Civ Battle Royale For, I believe, the first time in CBR history, two civilizations were eliminated at the exact same turn. It’s hard to believe that amongst the thousands of turns this game has seen, two civilizations would die on one together, but here we are.
Gustavus Adolphus, the Lion of the North and for a time the dominant force in Europe, has seen his fair share of conflicts, dating back to some of the earliest eliminations in the CBR. Despite starting off ranked 59th of the starting 61 civilizations, Sweden gained a reputation for intelligent warring early on, taking down both Nazi Germany and Poland within the first 30 parts and gaining land on mainland Europe. From there they maintained a strong core, all the while winning extra wars that would bring about the downfalls of Sparta and Norway. Sweden fought its way to becoming one of the final three European powers, vying for control against Iceland and Finland. It was a war against the latter that would bring Sweden fame and power, destroying any chances Finland had of winning, as well as bringing Sweden to a new record of 5th place in the Power Rankings. Even when all hope seemed lost and the Carnival turned to the Lion of the North, he defended magnificently well, earning him an all-time high of 4th place in the part 114 power rankings. Despite a strong defense, sweden’s tiny core was no match for the Brazilian army, and they finally succumbed 8 parts into Total War.
Miraculously, all three of the cities I pointed out earlier did not fall, in fact they look safer now than before, which is pretty crazy on Kuchum’s part.
I also wanted to talk more about what happened in the last two slides without making the all the text impossible to read on mobile so I’ll use the space that’s here instead. The previous part was called “The Race for 8th”, and yet, ironically, not a single civilization will be ranked 8th.
Hoi An avoids the Carnival, but with Vijaya and Hanoi under Brazilian control, it is clear that Vietnam is on the verge of collapse.
Hanoi is an important city for a multitude of reasons. For one, this means that only Australia and Brazil remain in control of their original capitals, and second, Hanoi was the last capital in the world that had never once gone into enemy hands. Until now. Vietnam is left in a sorry situation, starting the part with 12 cities, they are now reduced to 7, with many sure to fall soon. Quite the fall from a civ that started total war with 66 cities. So now the question remains: Can anyone beat Vietnam in the race for 6th?
And so another part ends, with a rather anticlimactic view of Honolulu. We see that the robot infantry that entered Honolulu’s waters not long ago did indeed fail his mission to conquer the Polynesian capital, but that should surprise no one. This has been /u/Borsthestylish, thanks for reading.
Okay well actually one last thing. I find it fascinating just how drastically Total War has changed my view of Korea. When Total War began, they had 17 cities. Iceland (48), Sweden (29), and the Buccs (23) all had more cities than Korea, yet they all found themselves dead well before. To add to that, Vietnam (66) now finds themselves at 7 cities, which is less than Korea. Finally, the Inuit began Total War with almost 1 million more soldiers and a whopping 76 cities, they now find themselves at only 16 cities (based on minimap), to Korea’s 10! Mad respect for the Turtle King.