The Age Of Cupboardia | Millennia - Part 1 (Historical Turn-Based 4X Game)

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2 ай бұрын

Millennia is the next big historical 4x game from Paradox and it's really rather marvellous! We build up a nation of people from the Stone Age all the way through to futuristic times, building cities, learning technology and having wars as we go. Oh and it's turn-based too!
What do you mean "Are you talking about Civilization?"? No, this is Millennia!
OK there are similarities but it's not like this is the only game to do things a bit like Civ. However it does add plenty of new ideas and different approaches to make it a different experience.
Our nations all start off pretty much the same and as we play we build them up into unique cultures, with differing Governments, National Spirits, technologies and so on.
We tell the tale of the nation of Cupboardia, with it's capital city of Northampton, who discover that they live near the sea where there's quite a lot of fish, so they embrace the bounty of the ocean!
We explore the map, unlock new technologies and get into a few fights with some pesky barbarians, but does Cupboardia flourish?
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Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures. Set the course of history and experience different timelines in every playthrough as you write an epic story through your actions. Lead your people through times of crisis and ages of discovery, face great challenges and opportunities, and build a civilization that prospers through the ages.
Dictate the course of history across ten ages, from the first cities to space travel. Accomplish certain objectives and you can move time into a Variant Age - an alternate history with new rules, new technologies, and new units. But beware Crisis Ages; following a path of chaos and disorder may plunge the world into a future filled with war, sickness or ignorance. Then again, a wise ruler can always turn a crisis into an opportunity.... Choose the path with care, as the ages you pass through will have a lasting impact on your people and the world.
Customize your nation by adopting unique Nations Spirits over the course of your game. Will you be a nation of warriors or explorers? Are your people lead by a Great Khan or a builder of monuments? Are you known for defining pop culture or for dominating global finance? What parts of your culture will reverberate across history?
Manage your economy with care and create a juggernaut of growth and construction. Start with basic resources to gain food, wealth, and production. As your advance, decide how to best convert these simple goods into more valuable products through research and improvements. Specialize your regions, turning iron into weapons or tools, wood into paper or lumber, gold into coin or jewelry. Ship surplus goods where they are needed, allowing the breadbasket of your empire to feed far-flung colonies or your industrial heartland to supply troops near your enemy.
Pursue knowledge to research scientific and cultural advances, unlocking new units, buildings, and improvements to grow your cities or strengthen your armies. Research Defense to train the first archers, Smelting to master iron production, or Guilds for making wine. Variant and Crisis Ages feature unique alternatives, introducing everything from Cloud Estates in the Age of Aether to underwater cities in the Age of Utopia.
Achieve your ultimate success through a Victory Age. Toward the end of the game (or earlier if your strategy is sound), dominance allows a nation to dictate the winning conditions. The rest of the world must decide if they will struggle to achieve victory before the leader ... or oppose the leader's attempt. Risk everything to take victory in the Renaissance or carefully plan for triumph in the modern era.
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@AllisonIsLivid 2 ай бұрын

The research boost per other civilization having researched something is something I've actually wanted in Civilization forever. It represents the knowledge and culture of other peoples trickling their way to yours over time and through interaction (most of which presumably happens at a scale smaller than the game needs to model). Think of it as Cultural Osmosis. If your neighbors know have figured out some key agriculture concepts, then your people could presumably learn from them, directly or by observation, or from other people who have traded with them and you, etc. This happens all the time in real life, all throughout history!

@TheGeekCupboard 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that's the idea and I do get it, it just seems a bit broad. Maybe you should only get the reduction from other nations you've met. If we've never met Greece how can we possibly benefit from their knowledge? Although I suppose the counterpoint to that is that we also know Greece have entered new ages even though we haven't met them. Whatever the case I'll gladly take the benefits!

@AllisonIsLivid 2 ай бұрын

I assume it's down to the fact that every turn represents hundreds of years, and untold amounts of human activity. Maybe the Cupbordians have no formal knowledge of this "Greece" but rumors persist. It'll definitely make more sense when you've got established borders and formal introductions have been made.

