tough. I'll get a month I have no interest and be like ok, if I get 2 in a row I'm done. Then they throw something good out there. Next month is Dark Souls 3 so I'll stay in for that. 

I've come to the conclusion I'm a game hoarder. I'll buy games I realistically will probably never play because "I need them". That said it's pretty much my only vice, so I guess so be it.

[bbmike]

It does, but I'm still leery of subscribing to Humble Bundle. They've offered some good deals in it, but I've also seen some stuff I'm just not interested in.

Yeah it's tough. I'll get a month I have no interest and be like ok, if I get 2 in a row I'm done. Then they throw something good out there. Next month is Dark Souls 3 so I'll stay in for that. 

I've come to the conclusion I'm a game hoarder. I'll buy games I realistically will probably never play because "I need them". That said it's pretty much my only vice, so I guess so be it.

Hi. I'm bbmike. I too am a game hoarder.  :-[

Next time on "Game Hoarders":

Psychologist/Professional Organizer: Do you need all of these games?
bbmike: Yes!
Psychologist/Professional Organizer: Maybe you can give up one or two...
bbmike: No, I need more! There's a Steam sale coming!
Psychologist/Professional Organizer: Is this Command HQ still on your hard drive?!?
bbmike: I need that! It reminds me of my board games!
Psychologist/Professional Organizer: [facepalm] Board games?

[jamus34]

I have not hit the board game hoarding mindset yet. Typically all the games I buy we play, that said no hardcore war games as it's not exactly my kids cup o tea. Ticket to ride and carcassone (SIC) are the heaviest we go so far.

That said, if I found a local board gaming / rpg group that would change and quickly. I do have issues with books although I've gotten better with using the local library system to read books I don't necessarily want to buy.

[Zulu1966]

Game just endlessly crashes after applying RAF

[Yskonyn]

Get rid of any mods (unsub), then verify integrity of game files in steam and you're golden.

[SirAndrewD]

Also make sure you're not trying to load any saved advanced game configs from before Rise and Fall.  If you saved a config pre-expansion it tries to re-enable the mods that you had active then.  That was giving me fits till I figured it out.

[JudgeDredd]

I'm getting a similar issue. I played Civ VI for a huge amount of turns and don't recall any issues.

Since installing RaF and restarting a fresh game, I've played twice and had 2 BSoD. Both seemed to have happened within a similar amount of time. I'll have to monitor the turns next time and the time after to see if there's anything going on with turns

I'll also verify game files to see how that goes.

[Barthheart]

I played R&F all weekend with any trouble at all.

I'm really enjoying the additions to the game. Lots more to think about and plan ahead for laying out your cities, not just where to put them but where to put their districts and how they will interact with each other.
For instance, playing as Korea your science districts now give you a flat +4 science instead of adjacency bonuses. Which is nice because you don't have to worry about that any more, but it needs to be on a hill. But if you put any other district next to the science one you lose 1 of that +4... even next to the city center so it needs to be placed fairly remotely. And if you put mines or farms next to the science place you get bonus food and production.

Diplomacy is more filled out too. Alliances are now good things and you want to keep them for a long time. You also don't want others to make them with your neighbors.

Good stuff so far.
O0

[Yskonyn]

Yeah man ! The game requires you to have a strategy now, where before you could go with the flow more.
You also have to keep an eye on what other nations are up to.
Very fun new mechanics have been added; governors are cool, new diplo system is better and the constant ebb and flow of the Golden or Dark Age timer is a fun thing.
I do feel that Civ 6 has moved more towards being an electronic boardgame instead of the strategy game it was with IV. Perhaps this is why some people don't like it?
I am very happy with the game, though!

[Zulu1966]

I will try the suggestions. Pretty sure I just have vanilla content and DLC. But will give it a go. Played before with no issues.

[Gusington]

Can the player influence/control the coming of a dark age or golden age or are they random?

[Barthheart]

Can the player influence/control the coming of a dark age or golden age or are they random?

You control them by doing noteworthy things. Be the first to circumnavigate the world get Era points, build a wonder get Era points etc.

You need to build up a certain number of points to make sure you don't sink into a Dark era. Build up lots of points and  you can get a Golden era. If you are in a Dark age and build up enough points to go into a Golden era you get an Heroic era instead (twice as good as a Golden era).

Each type of era gives you a selection of buffs to chose from, Heroic gets 2, that last for the entire era. So you have to think about what you want to accomplish in the new era but still with an eye to what you'll need to stay out of a Dark Era next time around.

With each era, and type of era, the points needed for the next increase. So it's difficult to have 2 Golden eras is a row, and very hard, but not impossible as I've done it, to have 3 in a row. But the number of era points you need for the next era are increased by the number of cities you have and how well you did in the last era. So even though I managed 3 Goldens in a row my next era was Dark because I just could not keep up the pace of advancement.

It's a fun feature to manage.

[Gusington]

I like the sound of that system!

[Barthheart]

It's a blast to play around with. Trying to pile up the points as the years tick by but not get too many or the next era will be tougher.

Lots of good stuff in this expansion.

[bbmike]

Yeah, this was a big expansion. Right now I have the "just one more turn" feeling again.  O0