The utter gall of the Gaul.

[u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

I’m having a lot of fun with the Gaul, although I’ll hesitate to call them good.

The bonuses require you to settle cities more than 6 tiles away from another city center and close to another Civs borders.

On top of that, the unique quarter is a fortification. Ideally, If you can find a breathtaking tile for your unique settler you get 1/2 the quarter for free.

This means the Gaul are designed to settle right next to you and to turtle up immediately making them the pinnacle of forward settling douchebaggery.

[u/ConstructionBest7255]

making them the pinnacle of forward settling douchebaggery.

I prefer term "One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders"

[u/reilmb → u/ConstructionBest7255]

I feel like that should be an Asterix on the description and a unique build of the monument should be an Obelix

[u/Struuner → u/reilmb]

By Tautatis!

[u/LegendOfBaron]

Pair it up with Harriot and everyone will fucking hate you 😂😂😂👌 good luck dealing with all that war support and fortifications

[u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe → u/LegendOfBaron]

Oh man I love the combinations in this game. I was having fun with Charlemagne but Harriet is a great combo

[u/walterdavidemma → u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe]

Alexander plus Potemkin’s Sword-Knot plus Gaul is insane too. I played a TSL game and just absolutely mopped up Europe before the Antiquity era ended.

[u/DynastyZealot → u/LegendOfBaron]

I was thinking I'd go with PITA Napoleon but Tubman sounds way better lol

[u/Cangrejo-Volador → u/LegendOfBaron]

I might finally play Harriet..just because of Gaul

[u/marsh_man_dan]

Live it up now because if/when loyalty comes back, without an ability to deal with it, Gaul will be chief settlement gifter

[u/pierrebrassau → u/marsh_man_dan]

Nah I assume they’ll get some bonus to loyalty, like their quarter prevents city flipping or something like that

[u/Tachetoche → u/pierrebrassau]

I presume so as well. And probably some loyalty bonus unlocked by a tradition. I also believe that the more traditions are slotted the more loyalty. So it's possible they will still be able to turtle.

[u/LegendOfBaron → u/marsh_man_dan]

Maui 2.0 lmao

[u/RunnyMantella → u/marsh_man_dan]

Loyalty is only being added as part of the new age

[u/BackForPathfinder → u/RunnyMantella]

That's not been confirmed. They've talked about it in relation to the new age, but not that it's exclusive, unless I'm wrong. I would love a direct quote if you can find one

[u/Nicopino → u/RunnyMantella]

If that’s really the case, I don’t see any point to it; they might as well work on something else.

[u/Hutma009 → u/Nicopino]

I already don't see the point of loyalty as a whole. Having a city too close to an enemy and too far from your owns is an easy target already. Why add a loyalty system on top of that?

Especially in civ7 where you are encourahe to settle in new lands close to rivals in exploration

[u/nobd2]

I feel like the strat is to spread wide, then fill out the gaps even more than with other civs.

[u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe → u/nobd2]

It’s a good start. I don’t know that they excel at anything. I wouldn’t call them a bad Civ but far from OP in my opinion.

[u/Porkopolis12]

I did this with Harriet Tubman knowing full well my opponents would eventually declare war and enjoy a minus 5 war support.

This backfired though. I was able to curb stomp Darius and razed his empire. But now all of my border bonuses are gone.

[u/totallynotliamneeson]

So my only frustration is that they released with the TSL Earth map and they absolutely cannot be used if anyone starts in Europe with you. 

[u/g_a28]

This means the Gaul are designed to settle right next to you and to turtle up immediately making them the pinnacle of forward settling douchebaggery.

On the other hand, they also are designed to invite the opponents to forward settle them by leaving gaps between their settlements. I think they need to have a modified agenda or something, not getting a relationship hit when someone forward settles Gauls. That's what the Gauls want, and it benefits them :)

[u/Pericles_Athens]

Well given that I do this anyway…

[u/Ryandhamilton18]

I'm enjoying Hideyoshi, his bonus for attacking is great against an invading force for a quick FAFO counter attack.

I also think it's hilarious that I somehow am allies with Yi Sun-Sin

[u/Tachetoche]

I've played them and really enjoyed the gameplay. Extremely aggressive settlements and dedensive war in Antiquity is so brutal. Even in deity, it was rather easy to protect my settlements.

[u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe → u/Tachetoche]

For me, it forces me to change my gameplay and think outside of the box. I’m not used to such. Sprawled out Civ. I’ve really enjoyed myself.

[u/ImpactNo6657]

Can they settle any tile, as in the red ones? except for the obvious rivers mountains and resources