Civ Battle Royale February 18, 2025
Sonicfan
Hello and welcome to the 43rd Episode of the Civ Battle Royale season 4. I'm your host Sonicfan0511, best known for taking up the cartography badge this season after Vihreaa took a break. I'm definitely a newer fan, having found CBR around total war of season 3, but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying the community. This episode is a real long one slide number wise, so without further adieu, let's get into the fanworks.
I think this map really highlights just how many places have been nuked off the map, especially Eastern Europe and India. Also I'm the one who made this map, which means it's perfect/j.
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For the PR Slide, I chose to highlight the Kalmyks, after they manipulated their way back in the game with their UA. Basically, everytime a city is converted to their religion, a knight spawns in their capital, immediately retaking it.
We open up on a shot of the former Rome core, and the final Bavarian city. I think they would have to be very lucky to survive long then a turn or two with the Faroese army nearby.
Pontus has taken the island city of Nicomedia in exchange for almost all of the Qarmatians cities the conquered getting vaporized in nuclear hellfire last episode. My bet is on Sierra Leone doing the deed.
Here's a better shot of Faroese province of Frakland, which looks like it could absolutely Destroy the new Latvian conquests, but it's the Faroes so they're probably just going to sit there doing nothing.
Ume-Sámi is finally starting to really feel the squeeze, as the Faroes have taken Midtjá and Måskuossuvvane, firmly cutting off their chance in the race for Denmark. The good news for Ume-Sámi is they'll almost certainly take Rapolon, which would be the 1st city they've conquered all game.
Gogyueo has taken Hami and Irtysh from the Selkup Hoard, and looks set to take a whole lot more. The Selkups collapse has officially begun.
Meanwhile, Gogyueo has made another beachhead against the Yellowknives, taking Shiewid-5k.I think a 2nd front to attack the Yellowknives through might be exactly what Gogyueo needs to stretch The Yellowknives thin.
Latvia has reconquered their city of Jelgava, and this really shows how screwed the Selkups are. This is by far their Best front and they're still hopelessly Outmatched.
Ndongo has done the gigachad move of bringing back Eswatini, which is much more interesting and fun then the Quarmback because I said so. Clearly this is just the first step in their plan of taking over the entire cylinder. Also they've taken Qarnawu.
Ndongo has brought back another fan favorite in Kanem-Bornu, who definitely has a long and prosperous life Ahead of them. They've also conquered Nkongsamba.
Osage has once again brought themselves back from the dead and have taken over Pataway. Just above them is the final mainland Noongar city, certain to fall to Wahgi next turn.
It seems the Dzungars are finally going to go into that sweet night, with a full health Gogyueo melee unit right next to their 0 health city.
The Kalmyks have died again, but with how their UA works, I doubt this is the last we see of them. The Selkups Are beginning a siege of Eusta with most of their western army. This will definitely go somewhere.
Singapore has successfully taken every single city on the western Australia coast. Wahgi is probably going to flip all of the cities back though.
The remnants of Eastern Afsharids are being cleaned up by Wahgi, but I think the Wahgian units are starting to thin out. Or maybe I'm just coping.
Palawa has taken Cona N-17 from Wahgi, and surprisingly it looks very secure in their hands. I could honestly see them taking over Koluel Kayke too.
I think this is just showing off the Palawa UU, the Leryna, which is a musketmen replacement. It possesses a 10% Combat Bonus against other Gunpowder units, and grants adjacent Melee units a 25% Combat Bonus against them. Also, any Melee unit which defeats a Gunpowder unit will instantly upgrade to a Leryna. I don't know why they built this in the future age.
We're on like the 5th(?) Resurrection of the Kalmyks, and there's no doubt in my mind it won't be the last. The Selkups Are also beginning the siege of Elista, which is basically doomed to fall.
Ndongo's hold on Nkongsamba is slipping, as Sierra Leone has mobilized most of their land army to take it back. Ma'rib has also been nuked to dust.
Pontus has snuck a couple of Missile Destroyers past Sierra Leone to take Hamar Weyne, while Wahgi takes over Qatif from Pontus.
New Holland has nuked Wankane, which Wahgi has responded to by nuking Guayaquil off the map while simultaneously Advancing on Riobamba and Pajchiri. I think what doesn't bode well for New Holland is they have like 10 units on screen, and their almost entirely siege weapons.
Wahgi has been able to snipe Fernandina, bringing their number of capitals to 13. Nobody actually has any melee units nearby, so this capture might last a while.
Zheng has decided to launch a counter-offensive against Gogyueo, retaking Chikan. Unfortunately I don't think they'll be able to push further. Yoshizaka Gabo is the next city to succumb to the apocalypse.
