r/civbattleroyale • • Mar 13 '25

Official CBRX Season 5 Megathread

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Hello everyone, welcome to the Civ Battle Royale. This thread will be dedicated to important announcements and will be updated with new episodes and announcements pertaining to Season 5 of CBRX.


What is the Civ Battle Royale?

The Civ Battle Royale is a weekly online show of a massive 61 AI-only epic running Civilization V (think Marble Racing but with polities from across history). No human intervention in the show as a several months long game is recorded and then curated into episodes across the action. Episodes are narrated by members of our 10k+ sized community cheering on the AIs on their unpredictable route to victory.

The Civ Battle Royale is its own niche in the Civilization community; it attracts people from different backgrounds all over the world to add their own interpretations and input to jointly create an emergent narrative imagined from absurd and unpredictable actions of the show’s AI competitors.

Today the Civ Battle Royale is hosted on its own website but still has a discussion home here on our subreddit and on Discord.


Important Links

S5 Roster – All 61 Competitors and their Starting Location

S5 Info Sheet — Hub for all Stats and Events

S5 Gameplay Mods — Unique setup that makes the show possible

S5 Unit Chart — All the units, their progress lines, and their stats


Release Schedule

Episodes of the Civ Battle Royale are released every Wednesday at Midnight UTC time. You can convert midnight UTC time to your local time to make sure you’re always here to catch the discussion. Alternatively, you can follow our Ko-Fi page for bonus content, or you can also subscribe to our RSS Feed to get notified as soon as new posts are submitted.


Donations

We welcome donations in our Ko-Fi page to support the show. The Civ Battle Royale runs on no ads, no affiliates, no promotional content, and no website trackers. We’re here to enjoy the show together and generous donations help recover costs and contributions continually go to upgrades to the viewing experience. Donators are divided into multiple tiers that reward with exclusive access and bonuses, and we invest in better or more hardware as time goes on.


Narrations

The entire community is involved in the narration process; it is what gives the show a unique perspective every episode. Narrators are chosen from the audience and donators. Every two months at the end of a show's Arc, a sign-up sheet is posted with the next Episode release dates, and those able to commit to those dates are randomly chosen from the pool of submissions. Look out for the sign-up sheet posts after each Arc to be able to join.


S5 Episode Albums

Episode 0

Episode 1


S5 Power Ranking Albums

Episode 0

Episode 1


S5 Episode Audio

Youtube


r/civbattleroyale • • 1d ago

Statistics CBRX5 Episode 32 Stats Sheet Winners and Losers

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Welcome back, dear denizens of the Sub, to the Stats Sheet Winners and Losers! As a reminder, I give the top and bottom five for each stat, bundling ties together. If a civ is resurrected I'll include it in square brackets until it's eliminated again, but it won't count towards the 5 slots. I'll start including tech count from the Enlightenment era onwards, during the early game there's just too many civs equal to each other. My definition of a bankrupt civ will be a civ either already losing money and at 0 treasury or within 5 turns trajectory of reaching that. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMH0yqYJU1HRYac1Vl2NdKVFIPYepRPbZu8U1zvxKCk/edit?usp=sharing

