Build a shrine early to establish a pantheon, and befriend religious city-states so that you can build up enough faith to get a Great Prophet quickly and establish a religion. This is basically the same advice – declaring war on the first rube you run across will tell the other civilizations in the game to back the fuck off. You’ve probably heard that advice about if you go to prison you should stab the first person they meet. Don’t let them feed you any bullshit about wanting peace…they’re lying to you. Declare war on the very first civilization you meet, as soon as you meet them. The only true way to win is to obliterate every other civilization, feasting upon the tears of your dying enemies. You can build the “Utopia Project” whatever the hell that is, but all of those are stupid, loser ways to win. Yeah I know, there are loads of different ways to win: you can shoot a rocket to Alpha Centauri! You can win by UN vote. Tip #1: Always play for a domination victory. These are my top 5 tips on how to win at Civilization V. I tweeted about a month ago that yes I did win a game on the emperor difficulty level the first time I tried and a lot of people were mildly impressed with this fact and asked for tips on how to play Civilization. Since acquiring Civilization V a couple of months ago, I have become the greatest Civ player on the face of the Earth. If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I’ve been playing a lot of the video game Civilization V.įor those who aren’t familiar, Civilization is a turn-based strategy game where the point is to build up your empire so that it’s the most diplomatic, the most cultural, most scientific, or the most dominating civilization in the game. In today’s video, I share my wisdom as the world’s greatest Civilization V player*. While the Men’s Rights Activists are continuing their brave activism in the comments of last week’s YouTube video, I thought we could all enjoy a change of pace this week.