Latvia has taken Antioch, the final Romen bastion, from Pontus, while trying to siege Amastris with only ranged units. It also appears the Pontine capital has been a massive target for bombings, only having 4 population.
Ndongo has slipped in a squad to take the newly founded city of Granville Town from Sierra Leone. Also it proves how empty Sierra Leone and Ndongo are that Yao hasn't been retaken.
With the capture of Gyang-28, the Dzungars are officially dead. There's a chance they can take the city back but it seems unlikely. I'm going to try to keep this eulogy brief, since they're a lot more people more qualified than me, but here we go. In 1 word, I would probably describe them as a stone. They didn't do a whole lot and were very bad at science. They had a successful early war against Khoshuts, did nothing for 20 parts, almost beat the selkups but ended up drawing,did nothing for 15 parts, got demolished by the selkups, then died a forgettable death to Gogyueo. Only wish the Afsharids were the one to pull the trigger.
Gogyueo has launched their next offensive against Zheng, taking Oyama Gobo, Chaozhou, And most importantly their capital of Siming. Ningbo has also been erased, but that happened off screen last episode.
For some reason Zheng have decided to move their capital to Baiyer, a random city in the pacific. They've also lost Guangzhou and Changhua to Gogyueo, and Taizhou to a nuclear explosion.
Somehow Osage and Noongar have both survived a turn longer than they should have. Looking at both sides, I think Palawa might genuinely be able to hold their territory against the Wahgi units honestly.
The Faroes have fully taken over Italy, taking a capital in Rome and an elimination in Bavaria. For a civ that was originally ranked 59th going into the season, you could definitely argue they really overperformed expectations. It sure didn't feel like that most of the time. To make it to the top 20 and not ever be in the top half past episode 1 is a real achievement. To be fair,It's not like they never did anything, they were the ones that really killed Royal Hungary, but they also proved how long you can last by everyone ignoring you.
We finally get a good look at South-East Asia, and things don't look great for Singapore. Samut Songkram has been obliterated and Ratchaburi is extremely vulnerable. Their capital city has also taken a beating, being reduced to 9 pop.
Singapore seems to be doing much better on this front, as they've taken T’Bok and Kombulno. Singapore has kind of pushed to the Wahgi core, so I really doubt they can push further.
So the Dzungars have actually been able to resurrect themselves with that paratrooper I pointed out. Gogyueo still has a battle suit next to the city so I doubt This will last long.
Wahgi has completed their invasion of Eastern Afsharids, just leaving them with their old core plus the Kalmyk cities. Fortunately for them, Wahgi is really starting to run low on units now.
In one turn, Wahgi has undone all of the progress Singapore has made in this episode, minus Mulka. I do think Singapore could possibly flip T’Bok back though.
New Holland has managed to flip back Pap-31 and set up the minimal Viable defense around Cuenca. However, Riobamba still looks certain to fall to Wahgi and Latacunga has been nuked off the map.
The Wahgi State of Betrayal is not having a good time. They could probably retake Monterrey from New Holland, but the Yellowknives seem very likely to sweep through all 3 cities, especially Because this army force includes a GDR, I believe the 2nd we've seen all game.
Sierra Leone has pushed north into Iberia, taking Narb-18 and vaporizing Emerita.
This just kind of seems like a breather slide to me. I also think Zheng has recovered their capital, as Baiyer is no longer the capital.
The Yellowknives have settled the city of Tehti near the ruins of Walatowa.
Saba-D'mt has been brought back in the city of Aiden, making them the 3rd African civ to be revived this episode, though They do seem set to die much quicker than the other Resurrections. Also Hamar Weyne has been reduced to atoms.
Latvia has won the race to resettle Denmark with the city of Sa+25ils, narrowly beating the Faroes. To add insult to injury they've also captured Måskous+20ane from them.
To make up for that loss, the Faroes have taken the Ume-Sámi city of Málá+10.
The Kalmyks actually have more than one unit defending their city now, which could delay the inevitable by one turn. Latvia has also started attacking the Afsharids, taking Saratov and Bolg+50.
Kabasa Has been nuked off the map. To make up for this, Ndongo has settled the city of New Kabasa on the southwest African coast to make up for the loss.
The Dzungars have once again died to Gogyueo, and this time there are no units to flip Gyangtse. Just pretend I wrote their eulogy here instead.
Gogyueo has taken the city of Ivujivik from the Yellowknives. It looks like they're attempting a siege of Tatlurutit in retaliation.
