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^ Jadwiga, 14th century "King" of Poland. Yep, a female king.

More detailed info on Wikipedia, including politics and cultural/spiritual endeavours:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland

^ Cool!!

I know Civ V is old now but I'm tempted to try This!

^ Cool, an Australian civ mod. I've seen a couple of them, but I don't normally use mods.
There are a couple of NZ ones too, but they're kinda underwhelming.
At least Civ 5 has the Polynesia civ in it. That's nice.

Does Civ 6 have touch screen support?

I know Civ 5 did but I'm not sure about Civ 6.

The reason I ask is because I think it would be a great game to play during my commute on a Windows tablet thingie.

Countless hours on civ II, 541 hours on civ V.
Played civ IV for a while, but it started crashing when I upgraded to Win 7.

Guess what, mate?

Civ 6 has released details of its next civ ... and it's Australia!



Basic information:
Leader: John Curtin (Prime Minister during WW2)
Colours: Green and gold (obviously)
Theme song: looks like Waltzing Matilda (again, obvious choice)
Unique improvement: Outback station
Unique unit: Digger

More info: http://civilization.com/news/entries#ci ... -australia

I think it's going to be released as part of the wider Summer 2017 update to the game (which probably means winter 2017 down here). Cannot wait!! !

Awesome!

At last we Aussies can take over the world!!



Should should have given us a bonus for our tiles being more likely to contain uranium so we can make nukes

Okay ... so, they actually decided to release it yesterday. (I guess when they called it the "Australian Summer Update" they meant "when it's summer in Australia". ) It cost $5 as DLC, or it downloads automatically if you have digital deluxe version of the game. It includes some updates to the overall game (including modding tools), plus the new Australia civ and a new Australian scenario.

So yeah, I've been playing as Australia since yesterday. I wish they had stuck to green and gold for Australia's colours but they've gone with sunburnt orange and white, with a kangaroo as their emblem. At least they kept Waltzing Matilda as Australia's theme song. I'll admit to feeling proud when it started playing. I think civs have some alternate music during the Ancient Era, because there was also another version of Waltzing Matilda, along with a rendition of Click Go the Shears (remember that song? ) and some nice Aboriginal music.



Haven't finished my game with Oz yet, since my relatives have been over this weekend, but some of Australia's bonuses look pretty cool. Pastures give a culture bomb similar to Poland's, and an Outback Station gives them additional food and production. Coastal cities also get +3 housing, plus some districts get additional yields when built on tiles with charming (+2) or breathtaking (+4) appeal ("Land Down Under" ... personally I would've called this trait "The Lucky Country"). And there's a +100% production boost for 10 turns when someone declares war on you, or for 20 turns if you liberate a city ("Citadel of Civilisation" ... something to do with WW2, I think). There's also the Digger as a unique unit, which replaces the Infantry and has additional strength when fighting on coasts, neutral soil or foreign soil.

Overall, I really enjoy playing as Australia. Especially with the added yields to campuses – I might start using it as one of my science-focused civs. Heck, I'll probably use it as my default civ.