@myronmettendaf3809 2 ай бұрын

@@TheGeekCupboardof you met Japan and Japan met Brazil and Brazil met Greece that's how you get just the word of a thing called "farms" for example

@lazarszabo71 2 ай бұрын

In Civ5 you get a maximum of 30% discount on techs that has been researched by other players.

@db8658 2 ай бұрын

"Hitty club people." 😂 You're quite disarming with your humanity. It's just one of many things I love about this channel.

@TheNeighborhoodZenPriest 2 ай бұрын

As a Swede, you have my permission to do whatever you want with our flag!

@joshuacr 2 ай бұрын

(Playing catch up from a week's KZfaq holiday) Hope you enjoyed it! 38:00 Actually you get the dye (Tyrian purple, or Royal purple for those monarch countries,) from the sea snail mollusks and it makes you a *lot* of money eventually, due to the manufacture being a closely guarded secret. This happened IRL historically in the 1200 BCE Let's go Boaty! 1:09:20 yes your research was completed. See you next session!

@tealilie2951 2 ай бұрын

Yay, you're playing Millennia! Big fan of the game and I can't wait for what this series has to offer!

@user-vs7mp5wf4l 2 ай бұрын

The same love it that you played it

@ysharros 2 ай бұрын

Ooo yes, been watching the development of this from afar. Thank you!

@TheGeekCupboard 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome! It's great fun to play, really enjoying it so far.

@blackhat4968 2 ай бұрын

Loved the episode, and looking forward to more of this series.

@sagamer3594 2 ай бұрын

This looks good, I'd be keen to see more of the playthrough

@Unni_Havas 2 ай бұрын

This game seems to aspire to be combination of the Civ series and the EU series. Defiantly and interesting idea.

@damagingthebrand7387 Ай бұрын

Barry needs a nice pub if this is Northampton.

@zmanplayz5055 2 ай бұрын

This is great. Can't wait to see more

@malcolmsleight9334 2 ай бұрын

I'm really looking forward to the release of this game. It will be a refreshing change from the Civ mechanics.

@Souljaman2006 2 ай бұрын

Bought my copy and waiting for the 26th...

@2CraftySeniors 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting game... and I did enjoy watching you playing. It sure goes fast though!

@TheGeekCupboard 2 ай бұрын

It's got a good feel to it, all the decisions matter so you have to be careful with what you're doing. As you say, very interesting!

@Ericshadowblade 2 ай бұрын

Slight correction if you do fill the requirements for a crisis age it gets locked in and its the only age you can research the only way not to plunge the world into such an age is to allow the ai or another player to reach another age first

@sukicly 2 ай бұрын

Yay! New series! 🎉

@catoptic 2 ай бұрын

Not the Swedish flag but the national emblem which is odd considering Japan is using the flag

@josephgeorge5741 2 ай бұрын

Plano is in Texas, btw. Also, utility ships can be used outside your own territory.

@gregkleinfall1901 2 ай бұрын

I happen to live in Plano, which is a suburb of Dallas. I have never seen it show up as a city name in a game before. Needless to say, I was very surprised.

@Pannekoek. 2 ай бұрын

hexagons HEXagons HEXAGONS!!!🧡 ↗➡↘ ↖⬅↙

@thobu6576 2 ай бұрын

10,000BCE and Northampton already exists!?

@anthonyr.1568 2 ай бұрын

And Japan controls the Sahara desert, yep.

@Rin_Editsz 2 ай бұрын

Hello!

@ArianoPaluda 2 ай бұрын

I'd sub twice if I could...bronze windows....classic

@gr8witenorth61 Ай бұрын

this seems to be a more cartoonie version of humankind................🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@righteousham 2 ай бұрын

they absolutely need to cut back on barbarians. In it's current form the game basically demands you go warfare heavy if you don't want to be overrun within first couple hours.

@Ericshadowblade 2 ай бұрын

God forbid you have to build/spawn 4 military units and have the slightest bit of challenge