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Ave Apocalypsin!
I just finished a very successful game of Civilization VI. Playing Rome on King difficulty, continents map, and I was using the Secret Societies game mode.
This is fun, there are four secret societies, the Voidsingers, the Owls of Minerva, the Sanguine Pact, and the Hermetic Order. Each has benefits and adds a new level of play. Early in the game, I was offered a chance to join the Voidsingers.
The fun part is that every city Rome builds starts with a Monument, so all my new cities started with the Old God Obelisk already in place, which meant a quick +4 Faith from each city even before I built a Holy Site! When I did, I used a custom religion called the Eye of Madness. I also didn't stint on the research. As a result, I won a religious victory in 1560 after conquering 6 or the 11 rival states and converting the others. In the end, I was pulling in over 300 Faith a turn!
As I won the victory, all I could think of was the vine-choked Imperial Palace in Roma, past the hollow-eyed guards and the gibbering priests, to where the withered husk of Trajan, the Imperatoris Aeterna, rises from his throne for the first time in centuries, his dry voice echoing with eldritch force.
"The stars are right."
This is fun, there are four secret societies, the Voidsingers, the Owls of Minerva, the Sanguine Pact, and the Hermetic Order. Each has benefits and adds a new level of play. Early in the game, I was offered a chance to join the Voidsingers.
The Voidsingers follow a dark religion of ancient gods and sow chaos to control adversaries. Joining them unlocks the Old God Obelisk, which replaces the Monument. It has all of the Monument's base effects and provides additional Faith and Great Works slots. The Voidsingers also have a unique unit, the Cultist. Purchased with Faith, Cultists can spend a charge to recruit followers in enemy cities, reducing the target city's Loyalty by calling its citizens to madness.
The fun part is that every city Rome builds starts with a Monument, so all my new cities started with the Old God Obelisk already in place, which meant a quick +4 Faith from each city even before I built a Holy Site! When I did, I used a custom religion called the Eye of Madness. I also didn't stint on the research. As a result, I won a religious victory in 1560 after conquering 6 or the 11 rival states and converting the others. In the end, I was pulling in over 300 Faith a turn!
As I won the victory, all I could think of was the vine-choked Imperial Palace in Roma, past the hollow-eyed guards and the gibbering priests, to where the withered husk of Trajan, the Imperatoris Aeterna, rises from his throne for the first time in centuries, his dry voice echoing with eldritch force.
"The stars are right."