The Faroes have actually held onto P'iwweltha and look certain to take Arctic Crow city. Argir I believe has been erased.
Sierra Leone was able to briefly flip Granville Town back, before Ndongo flipped it again. You can also see Ndongo about to kill Kanem-Bornu again, with a full health battlesuit next to the city.
The Faroes have sent a massive fleet down to take King Tom's Point, while New Holland reclaimed Nata-27 with a long swordsmen for some reason.
It's not all bad news for Sierra Leone though. They've taken the city of Aden, killing Saba-D'mt again. A city which they captured in the first place then chose to give to Saba. Additionally Pontus has taken Azeba from Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone has also recaptured Narbo while a single Modern Armor attempts to take Asturica from Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone has retaken Granville Town and conquered Sana'a from Ndongo. Kavanga is the next city to be nuked from the map.
Singapore has taken the Arctic Noongar city, meaning that when the Australian city falls, it's over for them.
Singapore has again flipped T’Bok while taking Ratchabuti back, as it was flipped off screen.
Singapore has once again flipped all of western Australia against Wahgi, but this is going to be very short lived.
Osage has once again died, but more importantly so has Noongar. Noongar was in my opinion the best Eastern Australian civ. They were the only ones to look like they really could have won the continent had total war not happened. Constantly turning the tables again and again against a much stronger civ on paper. I think they've gotten a much better fate than Palawa to die in 7 turns rather than slowly wither away over the coming episodes. Fly high Noongar, I doubt you'll be forgotten.
Palawa with their massive fleet of submarines and one Missile Destroyer have taken Pachac+27c from Wahgi.
Gogyueo has pushed further into the Selkups, taking Sanchu and beginning to siege Varz Kara and Kuchuk.
Meanwhile on the empty west front, Latvia takes a capital city in Kazan while beginning the assault on Bolgar. Selkups have literally seven units on screen.
Zheng has moved their replacement capital to Fuzhou, as Gogyueo have flipped Siming again. Wahgi took the other capital Zheng owned, Thang Long.
Wahgi high command has learned of the old “le line” strategy employed by the Crow, and are using it against New Holland. Also comparing the city defense numbers between Wahgi and New Holland is a stark difference.
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Faroes have successfully taken Northern Crow City, now having to choose where to go from here. The best choice is probably Necha Go Do to connect up with their other North American Territories.
Faroes have taken over Denmark with the capture of Salapils, and flipping back Måskuossuvvane. Ume-Sámi is also launching a last ditch offensive against Rapolon.
While Gogyueo hasn't taken any more cities since the last shot, the situation has deteriorated a lot for Zheng. They have one unit left to defend 3 cities currently being assaulted.
Gogyueo has also moved up the Californian coast, taking Kew-19 and Ora+100, but the ladder seems set to flip back immediately.
This is another breather slide of Gogyueo Hawaii. This is definitely one of the quietest regions on the map,with not alot of units around, but it makes sense.
Sierra Leone has taken back Nkongsamba from Ndongo, since they've been distracted trying to get back Sana'a. Also KANEM-BORNU IS STILL ALIVE BABY LET'S GOOOOOO.
Sierra Leone is currently launching Operation Red Sea to retake Azeba from Pontus, while Mogadishu has Conquered Qatif from them, pushing them further out of Arabia.
Pontus has taken Cairo, the former Mamluks capital from Sierra Leone. I do doubt that Pontus is going to be able to keep the city, as Sierra Leone has already started their counter-offensive.
Singapore has managed to keep control of T’Bok and even retake Kombulno, at the cost of Wahgi obliterating another of their cities, Chinatown.
The Selkups Still haven't taken Eusta yet somehow, like it really shouldn't be that hard. The Latvian Assault on Bolgar was a success, but the Kalmyks have a chance to do the funniest thing.
Zheng has managed to retake their capital again, but this really feels like the last time. I honestly think Zheng is going to die this episode unless something miraculous happens.
Wahgi has again flipped all of the eastern Australian cities back, except Katter Kich which still belongs to Singapore. Can't wait for Singapore to own all these cities again in 15 slides.
Zheng has lost the final of their non mainland cities except maybe Baiyer, as Kuta Watu and Ubon Ratchathani were both vaporized.
Wahgi have finished the siege of Riobamba, while sending a different force to flip back Pariti. New Holland continues to look severely empty, in a shock to everyone.
Pontus has been knocked back to only being an Asian civ, losing the canal city of Amastris to Latvia and Sierra Leone taking back Cairo.
All of the islands off the west coast of Africa have been vaporized, the Faroese city of Syơrugøta and the Sierra Leone cities of Victoriacum and King Tom's Point.
