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There are 43 civilizations in Civ5, each with its own leader and unique unit. In addition, every leader has a semi-unique “personality”, consisting of traits that determine their in-game behavior.

For example, Elizabeth of the English, a historical naval power, emphasizes a pursuit of naval dominance and the choices she makes reflects this desire. However, in order to prevent leaders from becoming too-predictable, these traits have the potential to be changed slightly and weighted differently before a new game begins, keeping diplomacy fresh.

Sid Meier's Civilization® V is the fifth offering in the multi-award winning Civilization strategy game series featuring the famous “just one more turn” addictive gameplay that. Civilization V is also part of SteamPlay, so if a customer purchases the PC version, he will also be able to download the Mac version. However, if a user chooses to purchase the Mac version through SteamPlay, Aspyr (who develop the Mac version of Civilization V) receive none of the revenue.

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ImageCivilizationImageLeaderUnique AbilityUnique UnitUnique Component #2
AmericaWashingtonManifest Destiny: All land military units have +1 sight. 50% discount when purchasing tiles.B17Minuteman
ArabiaHarun al-RashidShips of the Desert: Caravans gain 50% extended range. Your trade routes spread the home city’s religion twice as effectively. Oil resources are doubled.Camel ArcherBazaar
Assyria (BNW)AshurbanipalTreasures of Nineveh: When a city is conquered, gain a free Technology already discovered by its owner. Gaining a city through a trade deal does not count, and it can only happen once per enemy city.Siege TowerRoyal Library
Austria (G&K)Maria TheresaDiplomatic Marriage: Can spend Gold to annex or puppet a City-State that has been your ally for 5 turns.HussarCoffee House
AztecsMontezumaSacrificial Captives: Gains Culture for the empire from each enemy unit killed.JaguarFloating Gardens
Babylon (DLC)Nebuchadnezzar IIIngenuity: Receive free Great Scientist when you discover Writing. Earn Great Scientists 50% faster.BowmanWalls of Babylon
Brazil (BNW)Pedro IICarnival: Tourism output is +100% during their Golden Ages. Earn Great Artists, Musicians, and Writers 50% faster during their Golden Ages.PracinhaBrazilwood Camp
Byzantium (G&K)TheodoraPatriarchate of Constantinople: Choose one more Belief than normal when you found a Religion.CataphractDromon
Carthage (G&K)DidoPhoenician Heritage: All coastal Cities get a free Harbor. Units may cross mountains after the first Great General is earned, taking 50 HP damage if they end a turn on a mountain.African Forest ElephantQuinquereme
Celts (G&K)BoudiccaDruidic Lore:+1 Faith per city with an adjacent unimproved Forest. Bonus increases to +2 Faith in Cities with 3 or more adjacent unimproved Forest tiles.Pictish WarriorCeilidh Hall
ChinaWu ZetianArt of War: The Great General combat bonus is increased by 15%, and their spawn rate is increased by 50%.Chu-Ko-NuPaper Maker
Denmark (DLC)Harald BluetoothViking Fury: Embarked units have +1 Movement and pay just 1 movement point to move from sea to land. Melee units pay no movement point cost to pillage.BerserkerNorwegian Ski Infantry
EgyptRamesses IIMonument Builders: +20% Production towards Wonder construction.War ChariotBurial Tomb
EnglandElizabethSun Never Sets: +2 Movement for all naval units. Receives 1 extra Spy.LongbowmanShip of the Line
Ethiopia (G&K)Haile SelassieSpirit of Adwa: Combat bonus (+20%) when fighting units from a Civilization with more Cities than Ethiopia.Mehal SefariStele
FranceNapoleonCity of Light: Museum and World Wonder theming bonuses are doubled in their capital.MusketeerChateau
GermanyBismarckFuror Teutonicus: Upon defeating a Barbarian unit inside an encampment, there is a 67% chance you earn 25 Gold and they join your side. Pay 25% less for land unit maintenance.PanzerHanse
GreeceAlexanderHellenic League: City-State Influence degrades at half and recovers at twice the normal rate.Companion CavalryHoplite
Huns (G&K)AttilaScourge of God: Raze Cities at double speed. Borrow City names from other in-game Civs. Start with Animal Husbandry technology. +1 Production per Pasture.Horse ArcherBattering Ram
Inca (DLC)PachacutiGreat Andean Road: Units ignore terrain costs when moving into any tile with Hills. No maintenance costs for improvements in Hills; half cost elsewhere.SlingerTerrace Farm
