Buganda is here!

[Oaks]

Buganda has officially been revealed now:

https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/buganda/

They have two things in their minds - river settlin' and river pillagin'. And that's mostly it.

I've never really been much of a pillager, so I'm not as excited about this one as some of the other announced Modern Age Civs. I'll definitely give them a try though and make everyone regret ever settling on MY river.

What about you folks? Any pillagers out in the audience?

[katzenkrimis]

I love their military unit because it encourages people to play aggressively.

While their civilian unit multiplies the benefits.

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Abambowa: Unique Infantry Unit. Heals by pillaging any tile.

Mwami: Unique Commander Unit. Increased yield from pillaging within the Command Radius.

[plaguepenguin]

I haven't reviewed the details yet, but, war looks like it's going to be a big thing in the Modern, and settling by rivers is a big thing in all three ages, so there will be a lot to pillage near rivers. It's the Sutton principle, as illustrated in the following dialogue:
Judge: Willie Sutton, why do you rob banks?
Sutton: Well, your honor, that's where the money is.
Lots of money near rivers.

Add to that the fact that the usual ways you get science, culture, gold and other yields, by having a lot of those type buildings, is going to be pared back early in the Modern, and running a pillage economy as a side hustle becomes more attractive still. The target buildings from the last age will still be there, full of all sorts of the "money" you want to steal, they just won't have any adjacency yet in the new age.

The idea is that you wage war early in the age for pillage, maybe solely for pillage, because taking cities is too hard until you build up a better army, or because you don't want to expand anyway until you have a chance to increase your settlement cap. The devil is in the details, and maybe you won't be able to make it work, but at least the theory sounds good.

[Syad]

🤣😭

[earl_uhtred]

Looks like this is the first iteration of Civ since Civnet I'll be sitting out.