Phoenicia: Dido (WIP)

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

INTRODUCTION

May prosperity come to your cities—the ones away from the coast.

The Phoenician Empire led by Dido is a civilization tailor-made for rapid expansion and thalassocratic domination as her Unique Infrastructure, the Cothon district, grants added  Production towards both Settlers and naval units. At first glance, she doesn't appear to do well on land maps but bold forward settles taking advantage of full Loyalty of coastal cities could be Loyalty anchor points to settling inland as well. More than most civilizations, Dido's prosperity and development will derive from the numerous  Trade Routes well-protected by the Bireme Unique Unit. 

Dido should focus on spreading a peaceful empire wide supported by a strong economy secured with a navy that is just as strong. While she lacks direct bonuses in  Science or  Culture, the sheer quantity of cities will more than compensate, further amplified by colonial policies and Casa de Contratación wonder after completing the unique Move Capital project. After all, Civilization VI mechanics handsomely rewards wide civilizations such as her.

SUMMARY

CIVILIZATION ABILITY

Mediterranean Colonies

Begin the game with the Writing technology   Eureka. Coastal cities founded by Phoenicia and located on the same contenent as the Phoenician  Capital are 100% Loyal. Settlers gain +2  Movement and +2 sight range while embarked. Settlers ignore  Movement costs from embarking or disembarking.

• Loyalty can shift if it falls to 0% on a single turn.

UNIQUE UNIT

 

Bireme

Technology/Civic

 

Sailing

Replaces

 

Galley

Base Production Cost

65

Base Gold Cost

260

Base Faith Cost*

130

Maintenance Cost

	1
	—

*Unavailable to purchase with  Faith with any of the game mechanics.

	Upgrade Path
	None	—	Bireme	360	Caravel
Technol­ogy / Civic			Sailing		Cartography
Base Produc­tion Cost			65		240
Base Gold Cost			260		960
Base Faith Cost			130		480
Strategic Resource			—		—
Maintenace Cost			1  —		4  —
Statistics			4  —  35  —  2		4  —  55  —  3

Usual Attributes

• −85% damage vs. district defenses

Special Attributes

• +5  Combat Strength compared to the Galley unit
• +1  Movement compared to the Galley unit
• Prevents friendly Traders embarked over water within 4 tiles from being plundered

UNIQUE INFRASTRUCTURE

 

Cothon

Technology/Civic

 

Celestial Navigation

Replaces

 

Harbor

Base Production Cost

27

Base Gold Cost*

108

Base Faith Cost*

54

Maintenance Cost

—

Base Pillage Yield

25

Placement Rule: Any coast with removable features (if any) adjacent to land

*Available to purchase with  Gold and  Faith if Reyna with Contractor promotion and Moksha with Divine Architect promotion are established in the city, respectively.

Yields

+1	Gold for every adjacent Coastal Resource
+2	Gold if adjacent to a City Center
+1	Gold for every 2 adjacent Districts
+1	Gold if adjacent to a Government Plaza
+1	Great Admiral point per turn

Specialist Yields

+2	Gold per  Citizen
+1	Food per  Citizen

Domestic Trade Yields

+1	Production

Foreign Trade Yields

+3

Gold

Projects

 Harbor Shipping

Base Production Cost

25

District-based project which provides  Gold every turn and  Great Admiral points once finished.

• Generates  Gold equal to 15% of  Production spent every turn
• Grants  Great Admiral points equal to 15% of  Production spent throughout the project upon completion

 Move Capital

Base Production Cost

100

Phoenician unique project available to any city with a Cothon. When complete, the Phoenician  Capital moves to this city.

• Available only as Dido
• +300%  Production cost vs. normal district project.

Usual Attributes

• Allows production of naval units if the City Center is not already on a coastal land
• Primary spawn location for naval units produced or purchased by the city
• Establishes a point of access for sea  Trade Routes to and from the city and removes  Movement cost of embarking and disembarking for land units starting when the district is placed

Special Attributes

• −50%  Production cost compared to the Harbor district
• +50%  Production towards naval units and Settlers in this city
• +100 HP per turn to all damaged naval units repairing within the city's borders

STARTING BIAS

 

Starting Bias

Tier 1	—
Tier 2	Coast
Tier 3	—
Tier 4	—
Tier 5	—

LEADER ABILITY

Founder of Carthage

Can move their original  Capital to any city with a Cothon they founded by completing a unique project in that city. +1  Trade Route capacity for each Government Plaza building and the Government Plaza district. +50%  Production towards districts in the city with the Government Plaza.

Sicilian Wars

Wants to settle coastal cities, and likes civilizations that settle inland. Dislikes civilizations with many coastal cities.

