Lol. "Spain randomly doesn't like me" "Oh yeah, it could be all the settling" That was a quality Ursa moment.

Btw Ursa, whenever culture bomb comes up, the AI only ever votes 1 for themselves. You only ever need 2 to (almost) guarantee the win

I love how innocent you are about the triangular trade Ursa. The best, and probably most common, example of triangular trade was the slave trade by the Europeans, where they would ship gold and other luxuries to African warlords, would then trade sail slaves to the North and South American colonies to then ship raw plantation goods to European staple ports like Amsterdam, London and Calais.

I see that 49k creeping up and up by the decimal! So excited for you for that 50k subs! Loving this series, I’ve always loved Mali

Railroads for gold? Noooo! Strictly employed to validate the true purpose of Civ 6: Railroad Simulation! Cheers, Ivan :D

Dang, I never go down the Amani promotions beyond the opener. That counterspy one is crazy!

"Spain how much gold are you making... oh -? that's a healthy number"

15:53 Don't be mean to the poor Bandar Brunei! It isn't the worst city state, Preslav exist for a reason!

34:46 when that storm hit your capital, it reminded me of the snowstorm that hit Cape Breton recently. Free snow by the way, just got to pick it up. Lol.

Hello Blursa, grabbing that tile in Awdaghust before Jerusalem grabs it can nab you a canal.

At 18:00 : "Now we're out of gold routes". The slip really demonstrates what this game is about XD

I'm sure it's been said before, but very well done on the Patron Goddess pantheon choice. I was very skeptical at first, but seeing those 1.25 chop Sugubas is well worth it. This is why we love Ursa, not for playing the same overused strategies each time, but for his extraordinary adaptability and persistence.

The best settler-printing machine I've ever played was a Russian faith-based Tundra empire. Two eras buying setrlers with faith, but building faith so fast that even with the constantly expanding price, I could buy at least one settler every turn.

In today's episode of the Worlds Wealthiest Man (and how he got there), Mali continues to expand. The Vatican gets discovered, and Walata gets built right on Toronto's borders. Good thing Canada is friendly. Korea agrees to an economic alliance, which makes the trade routes from Gao even better. Malian alliances with Canada (science), Carthage (religious), and Portugal (military) soon follows. More city states are discovered in the far north, and after a brief aside explaining that Hungary will probably declare war soon, and Ursa plans on doing nothing to prepare for it, Divine Right is discovered, which is better than the Divine Left. Tea gets traded to Korea for Coffee, which is just terrible, and then Elizabeth introduces herself. A trade agreement is reached with England, and additional Malinese cities are built around Toronto. Kandy bows to Mali, I am a fan of chocolate myself, and Ursa accidentally (or maybe intentionally?) makes a pun. Mali switches government to Theocracy, for an additional discount when purchasing with faith, and shortly after becomes a sprawling empire. Mali's unique horse unit gets built be used as a scout (and for the Era Score), then Ursa builds a spy? What?! The Cavalry Scout finds Seoul, which means another trade target for Mali's caravans. Reina gets recruited, and a spy steals 5000 gold from Gao. Ursa then decides to built the Spy Agency, has he finally learned? Gao is losing their entire income each turn, which is not good, so a Spy is sorely needed to protect it. Buenos Aires gets suzerained by Mali, and machiavellianism gets put in the government to make spies faster to recruit. Toronto, it's citizens jealous of Mansa Musa's wealth and yearning to join his empire, rebels and flips independent. A blizzard kills a Malinese settler, which is unfortunate, but being a pioneer is risky business. The Spy Agency gets built in Niani, and the recruited spy gets sent to Gao. Trade Confederation gets put into the Malinese government, to help boost their science and culture, as they are severely lacking in both. Two spies get discovered in Gao, but they manage to escape, and a trade route to Jerusalem ends, allowing Mali to use them as a port for longer trade-routes. Cahokia bows to Malian suzerainship, allowing the building of Cahokia mounds in the Gaoian desert. Civil Engineering gets discovered because Toronto joins the Malinese empire and the city has a Theater square. A settler gets kidnapped by barbarians, but those same barbarians sell Mali a boat, allowing a rescue mission to commence. Amani gets promoted to local informants, which together with two counter spies effectively making Gao imprenetable. New alliances are set up, the only two important ones are a research alliance with Korea and an economic alliance with Portugal. Yongle discovers rocketry, but fret not, Mali builds the most annoying wonder to get in the game on any difficulty, the Great Zimbabwe. Spain denounces Mansa Musa, probably because of all the settling near them, and the world enters the industrial era. While Mali did not reach their goal of 25 cities by the end of the renaissance, they came pretty close, with 21 cities and four settlers out and about. Jerusalem gets suzerained, and another spy gets caught in Gao. Industrialization gets discovered, but only one Coal deposit is found in Malian lands. Tsigny gets discovered, and Mali earns a relic, and more coal fall within the borders of the empire. A factory and a coal power plant are quickly built in Gao, and Auckland gets industrialized. The rest of the Canadian lands get discovered south of the Incans, as expected. A sandstorm erupts in the Gaoan desert, and it is heading south west, oh, no! A city gets built in the snow next to Tsingy, and steam power gets discovered. Then a Cultural alliance is formed with the Inca. Will the sandstorm damage Gao and its districts? Will more spies get caught in the city? Will Yongle win a science victory? Turn in next episode, same Ursa time, same Ursa channel!

