When starting a new game in Civilization V, you have the option to just quickly start a game with random initial settings or to setup the game by yourself.
Settings[]
If you choose to setup a game, you have the following selections to make:
- Leader
- Either random or any given one
- Map type
- Random
- Continents
- Pangaea
- Archipelago
- Fractal
- Earth
- Many others (see Maps page)
- Map size (see Maps page for details)
- Random
- Duel
- Tiny
- Small
- Standard
- Large
- Huge
- Difficulty level
- Settler
- Chieftain
- Warlord
- Prince
- King
- Emperor
- Immortal
- Deity
- Game pace
- Quick
- Standard
- Epic
- Marathon
- Advanced setup
- This menu allows you to further customize a number of things such as the exact number of civilizations & city-states, resource abundance, and victory types available.
Related achievements[]
Difficulty level[]
Taking off the Training Wheels
Beat the game on the Chieftain difficulty level. |
Charming. Really.
Beat the game on the Prince difficulty level. |
The Golden Path
Beat the game on the Emperor difficulty level. |
Map type[]
Island Hopping
Beat the game on an Archipelago-type Map. |
Battlefield Earth
Beat the game on an Earth-type Map. |
Map size[]
It's Just You and Me, Kid
Beat the game on a Duel Map. |
I Need More Elbow Room
Beat the game on a Tiny Map. |
Living in Smallville
Beat the game on a Small Map. |
It's Standard Issue
Beat the game on a Standard Map. |
Do You Want to Super Size That?
Beat the game on a Large Map. |
Ruler of the Twelve Colonies
Beat the game on a Huge Map. |
Others[]
See also[]
- Starting a new game in other games