PROSPECT

VICTORY SKEW

Victory	Score		Rationale
	Main	Sub
Science	7/10	/10	Technological Advancement
		/10	Productivity
Culture	7/10	/10	Cultural Development
		/10	Tourism Business
Domination	6/10	/10	Military Superiority
		/10	Commanding Loyalty
Religion	7/10	/10	Foundation and Evangelization
		/10	Fostering Faith
Diplomacy	7/10	/10	Diplomatic Favorability
		/10	World Leadership

POWER SPIKE

	Era
	An­cient	Classi­cal	Medie­val	Renais­sance	Indus­trial	Mod­ern	Atom­ic	Informa­tion	Fu­ture
Urban­i­za­tion
Production
Gold
Science
Culture
Tourism
Faith
Religion
Offense
Defense
Diplomacy

Era	Commentary
Ancient	Bu The fir
Classical	C Bot
Medieval	Ind Buildi.
Renaissance~Modern	Communism
Atomic~Future	asdf

IDEAL ADMINISTRATION

GOVERNMENT & POLICIES

Form of Government / Government Building		Bonus / Rationale	Civic
Tier 1
	Classical Republic	0  2  1  1  All cities with a district receive +1  Housing and +1  Amenity +15%  Great People points	Political Philosophy
		Being a naval civilization, Phoenicia will be an empire with more-than-average number of coastal cities. Unfortunately,  Housing is more restricted in coastal cities without access to Fresh Water so +1  Housing and +1  Amenity bonuses would alleviate this problem to hold until Lighthouses are built in the Cothons. Autocracy and Oligarchy are also a valid choice if wonders are being built or if fighting in a war... but at a slight cost of the citizens' happiness.
	Ancestral Hall	+50%  Production toward Settlers in this city Newly founded cities receive a Builder As Dido, cities are more likely to be continuously founded even throughout the later eras. Free Builders in newly founded cities (there will be many) accelerate their development. Additionally, the city with the Ancestral Hall building can be designated as the center for producing Settlers. Be sure to build a Cothon and adopt the Colonization policy card for an unrivaled +150%  Production towards Settlers! Establish Magnus with the Provision promotion as the governor to avoid mass depopulation of the city.
Tier 2
	Merchant Republic	1   2   1   2  +10%  Gold in all cities with an established Governor +15%  Production toward Districts	Exploration
		Even more so than other civilizations, Dido will probably still be founding new cities through the Renaissance Era. Cities both old and new will benefit from +15%  Production toward districts to build up infrastructure with the help of extra Economy and Wildcard policy card slots.
	Intelligence Agency	+1 Spy and Spy capacity. All Spy Operations have a higher chance of success. Grand Master's Chapel is the least appealing option as the Tier 2 Government Plaza building since Phoenicia has no special ability in generating  Faith to effectively take advantage of its bonus. Dido is more likely to found her own cities rather than conquering others so the use of Foreign Ministry is limited, though levying city-states may be useful in very niche situations, e.g. for homeland security or liberating distant occupied cities. Intelligence Agency is the safest and most versatile option; the additional Spy can be used to siphon funds from other civilizations or to set up a listening post in antagonistic empires for an additional combat strength against them through increased  Diplomatic Visibility.
Tier 3
	Democracy	1   3   2   2   Trade Routes to an Ally's city provide +4  Food and +4  Production for both cities. Alliance Points with all allies increase by an additional 0.25 per turn. 15% Discount on Purchases with  Gold.	Suffrage
		Dido will probably not voluntarily declare wars to focus on expanding the empire. She will probably gain allies due to her propensity for peace so Democracy would be the obvious answer. However, if she fails to make friends, Dido would have to resort to Communism.
	Royal Society	Builders gain the ability to use all of their charges to contribute  Production to a District Project once per city per turn at 2% of the  Production cost per total number of charges used The ability to expend all Builder charges to contribute  Production on district projects also applies to the costly Move Capital project. This means the bonuses applied to cities on foreign continents through the Colonial Taxes policy card and Casa de Contratación wonder will come a few turns sooner. Not to mention, this ability is already useful for completing other projects, especially Spaceport projects for Science Victory.

POLICIES COMING SOON

PANTHEON & RELIGION

Tenet		Details / Rationale
Pantheon
	God of the Sea	+1  Production to Fishing Boats Th
	Earth Goddess	+2  Faith to tiles with Breathtaking Appeal Choo
Founder Belief
	Tithe	+3  Gold for each city following this Religion The
	Cross-Cultural Dialogue	+1  Science for every 4 Followers of this Religion Th
	World Church	+1  Culture for every 4 Followers of this Religion Thi
Follower Belief
	Choral Music	Shrines and Temples provide  Culture equal to their intrinsic  Faith output Th
	Feed the World	+3  Food from Shrines and Temples +2  Housing from Shrines and Temples Thi
	Jesuit Education	May purchase Campus and Theater Square district buildings with Faith Th
	Work Ethic	Holy Sites provide  Production equal to their  Faith adjacency bonus Choose this belief if there are many high-adjacency Holy Sites for an increased  Production yield
Enhancer Belief
	Religious Colonization	Cities start with this Religion in place if founded by a player who has this as their majority Religion Th
	Itinerant Preachers	Religion spreads to cities 30% further away Th
Worship Belief
	Gurdwara	+3  Faith +2  Food +1  Housing This
	Meeting House	+3  Faith +2  Production This Worship Building will add a small amount of  Production to cities with Holy Sites.
	Stupa	+3  Faith +1  Amenity Hig
	Wat	+3  Faith +2  Science This Worship Building will add a small amount of  Science to cities with Holy Sites.