The forgotten and isolated city of Port Loko Was just wiped off the map.
We finally get a shot of the Pontine-Afsharid border and we see the only front where the Afsharids are actually winning. They seem fairly likely to take Shiraz back after all these years, at the cost of Damghan being obliterated.
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Palawa is launching an offensive against Pataway, and it's time to see how the function against a civ who's defining feature isn't always beating them no matter what.
Almost the entire line of small islands east of the Philippines has been destroyed, including Baiyer, Pogera and Changhua. Only Guangzhou escaped the bloodshed.
New Holland seems to be going for a scorched earth strategy, as South America is in ruins, adding Atacama and Pokotia to the pile of destroyed South American cities.
Yellowknives have managed to completely destroy any hope of Gogyueo continuing the Californian campaign, taking Kew+50 and completely surrounding Orairi. Unfortunately, Wahgi has picked up were they left off and taking Shiewhibak.
Sierra Leone has lost the city of Sailsbury to a nuclear strike. The Faroes have also sent three XCOM's to retake Iberia. Good luck on that.
Ndongo has made the amazing decision to settle Kavanga right in front of the Sierra Leone army. I can't see how this ends badly. Also Kanem-Bornu died again:(.
Despite Wahgi flipping Kombulno back and nuking Walyallup, Singapore seems to have finally gotten the unit advantage over Wahgi and will definitely flip back Kombulno.
Gogyueo is circling in for the kill against Zheng, taking Siming, Wenzhou and Chikan leaving just Fuzhou completely surrounded by units and maybe Thanh Hoa in Vietnam under their control.
Yellowknives continues the Northern Mexican resettles, this time founding Ndilo over Sante Fe. Shiewhibak was then destroyed to keep the city count the same.
In shockingly bad news for them, Old Ndilo right next to the Yellowknife capital has been destroyed. With how empty they are, no units probably died from it.
Wahgi is really starting to run out of steam, as New Holland has taken over Patio, Collon-Cura and Comlel, while Palawa pushes from the other side securing Koluel Kayke.
Remarkably, Eswatini has managed to avoid being captured for 5 turns, everyone just ignoring them. Mogagascar has has another crack form, as Afgol was vaporized.
The Yellowknives have taken Trongat to cut off new units from joining the Faroese army across Hudson Bay. The Faroes have taken Necha Go Do to make up for it.
Gogyueo has taken Fuzhou, but Zheng still has to have 2 cities somewhere, because they still hold Thanh Hoa and it's not the capital. Gogyueo has settled Jeongju near the former Anping.
Gogyueo has taken at least cities from the Selkups this turn, including most of the former Dzungars cities. They might be able to flip Tarbagatai back but that's it.
Mogadishu has finally lost their namesake city not to Sierra Leone but actually Ndongo. Also somehow Sierra Leone didn't capture Kavanga.
Pungo Andongo was destroyed in the next step of the apocalypse. Ndongo also might be planning an attack on Koid+27
The Afsharids have started their reconquest of the eastern empire, taking Balkh and Harappa back from Wahgi. At this point it's safe to say Wahgi has hit their peak.
Palawa has started their own massive counter-offensive, taking Pataway and Nipaluna. Wahgi Australia is just completely empty, literally five combat units on screen.
Singapore has restarted their attack on Mogadishu, with a massive navy advancing towards Simunye. Zahran has been consumed in nuclear hellfire.
Ume-Sámi has for the 1st time in their history, captured a city in Rapolon. Literally anything is now possible in this game. Latvia is probably flipping it back.
Wahgi was able to slip an Airborne Force past the Frontline with Palawa, taking the Capital city of Mutawaynatji. Considering the army Palawa is currently fielding on that front this seems like a waste of a precious unit.
The Faroes have created a Beachhead in Africa, taking Aquilea, but both are certain to flip back. They did secure their conquests of Alexandria and Athens.
Latvia has kept their hold on Salapils and added Nuremberg to their sprawling empire. Up in Scandinavia, Latvia launches a massive assault of M-7skuoss-20ane.
Despite being under heavy siege for the whole episode, Eusta never once fell to the Selkups. they've instead started siegeing Kazan with almost no Latvian response.
As I predicted, Sierra Leone easily flipped back both African cities, even taking Alexandria back.
Singapore seems to have finally secured the capture of Kumobulno as there are no melee Wahgi units nearby. In fact, Wahgi has just completely run out of units on basically every front.
The Afsharids have flipped a Pontine city, but it was Talau+25 they conquered, not the one I expected. They also might be able to flip the Pontus capital.
