The Great Commanders Pack was the second DLC in theCivilization 6Leader Pass, and introduces two brand-new Leaders as well as an alternate Persona for Suleiman the Magnificent. Along with Nader Shah of Persia and Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottomans, the DLC also features Tokugawa Ieyasu, the second Leader of Japan inCivilization 6.
Tokugawa Ieyasu is renowned as one of the three great unifiers of Japan, who helped to end thetumultuous Sengoku Periodand founded the Tokugawa Shogunate which would rule Japan for the next two centuries. The Tokugawa Shogunate is often remembered for its strict isolationist stance, which is represented by Tokugawa’s Bakuhan Ability inCivilization 6.
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Tokugawa’s Features and Abilities
As a new Leader of Japan, Tokugawa shares the same Civilization Ability, Unique Unit, and Unique Building as Hojo Tokimune. However, his Bakuhan Leader Ability is very different toHojo’s Divine Wind, focusing more on internal affairs and growth rather than the military.
How it works
How to Play as Tokugawa
Tokugawa’s Bakuhan Ability discourages players from openinginternational Trade Routes, but heavily incentivizes them to trade domestically. This works well with a tall playstyle, in which the player focuses on a small number of Cities and uses the Food and Production bonuses from domestic Trade Routes to grow them as large and powerful as possible. A large Population in each City will allow them to support more Districts, further increasing the domestic Trade Route bonus from Bakuhan.
The second part of Bakuhan also heavily encourages a tall playstyle, and Tokugawa players should aim to tightly cluster their Cities for the bonus. Not only will this grant each City Amenities (or max Loyalty) and a significant boost to Tourism, it can also allow an extremely powerful play utilizing Japan’s other features. Most notably, the Meiji Restoration Ability doesn’t specify that the adjacency bonus only applies to Districts within the same City. This means that players can place theDistricts of multiple Citiesinto a single cluster, granting huge adjacency bonuses of up to +6 for a District surrounded on all sides. Then, if some of these clustered Districts are Industrial Zones, their Electronics Factory bonuses will be granted to multiple Cities at once.
With a cluster of Districts maximizing their adjacency bonuses and well-developed Cities fueled my domestic Trade Routes, Tokugawa players can really choose to pursue any victory. However, Bakuhan’s bonus to Tourism and Japan’s Electronics Factory canmake a Culture Victoryparticularly appealing.
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