CITY-STATES

GREAT PEOPLE

WONDERS

Era / Wonder		Details / Rationale	Technology / Civic
Ancient
	Pyramids	Production Cost: 220  Placement Rule: Any flat desert with removable features (if any) +2  Culture Upon completion: Receive a Builder To Builders: +1 charge	Masonry
		asdf
Classical
	Great Lighthouse	Production Cost: 290  Placement Rule: Any Coast with removable features (if any) adjacent to a Harbor with a Lighthouse +3  Gold +1  Great Admiral point per turn To all naval units: +1  Movement	Celestial Navigation
		ASFD
	Colosseum	Production Cost: 400  Placement Rule: Any flat land with removable features (if any) adjacent to an Entertainment Complex with an Arena +2  Culture To all cities within 6 tiles: +2  Amenity +2 Loyalty	Games and Recreation
		ASFD
	Colossus	Production Cost: 400  Placement Rule: Any Coast with removable features (if any) adjacent to a Harbor +3  Gold +1  Great Admiral point per turn +1  Trade Route capacity Upon completion: Receive a Trader	Shipbuilding
		ASFD
	Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	Production Cost: 400  Placement Rule: Any land with removable features (if any) adjacent to a Coast and Harbor To all Coast tiles in this city: +1  Faith +1  Science +1  Culture To Great Engineers: +1 charge	Defensive Tactics
		ASFD
Medieval
	Angkor Wat	Production Cost: 710  Placement Rule: Any land with removable features (if any) adjacent an Aqueduct district +2  Faith To all cities upon completion: +1  Population To all cities: +1  Housing	Medieval Faires
		asdf
	Kilwa Kisiwani	Production Cost: 710  Placement Rule: Any flat land with removable features (if any) adjacent to a Coast Upon completion: +3  Envoys To this city: +15% yields corresponding to each City-State type with suzerainty To all cities: +15% yields corresponding to each City-State type with at least 2 suzerainty	Machinery
		asdf
Renaissance
	Great Zimbabwe	Production Cost: 920  Placement Rule: Any land with removable features (if any) adjacent Cattle and a Commercial Hub with a Market +5  Gold +2  Great Merchant point per turn +1  Trade Route capacity Trade Routes from this city for every Bonus Resource in this city's territory: +2  Gold	Banking
		ASFD
	Casa de Contratación	Production Cost: 920  Placement Rule: Any land with removable features (if any) adjacent a Government Plaza +3  Great Merchant point per turn Upon completion: +3  Governor Title To cities not on the home continent +15%  Production +15%  Gold +15%  Faith	Cartography
		ASFD
	Venetian Arsenal	Production Cost: 920  Placement Rule: Any Coast tile with removable features (if any) adjacent an Industrial Zone +2  Great Engineer point per turn To all cities: Receive a second naval unit each time a naval unit is trained	Mass Production
		ASFD
Industrial
	Panama Canal	Production Cost: 920  Placement Rule: Any flat land tiles with removable features (if any) with one adjacent tile valid for a Canal and another adjacent tile compliment (180°) to the former that is either another valid tile for a another Canal, a city, or a water tile +10  Gold Naval units may cross this wonder Upon completion: one or two completed Canals	Steam Power
		asdf
	Statue of Liberty	Production Cost: 1240  Placement Rule: Any land with removable features (if any) adjacent to a River and an Industrial Zone with a Factory To all cities within 6 tiles: 100% Loyalty Upon completion: +4 Diplomatic Victory point	Civil Engineering
		asdf
	Big Ben	Production Cost: 1450  Placement Rule: Any land with removable features (if any) adjacent to a River and an Industrial Zone with a Factory +6  Gold +3  Great Merchant point per turn +1   Economic policy slot Upon completion: +50%  Gold in the Treasury	Economics
		asdf
Modern
	—
Atomic
	Estádio do Maracanã	Production Cost: 1740  Placement Rule: Any flat land with removable features (if any) adjacent to an Entertainment Complex with a Stadium To all cities: +6  Culture +2  Amenity	Professional Sports
		asdf

STRATEGIES & TIPS

CITY PLANNING

Founding the Capital

Settling Cities

Build Order

Modules