The Selkups have gotten a much needed win this episode, retaking Kazan an Bolgar from Latvia and looking set to start actually taking new land.
With the destruction of Thanh Hoa, Zheng has been eliminated. They might have another city somewhere, but it doesn't show up this part and better safe than sorry. Zheng was a civ who really did accomplish quite a bit, but could have done so much more. They kneecapped Dia Viet, dismantled Maguindanao, and even steamrolled Wahgi for a while. Then they forgot melee boats, lost the Mag capital, and waited to die to them or Gogyueo for 20 parts. A great civ completely fucked by geography, but still did amazing for 60th place going in. I hope they enjoyed the pizza party.
After all the flipping back and forth this episode, Kombulno has been destroyed in a nuclear explosion. Singapore is also might be launching an assault on Lamitan
New Holland has turned the tide against Wahgi, taking back the Ecuador capital of Quito and beginning an attack on Riobamba.
The Faroes have taken Ubmej+25 and are set to easily take the capital next. Meanwhile Latvia has reclaimed Rapolan from Ume-Sámi.
The Faroes are the first civ to be on 4 continents, with the capture of Curuq+25. They've even got a big fleet coming to continue the conquests, after getting through the Wahgi Drones.
The Wahgi takeover of Fernandina has finally ended, with New Holland taking it back. They're also about to take Kaoto’, which would allow resupply to the New Netherlands province.
Sierra Leone has taken back Ndjamena, and is sending a small force to conquer Kavanga. Qohaito and possibly Ma'rib are vaporized.
Singapore has taken Bac Gia-1 from Wahgi, closing a front with them and freeing those units.
The Singaporean navy has continued to do their work, taking over the southern coast of Australia and coming into contract with Palawa. The attack on Nipaluna has started to fizzle out with Wahgi reinforcements showing up.
So the good news: Eswatini is still chilling and not dead yet, hope they survive the episode. Bad news: Mogagascar has officially been destroyed, with the destruction of Merca and capture of Mhlume.
The Afsharids have taken back Shiraz after 100’s of turns, along with the Qarmatians capital of Al-Ahsa. Both could flip back but it doesn't seem likely.
New Holland had taken Comlel from Wahgi only to promptly lose it to Palawa. You can also barely see Palawa attacking +10mpa Ko-19 in the top left.
Kew Ke Tszoa and Utqia Vik were both obliterated. The Yellowknives are also might take Tatlurutit from Gogyueo.
Rapolon has flipped back to Ume-Sámi, but it's probably not going to last. I believe the nuked city here is Krustpils.
New Holland has taken over Ojjo and once they take Ichabamba Wahgi is reduced to the Patagonia region. But at least Wahgi still has 100 useless Drones.
The Faroes have settled the city of Vågur on the coast of Hudson Bay. That's still net -1 city, as Tvøroyri and Bøur were both destroyed.
Aw Dhigle was destroyed. That's it.
The Mogadishu government has set up a new base of operation in the Seychelles with one goal in mind. Outlive Eswatini. Gingee was destroyed but that might have been mentioned already.
The Faroes skipped a couple of cities to go straight for Kaoto’. I could see this flipping once or twice next episode, but the Faroes will probably keep it.
The Faroes have found a different route into Africa, taking the new Port Loko and Tang-17. This is probably going to last awhile, because the closest unit Sierra Leone has is like 15 tiles away.
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Gogyueo has made a bit less progress in the arctic against the Selkups, only taking 3 cities in Kuchuk, Varz Kara, and Muzur Ka-6. Hsia has also been completely encircled by Gogurt forces.
Gogyueo has begun fighting with a 2nd former superpower, taking Hai Phong and Thang Long and erasing Shigatse. The Province of Ajiya has completely been taken over.
Latvia is putting in the minimal effort possible into taking cities, just ramming a boat into it, and still took Árviesjávrrie that way. The Faroes are also definitely taking the Ume-Sámi capital next turn.
We can see that the Yellowknives have taken Monterrey, but haven't pushed south to destroy the last of the Betrayal Province. They've instead left that job to New Holland, who's siegeing San Antonio.
Pontus has managed to flip back both cities, and this time actually very safely, as the Afsharids have literally no units nearby.
That's because Afsharids are busy reclaiming lost land, taking Lothal and Ganeriwala from the crumbling Wahgi, while Gogyueo takes Tawang. And that's all of this episode of CBRX, hope you had as much fun reading it as I did narrating it. 2 small off screen things: Singapore has taken every island city east of Papua, and Eswatini is still alive. Have fun Power Rankers.