IndiaGandhiPopulation Growth: Unhappiness from number of Cities doubled, Unhappiness from number of Citizens halved.War ElephantMughal Fort
Indonesia (BNW)Gajah MadaSpice Islanders: The first 3 cities founded on continents other than where Indonesia started each provide 2 unique Luxury Resources (and can never be razed).Kris SwordsmanCandi
IroquoisHiawathaThe Great Warpath: Units move through Forest and Jungle in friendly territory as if they were Roads. These tiles can be used to establish City Connections upon researching The Wheel. Caravans move along Forest and Jungle as if they were Roads.Mohawk WarriorLonghouse
JapanOda NobunagaBushido: Units fight as though they were at full strength even when damaged. +1 Culture from each Fishing Boat and +2 Culture from each AtollSamuraiZero
Korea (DLC)SejongScholars of the Jade Hall: +2 science for all specialists and for all Great Person tile improvements. Receive a tech boost each time a scientific building/Wonder is built in the Korean capital.Turtle ShipHwach’a
Maya (G&K)PacalThe Long Count: After researching Theology, receive a bonus Great Person at the end of every Maya Long Count calendar cycle (every 394 years). Each bonus person can only be chosen once.AtlatlistPyramid
Mongolia (DLC)Genghis KhanMongol Terror: Combat Strength +30% when fighting City-State units or attacking a City-State itself. All mounted units have +1 Movement.KeshikKhan
Morocco (BNW)Ahmad al-MansurGateway to Africa: Receives +3 Gold and +1 Culture for each Trade Route with a different civ or City-State. The Trade Route owners receive +2 Gold for each Trade Route sent to Morocco.Berber CavalryKasbah
Netherlands (G&K)WilliamDutch East India Company: Retains 50% of the Happiness benefits from a Luxury Resource if your last copy of it is traded away.Sea BeggarPolder
OttomansSuleimanBarbary Corsairs: All melee naval units have the Prize Ships promotion, allowing them to capture defeated ships. Pay only one-third the usual cost for naval unit maintenance.JanissarySipahi
PersiaDarius IAchaemenid Legacy: Golden Ages last 50% longer. During a Golden Age, units recieve +1 Movement and a +10% Combat Strength bonus.ImmortalSatrap’s Court
Poland (BNW)Casimir IIISolidarity: Receive a free Social Policy at the start of each new Era.Winged HussarDucal Stable
Polynesia (DLC)KamehamehaWayfinding: Can embark and move over Oceans immediately. +1 Sight when embarked. +10% Combat Strength bonus if within 2 tiles of a Moai.Maori WarriorMoai
Portugal (BNW)Maria IMare Clausum: Resource diversity grants twice as much Gold for Portugal in International Trade Routes.NauFeitoria
RomeAugustus CaesarThe Glory of Rome: +25% Production towards any buildings that already exist in the Capital.BallistaLegion
RussiaCatherineSiberian Riches: Strategic Resources provide +1 Production and Horse, Iron and Uranium Resources provide double quantity.CossackKrepost
Shoshone (BNW)PocatelloGreat Expanse: Founded cities start with additional territory. Units receive a combat bonus when fighting in their own territory.PathfinderComanche Riders
SiamRamkhamhaengFather Governs Children: Food, Culture and Faith from friendly City-States increased by 50%.Naresuan’s ElephantWat
SonghaiAskiaRiver Warlord: Receive triple Gold from Barbarian encampments and pillaging Cities. Land units gain the War Canoe and Amphibious promotions, strengthening them while embarked.Mandekalu CavalryMud Pyramid Mosque
Spain (DLC)IsabellaSeven Cities of Gold: Gold bonus for discovering a Natural Wonder (bonus enhanced if first to discover it). Culture, happiness, and tile yields from Natural Wonders doubled.TercioConquistador
Sweden (G&K)Gustavus AdolphusNobel Prize: Gain 90 Influence with a Great Person gift to a City-State. When declaring friendship, Sweden and their friend gain a +10% boost to Great Person generation.HakkapeliittaCarolean
Venice (BNW)Enrico DandoloSerenissima: Cannot gain settlers nor annex cities. Double the normal number of Trade Routes available. A Merchant of Venice appears after researching Optics. May purchase in puppeted cities.Merchant of VeniceGreat Galleass
Zulus (BNW)ShakaIklwa: Melee units cost 50% less maintenance; all military units require 25% less XP to earn a promotion.ImpiIkanda

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This is a short overview of the purchasable versions of Civilization V and its downloadable content (DLC).

