Bless you for this series of mods, my "but Civilizations Expanded is missing things" mind goblins are finally quieting.

thank you so much for this!!! I love playing with civ expanded but my fav civs are England and Byzantium so it has never feel super complete since they were never updated.

yeah maybe I did focus a bit too much on early wonder construction. I think once you have high population cities to support multiple districts or built a couple of entertainment complexes/ water parks that ability will also become viable.

but hey, I was able to get a +6 Theater Square in my capital. combined with the aesthetics policy card that gives me +12 Culture and Faith on that hex. not as much as I get from my great works overall but still a nice addition

Based on my own playtests, Elizabeth I will become an unstoppable late game powerhouse if you play your cards right. Her playstyle do be a lil quirky though. Wonders help, but I don't think it's strictly necessary to focus so much on them to unlock her potential.

hmm, maybe the extra production on trade routes would be too strong.

also I forgot that you can build entertainment complexes for theater square adjacency.

Thinking about it I had a couple of ideas though:

- Trade routes to city states gain +1 extra Production for each specialty district at the origin city. (This would help immensely with building wonders. And you can shift around traders to those cities that are currently building a wonder.)

- Archaeological Artifacts also grant faith equal to their culture. (This certainly fits England and gives archaeological museums a bit of extra love but I don't know enough about Elizabeth I if it fits her as a leader.)

Love the extra wildcard slot. Love the extra food and culture from trade routes to city states. Love the extra faith from great works.

The extra Faith from the Theater Square's Culture adjacency bonus seems good on paper but during my gameplay I realised that it isn't as strong as I first thought. It's hard to gain Culture adjacency on Theater Squares, you basically only get it from wonders, which are impossible to build on higher difficulties. Overall it feels a bit weak as a feature.

So the early game feels really unfocused between trying to build up a reliable trade network and building enough wonders to get a few high adjacency theater squares. I think building up a trade network is the safer play though.

This was a very meaningful mod to me.

Now instead of drowning in gold coins, I can drown in someone else's wealth and appropriate it for myself while admiring my 24 great works while sipping tea.

England is no longer accepting trade agreements. Everything is now property of my queen.

And at the end of the eras I will look back upon my empire and think to myself: could I have done a Diplomatic victory...? Nah.