#civ5

My partner and I like to play Civ V and watch Seinfeld, here’s an illustration about it.

Alexander the Great, one of the greatest conquerors of all time, spending around seventeen years across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Due to being the son of King Phillip the second, Alexander had access to not only the best care, but also the best education. Aristotle was even his tutor. At only age twenty, Alexander became the Macedonian king. Upon becoming king, he had anyone that was potential to the throne murdered.

Along with being lucky to have resources at his disposal, Alexander turned out to be a genius military strategist, often with the odds greatly stacked against him and winning anyway. In seven years, he conquered more than anyone else had before him. When he died, no ordinary man could hold together what Alexander accomplished, and his empire divided into the hands of his generals.

In Civilization 5, Alexander the Great has special units tailored to his strategies, called Hopilites and Companion Calvary. Along with having these two special units, as an opposing force in the game, Alexander tends to be hostile. If the player attempts to ally with city-states that Alexander is allied with, he’ll become aggressive, showing just how territorial he can be. Not only that, but his way of winning is either by domination or being diplomatic.

Those winning styles reflect on the actual Alexander, who was great at domination, and also great at being a diplomat. The aggression also ties in to how Alexander was able to conquer pretty much the entire known world at the time, as Alexander in game will try to defeat just about every civilization he comes into contact with. This helps spread his civilization quickly and strong across the map.

Another tie in with Alexander being diplomatic is that, as a perk, his player character has a slower degrade of relationship with the city-states, and he’s able to recover with them faster as well.

London demands spices.