HPR4630: Playing Civilization V, Part 11

HPR4630: Playing Civilization V, Part 11

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May 1, 2026

About this episode

The episode explores the unique attributes of the 43 Empires in Civilization V and how they relate to different victory strategies.

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our final look at the game mechanics for Civilization V we look at all of the players and their unique attributes. This helps you to see that certain Empires can be better suited for particular victory strategies. Playing Civilization V, Part 11 The Players By the time you got to the last expansion and all of the DLC, there are 43 possible Empires you can play as. But they are not all alike. Each Empire has a particular Leader, a Unique Ability, and a Unique Unit. In addition most of them have some kind of Starting Bias, and many have a Unique Building or a Unique Improvement. Understanding how to make use of these is important to your strategy. If you let random chance assign you to an Empire, you need to know what kind of strategy will work with that Empire. And if you want to pursue a particular strategy you will want to know how to pick an appropriate Empire to fit strategy. There is a chart that lists all 43 Empires with all of their parameters at the Civilization Fandom Wiki and you might want to bookmark that page for future reference. Also, you want to know what to expect concerning your opponents in a game. Leader You…

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Host: Hacker Public Radio

Topics covered

  • game mechanics
  • Civilization V
  • strategies
  • Empires
  • unique attributes

Keywords

  • Civilization V
  • Empires
  • game mechanics
  • victory strategies
  • unique abilities

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Organizations: Civilization Fandom Wiki

Books & works: Civilization V

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