This expansion made Civ V get to the point where it both has a large and varied amount of mechanics that change in focus throughout the course of a match, as well streamlined them to where most individual actions don't take an excessive amount of information or time to do them successfully.

I reached the point that I can't do with most games where I put this on and play it mindlessly for several hours while listening to an album or a podcast. The changing flow keeps me engaged while the simplicity of each action makes it so I don't have to think too hard for turns ahead.

I would never argue that Civ V BNW is the peak of 4x design from a strategy perspective, but it hits a perfect balance for me where it is utterly therapeutic

*important note, base Civ V is basically unplayable when compared to this, this expansion far exceeds the base game

Reviewed on Aug 30, 2021


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