Civilization V Best Beginners Guide [video]

Here is Civilization V guide, especially for beginners. You can play Sid Meier’s Civilization V two different turn formats, and the first one is classic turn-based format, which you will experience during single-player games and the second one is the Simultaneous turn-based game which you will experience in multiplayer mode.

Civilization V Beginners Guide: Turn-Based Games

A solo game of Civilization V is turn-based like it has always been, if you are new to Civilization series. It goes like you take a turn, move your units, set your diplomacy and then your opponent takes their turn and it goes on like that until somebody wins.

Civilization V Beginners Guide: Simultaneous Turns Games

A multiplayer game is a “simultaneous turns game.” You and your opponents take their turns simultaneously. Everyone moves units, conducts diplomacy, maintains their cities all at the same time. When everyone has done everything they want to do, the turn ends and another begins.

Civilization V Beginners Guide: Civilizations and Leaders

Each civilization in the game is unique. Every leader has a special “trait”, unique units, and unique buildings. These add up to unique advantages for Civilization which they can capitalize on, so choose your Civilization that suits your playing style.

Mastering a civilization’s strengths and exploiting your enemies’ weaknesses is what you need to do, its challenging, and also most rewarding.

All of the civilizations’ traits and unique units and buildings are displayed during game setup when you choose your civilization. You can also check them out in the Civilizations section of the Civilopedia in game.

Civilization V Beginners Guide: Leader Traits

Each leader has a unique trait, which gives it some special advantage during a game. For example, Ramesses II of Egypt has the “Monument Builders” trait, which speeds Egypt’s construction of Wonders. Keep your leader’s traits in mind while playing the game, it can work to your advantage.

Civilization V Beginners Guide: Unique Units

Each civilization possesses one or more “unique units,” each of which is a powerful replacement for a standard unit. Greece, for example, has the Companion Cavalry unit, which it gets instead of the Horseman unit. Greece also receives the mighty “Hoplite” in place of a Spearman. Which makes Greece a dangerous opponent in the early phase of the game.

On the other hand, Germany gets a Panzer instead of the standard Tank that other civilizations will receive. So if Germany survives Greece’s early advantage, it will then go on to become the most fierce opponent for the later part of the game.

Civilization V Beginners Guide: Unique Buildings

Some civilizations also get Unique Buildings. These are like unique units in that they replace the standard buildings that other civilizations get. For example, Persia gets the Satrap’s Court in place of a Bank, giving a significant edge in happiness and in generating wealth. Siam gets a Wat instead of a University, which provides it with extra culture in addition to a big science boost.

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