The French have always been a mainstay of the Civilization series, led by legendary leaders such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis XIV and Charles de Gaulle. Civilization VI will bring the debut of Catherine de Medici.
Born into the powerful Italian de Medici family, Catherine exerted a powerful influence on the French court in the second half of the 16th century, as wife of King Henry II, occasional queen regent, and mother of three later French kings. Retaining power in the French monarchy during a period of great social, political and religious upheaval, some historians have called her the most powerful woman in 16th-century Europe.
France’s unique ability is called the Grand Tour, which gives an incentive to build wonders mid-game and a tourism bonus for all wonders built. Their unique tile improvement, the Chateau, must be built next to a river, but provides culture and gains additional bonuses for proximity to wonders.
The Garde Imperiale is a unique unit of France. It helps to defend all these wonders from jealous neighbors. They get a combat bonus for fighting on the capital’s home continent and generate Grand General points from kills.
After all, Catherine is the first host to focus on espionage so far. Her court ladies serve as an additional spy network, providing additional diplomatic information about new rivals by listening to court rumours. Catherine will also get an extra spy after exploring the castles.
Unlike China and Egypt, whose abilities encourage them to build many miracles early and then snowball into victory early, France is geared toward peaking around the medieval and renaissance periods. The culture and tourism bonuses point to a cultural victory, but like all other civilizations discovered so far, there is a lot of flexibility in their features. With most of the obvious French leaders in history already covered in the series, Catherine is a really interesting choice as someone who had a firm hand in the leadership of France for a long and important period, even if she only expressly ruled it for some of that time.
Civilization VI arrives on October 21 for PC. We’ll have more playtime in the next few weeks, so stay tuned for our immediate impressions.
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