Tlachtli: A temple which generates faith and Great General pointsĬalled Moctezuma in his native tongue, the ruler on which Civ 6’s leader is modeled is actually the first Moctezuma, who ruled until about 30 years before Columbus stumbled onto the Caribbean-not to be confused with Moctezuma II, who fought the Spanish under Cortés.

Eagle Warriors: Early game melee unit that converts defeated enemy units into builders (acquiring captives for slave labor and human sacrifice was a common cause for war in the Aztec Empire).

Can expend builders to speed up the construction of districts.

Luxury resources spread amenities (that’s basically Happiness for you old school Civ players) to two additional cities beyond the one whose territory they lie in.

Your samurai will be hard to stop during the medieval era, so if you need to conquer some troublesome rivals, that would be the ideal time to do so. So be sure to commit to one or two victory paths fully and only build the districts and improvements you need. You’ll need to plan your land use well, since you won’t have as much overall space to work with as other civs. Like the real world nation of Japan, Civ 6’s rendition encourages building a dense, urban core of multiple cities along the coast, leaving room for those late game electronics factories to spike your production capacity into the stratosphere.

His was one of the only countries to be attacked by the Mongol hordes, but never successfully conquered by it. As shikken (effectively a regent for the shogunate), he introduced Zen Buddhism to Japan, and was instrumental in the creation of the samurai warrior code known as Bushido. With Hojo as head honcho, the spirit of Bushido allowed Japan to just say “No” to the Mongol incursions of the 13th century, roughly 200 years before the ubiquitous Sengoku period portrayed in almost every videogame about samurai.

Electronics Factory district: Grants a large amount of production to all cities with their center within six tiles.

Samurai: A medieval sword unit that fights just as well when beat up as it does at full health.

Land units get large combat bonuses on coastal tiles, and naval units get the same bonuses in shallow waters.

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