Early bear wearing his favourite trousers, you'll never find me in shorts!

7:19 ”Kandy is handy”.

Great content as always

very happy to see the great zimbabwe being built, my favourite wonder!

Thanks for all the vids ❤❤

i think a series where all the AI is yongle would be interesting

Trading a Luxury for a Luxury and mutual Open Borders with Elizabeth has to be the most Civ V thing I've seen in Civ VI, all that's missing is a Research Agreement

I wanted to point out how much more useful the city Patron Goddess pantheon has been than if you had gone "standard" desert folklore. Sure, you might have had 4 possibly 5 cities with a great holy site, then what? Your other 3/4 of your empire would have been far less useful, struggling to do much until what, the late industrial/modern Era? Great choice.

Unbelieveable that Kilwa is still available. With all this City States you should give it a try. :)

I hope there will be a continuation of the magical adventures of Kendal, Pepe, and Vivien!

Y'know Ursa, if you put some campuses down then you would be able to catch up to Yongle at lot quicker. Plus Goa could put a +3 campus down next to the geothermal & mountain then the one & only University of Sankore next to it. Sure Sankore works best with international routes going to the city, but at least you would get some extra yields from the many, many trade routes coming from Gao.

Triangular trade happened on the colonialism era. Ships would leave Europe, acquire slaves in Africa and come to the Americas. So it's a good thing that there were no more shapes after the triangle

thankss for the short loyality answer.

Dido: And i took that personally

I've never once actually used Amani as a means to counter spies in my own cities. That promotion just never clicked on my head, because I'm so used to using her exclusively in City States.

The barb settler casually hanging there with your spearman and Jong

Settling right next to Mount Vesuvius ought to automatically change the name of the city to Naples.

Just want to say thanks for the game without exploiting the trades. I play without mods and it just seems like every tip/tutorial revolves around boosting your economy with the better trade mod

It saddens me that 13+ lives are lost to vending machines each year. Thanks for the upload ! Nothing like an Ursa vid to distract us from evil Vending machines !

In a way, the world did not stop at triangular trade(for good or for ill)… As the world grew increasingly interconnected and manufacturing spread to various corners of the world, to have a single product delivered to your doorstep involves a complex web of trade routes. Yet another reason why I wanted to see Civ attempt at designing an economic victory….

Ah, the curse of the commercial hub! Truly, spies are Ursa's bane! Well, I'm sure they'll rue the day..

24:10 Pepe now the sad spyfrog...

love picturing all the enemy spies just lined up in their cells

Young Ones vibes with that spy name.

I think we will see some tasty Pilaż in the next episode

City states don't ever move scouts. When one stands on a goody hut, I just levy them and move it myself.

I think that envoy bug happens when a city state spawns because of a barbarian clan and you have diplomatic league in. Not sure though, and it may only be an issue with modded versions of the city state screen. Luckily it just requires a reload to fix it.

Imagine Gao with good Maui luck. Also, Mali makes a good case for the need to include an economic victory condition in the game in some way.

Those trade routes

I think at the 17:30 ish mark Yongle had 1.4 k the turn before you asked about who it was

if there's a nickel for every time ursa got caught off by yongle doing crazy good at science, I'd have two nickels, which is probably a sign that yongle is a bit broken lol

Huzzah!

Not quite according to the recipe, but a great watch!

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King Pepe La Baguette? Is that you? How did you escape?

Why not buy the geothermal fissure north of Gao? Doesnt count towards Mali ability?

Pretty sure it's yongle that's stealing your gold, literally every other turn your gold goes missing, theirs spikes up massively lol

pepe the spy!

Limes with Valetta? Nothing better to do with a military policy?

Maybe I'll fully promote Amani in my next game, just to see what difference it makes

Why didn't you use Fez to catch up in science?

Oh sure, you invented square rigging, but are you still using triangular trade?!

URSA IS THAT YOU???

How steal money work in civ 6?

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Earliest bear?

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Do these constant superlatives really bring more viewers? Can people be influenced so easily?