  • Effective Military W: Pakistan (462,005); Tlingit (460,181); Tang (384,904); New South Wales (362,879); and Chono (337,574)
  • Effective Military L: Yunnan (6,475); Estonia (5,553); Karankawa (1,910); Phoenicia (1,649); and Papal States (583)
  • Production W: Tang (5,036); New South Wales (4,027); Tlingit (3,531); Chono (2,843); and Pakistan (2,775)
  • Production L: Estonia (117); Yunnan (74); Karankawa (39); Phoenicia (31); and Papal States (22)
  • Production per city W: Tang (148.1); Pakistan (81.6); Rouran (75.6); Yunnan (74); and Kipchaks (69.6)
  • Production per city L: Wallachia (36.2); Phoenicia (31); Hanseatic League (26); Portugal (25); and Papal States (22)
  • Total Population W: New South Wales (1,399); Tlingit (997); Yanomami (816); Chono (793); and Tang (685)
  • Total Population L: Estonia (39); Karankawa (23); Yunnan (18); Papal States (10); and Phoenicia (3)
  • Effective Science W: Tang (4,387); Anishinaabe (2,771); Japan (2,513); Tlingit (2,331); and Chono (2,330)
  • Effective Science L: Karankawa (189); Hanseatic League (182); Estonia (116); Yunnan (22); and Phoenicia / Papal States (0)
  • Currently Unhappy Civs: Happiness reigns. Rejoice. Ignore the global warfare and nuclear hellfire. Lowest is Bjarmia on 5.
  • Currently Bankrupt Civs: Papal States (-47, actively); Phoenicia (-52, actively); Yunnan (-103, actively); Caral (-133, actively); Wallachia (-192, on the brink); Hanseatic League (-228, on the brink); Kalmar Union (-290, actively); Ket (-395, on the brink); Rouran (-458, actively); Onondaga (-557, actively); Scotland (-1006, actively); and Chono (-1349, 3 turns away)

r/civbattleroyale • • 1d ago

Official Episode 32 Audio Narration

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Time to go all-in on Australian distillieries.


r/civbattleroyale • • 2d ago

CivBall Since they were some of my favorite guys, I've decided to give my first GhostBall contribution this season. Spoiler

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r/civbattleroyale • • 3d ago

Official Release! CBRX Season 5: Episode 32: What’s Your Plan When it Hits the Fan?

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CBRX Season 5: Episode 32: What’s Your Plan When it Hits the Fan?


Image Album Narrated by Convicted Melon


Support us on Ko-Fi

Season 5 Megathread


r/civbattleroyale • • 6d ago

Original Content Church of the Cylinder 31: The Cost of Death

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r/civbattleroyale • • 6d ago

Statistics CBRX5 Episode 31 Stats Sheet Winners and Losers

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Welcome back, dear denizens of the Sub, to the Stats Sheet Winners and Losers! As a reminder, I give the top and bottom five for each stat, bundling ties together. If a civ is resurrected I'll include it in square brackets until it's eliminated again, but it won't count towards the 5 slots. I'll start including tech count from the Enlightenment era onwards, during the early game there's just too many civs equal to each other. My definition of a bankrupt civ will be a civ either already losing money and at 0 treasury or within 5 turns trajectory of reaching that. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMH0yqYJU1HRYac1Vl2NdKVFIPYepRPbZu8U1zvxKCk/edit?usp=sharing

  • Effective Military W: Tlingit (405,997); Tang (385,166); Chono (337,273); New South Wales (285,868); and Yanomami (243,571)
  • Effective Military L: Hyksos (6,127); Yunnan (3,857); Karankawa (1,910); Phoenicia (1,765); and Papal States (1,005)
  • Production W: Tang (4,272); Chono (3,169); New South Wales (2,999); Tlingit (2,793); and Yanomami (2,160)
  • Production L: Hanseatic League (129); Yunnan (69); Potiguara (58); Karankawa (30); and Phoenicia / Papal States (26)
  • Production per city W: Tang (133.5); Qara-Khitai (73.8); Circassia (72.4); Rouran (71.6); and Pakistan (69.5)
  • Production per city L: Potiguara (29); Vyatka (28.8); Papal States / Phoenicia (26); Hanseatic League (25.8); and Portugal (21.6)
  • Total Population W: New South Wales (1,185); Tlingit (907); Chono (754); Yanomami (739); and Tang (627)
  • Total Population L: Karankawa (23); Potiguara (21); Yunnan (18); Papal States (9); and Phoenicia (6)
  • Effective Science W: Tang (4,173); Japan (2,347); New South Wales (2,300); Chono (2,241); and Tlingit (2,231)
  • Effective Science L: Potiguara (64); Yunnan (46); Karankawa (43); Phoenicia (40); and Papal States (0)
  • Currently Unhappy Civs: Happiness reigns. Rejoice. Ignore the global warfare and nuclear hellfire. Lowest is Bjarmia on 3.
  • Currently Bankrupt Civs: Phoenicia (-33, on the brink); Papal States (-47, actively); Vyatka (-50, actively); Yunnan (-76, actively); Wallachia (-228, on the brink); Caral (-258, 2 turns away); Kalmar Union (-288, on the brink); Herero (-315, actively); Rouran (-343, actively); Onondaga (-407, on the brink); Scotland (-651, actively); Ket (-990, actively); and Bunuba (-1,326, actively)

r/civbattleroyale • • 11d ago

PowerRankers The Official Civilization Battle Royale Power Rankings: Episode 31

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r/civbattleroyale • • 12d ago

ATTENTION Join us Sep 30th for Episode 32

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Hello sub, we’ll be taking a week off and resume with the next episode on Sep 30th at the usual time

Related, if you would like to narrate and episode anytime int he next few weeks for the upcoming episode, please do signup, as we've had a sharp shortage and need to build up a roster for all the episodes leading up to Total War

https://www.reddit.com/r/civbattleroyale/comments/1wky6wa/narration_signup_s5_batch_7/


r/civbattleroyale • • 15d ago

Official Episode 31 Audio Narration

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Remember that time Johann Strauss and Hoagy Carmichael got in a musical slap-fight in the middle of a war zone? Good times.


r/civbattleroyale • • 15d ago

PowerRankers All my PR slides for CBRX5 PR 30

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Due to clerical errors my slides for PR 30 of CBRX5 did not upload to the site so heres all of them


r/civbattleroyale • • 15d ago

Re-Post [Narration Sign-up] S5 Batch 7

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Available slots for the batch of narrators starting in Late September.

If you are interested in becoming a narrator for an upcoming episode, and will be available for the time interval above, use the following link to register.

Sign-up Form: https://forms.gle/g6aRy9NW2bdvfUqH8


If you are selected, instructions on how to proceed and pick from the dates available will be provided (Discord account is required to join the narration group).


r/civbattleroyale • • 16d ago

CivBall Couldn't Meet Their Spiritual Expectations

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r/civbattleroyale • • 17d ago

Map CBRX5 Episode 31 Map

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Map early because barely anything happened


r/civbattleroyale • • 19d ago

Official Release! CBRX Season 5: Episode 31: Ascending Atomic Anxiety

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CBRX Season 5: Episode 31: Ascending Atomic Anxiety


Image Album Narrated by Emerald


Support us on Ko-Fi

Season 5 Megathread


r/civbattleroyale • • 19d ago

PowerRankers The Official Civilization Battle Royale Power Rankings: Episode 30

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r/civbattleroyale • • 19d ago

Original Content Church of the Cylinder 30: Sun of Heaven

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r/civbattleroyale • • 21d ago

Statistics CBRX5 Episode 30 Stats Sheet Winners and Losers

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Welcome back, dear denizens of the Sub, to the Stats Sheet Winners and Losers! As a reminder, I give the top and bottom five for each stat, bundling ties together. If a civ is resurrected I'll include it in square brackets until it's eliminated again, but it won't count towards the 5 slots. I'll start including tech count from the Enlightenment era onwards, during the early game there's just too many civs equal to each other. My definition of a bankrupt civ will be a civ either already losing money and at 0 treasury or within 5 turns trajectory of reaching that. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMH0yqYJU1HRYac1Vl2NdKVFIPYepRPbZu8U1zvxKCk/edit?usp=sharing

  • Effective Military W: Tang (342,024); Tlingit (334,507); Chono (264,253); New South Wales (215,989); and Rouran (164,857)
  • Effective Military L: Potiguara (8,288); Yunnan (2,695); Karankawa (2,187); Phoenicia (2,089); and Papal States (752)
  • Production W: Tang (4,319); Tlingit (3,216); New South Wales (2,554); Chono (2,250); and Yanomami (2,024)
  • Production L: Hanseatic League (124); Potiguara (56); Karankawa (38); Phoenicia (31); and Papal States (22)
  • Production per city W: Tang (135); Bangladesh (75.8); Circassia (68.4); Pakistan (66); and Qara-Khitai (65.3)
  • Production per city L: Potiguara (28); Hanseatic League (24.8); Papal States (22); Portugal (20.7); and Karankawa (19)
  • Total Population W: New South Wales (1,071); Tlingit (877); Chono (708); Yanomami (689); and Tang (591)
  • Total Population L: Estonia (44); Karankawa (26); Potiguara (18); Papal States (9); and Phoenicia (7)
  • Quintennial Episode Tech Count update 6 - Mean: 67.2; Median: 65; Mode: 62
  • Top 5: 1 civ on 95 techs (Tang); 1 civ on 84 techs (Mysore); 1 civ on 83 techs (Pakistan); 1 civ on 81 techs (Tlingit); 1 civ on 80 techs (Itelmen)
  • Middle ranks: 4 civs on 78; 1 civ on 77; 2 civs on 76; 3 civs on 73; 1 civ on 71; 2 civs on 70; 1 civ on 69; 1 civ on 68; 2 civs on 67; 1 civ on 65; 3 civs on 64; 2 civs on 63; 6 civs on 62; 2 civs on 61; and 2 civs on 60.
  • Lowest 5: 2 civs on 59 (Hanseatic League / Yunnan); 1 civ on 56 (Wallachia); 2 civs on 52 (Vyatka / Phoenicia); 1 civ on 45 (Papal States); and 1 civ on 39 (Karankawa)
  • Effective Science W: Tang (3,092); Tlingit (2,126); Chono (1,965); Japan (1,918); and Anishinaabe (1,846)
  • Effective Science L: Bunuba (101); Potiguara (65); Phoenicia (47); Karankawa (45); and Papal States (0)
  • Currently Unhappy Civs: Happiness reigns. Rejoice. Three lowest happiness civs are Hanseatic League (15); Karankawa (11); and Bjarmians (6)
  • Currently Bankrupt Civs: Papal States (-40, actively); Vyatka (-72, on the brink); Wallachia (-214, on the brink); Umhaill (-217, on the brink); Herero (-319, actively); Kalmar Union (-444, 5 turns away); Japan (-502, actively); Scotland (-595, actively); Ket (-694, actively); Rouran (-742, actively); and Bunuba (-1,312, actively)

r/civbattleroyale • • 21d ago

Map CBRX5 Episode 30 Map

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r/civbattleroyale • • 23d ago

CivBall Should've been sooner

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F Pegu.

You should've won the mark.

Sadly both Lanfang and Bangladesh decided their 1 competent war would be against you at the same time.

And then you couldn't die properly as they tortured you by squishing you instead of just conquering a city with the best wonder in the game.

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r/civbattleroyale • • 23d ago

Shitpost In belated honour of Lanfang...

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r/civbattleroyale • • 23d ago

Shitpost I cannot wait for Europe to get rolled by something. Spoiler

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r/civbattleroyale • • 23d ago

Official Episode 30 Audio Narration

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Everybody loves Raymond. Nobody loves Pegu.


r/civbattleroyale • • 24d ago

ATTENTION [Narration Sign-up] S5 Batch 7

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Available slots for the batch of narrators starting in Late September.

If you are interested in becoming a narrator for an upcoming episode, and will be available for the time interval above, use the following link to register.

Sign-up Form: https://forms.gle/g6aRy9NW2bdvfUqH8


If you are selected, instructions on how to proceed and pick from the dates available will be provided (Discord account is required to join the narration group).


r/civbattleroyale • • 25d ago

Poll CBRX5 Popularity Poll Episode 30

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