Up to date as of December 14th, 2013.

Versions

Civillization V was initially released in three different versions. A normal version, a digital deluxe edition, and one special edition (not as download, only in shops).

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The normal version included only the game, whereas the digital deluxe edition came with the Babylon DLC, a digital artbook, and the ingame soundtrack as another separate download (23 songs).

The special edition came with a CD for the game, a real artbook, two soundtrack CDs and five tin figures.

These versions, including the Game Of The Year versions (see below) are available for PC and Mac. Civilization V is also part of SteamPlay, so if a customer purchases the PC version, he will also be able to download the Mac version. However, if a user chooses to purchase the Mac version through SteamPlay, Aspyr (who develop the Mac version of Civilization V) receive none of the revenue.

All versions, no matter if digital or bought as DVD in a shop, are bound to the digital distribution platform Steam (Steam article on wikipedia).
The only exception is the the “Campaign edition”, which is a Mac version and only available via Apples AppStore. This edition lacks multiplayer support and does not support achievements.

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Besides the several DLC packs (listed below), two addons, named “Gods & Kings” and “Brave New World” have been released (the former on June 19th/21st 2012, the latter July 9th, 2013). The addon “Gods & Kings” does only include Spain from the DLC content, and no other civs, scenarios or other things released as DLC.
All the DLC packs are compatible with Gods & Kings and Brave New World.
Scenarios have not been updated to include the respective addon rules though.

DLC

Several DLC packs have been released.
Every point in the following list is one DLC, even if more than one item is listed.

  • Mongolia civilization and related scenario (free DLC)
  • Babylon (1 civilization)
  • Double Civilization and Scenario Pack: Spain and Inca (2 civilizations, 1 scenario)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Asia (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Americas (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Mediterranean (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Mesopotamia (1 map)
  • Polynesia (1 civilization and 1 scenario)
  • Denmark (1 civilization and 1 scenario)
  • Explorer’s Map Pack (5 maps [Bering Strait, British Isles, Carribean, Eastern United States, Japanese Mainland] and 5 mapscripts [Amazon, Continents Plus, Great Plains, Pangaea Plus, Sandstorm])
  • Civilization and Scenario pack: Korea (1 civilization and 1 scenario)
  • Wonders Of The Ancient World (3 new wonders)

Some of the downloadable content can be purchased as combined packages, which are cheaper than buying them separately. These are:

  • Cradle Of Civilization DLC bundle (the four separate maps Asia, Americas, Mediterranean, Mesopotamia)
  • Denmark and Explorer’s Map Pack
  • Korea and Wonders Of The Ancient World
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Some of the Cradle Of Civilization maps have been included as pre-release bonuses.

Game Of The Year Versions

Two Game Of The Year (GOTY) versions have been released yet.

The first one was only released in Europe and contained besides the game, the following DLC packs:

  • Official soundtrack
  • Babylon (1 civilization)
  • Double Civilization and Scenario Pack: Spain and Inca (2 civilizations, 1 scenario)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Asia (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Americas (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Mediterranean (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Mesopotamia (1 map)
  • Polynesia (1 civilization and 1 scenario)
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The second GOTY contains more packs:

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  • Official soundtrack
  • Babylon (1 civilization)
  • Double Civilization and Scenario Pack: Spain and Inca (2 civilizations, 1 scenario)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Asia (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Americas (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Mediterranean (1 map)
  • Cradle of Civiliation: Mesopotamia (1 map)
  • Polynesia (1 civilization and 1 scenario)
  • Denmark (1 civilization and 1 scenario)
  • Explorer’s Map Pack (5 maps [Bering Strait, British Isles, Carribean, Eastern United States, Japanese Mainland] and 5 mapscripts [Amazon, Continents Plus, Great Plains, Pangaea Plus, Sandstorm])

Main discussion threads to the DLC packs:

  • Korea and Ancient Wonders

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DLC – miscellaneous questions

What happens with my DLC if i format my HDD, buy a new computer, etc.? Do I have to save it somewhere?
No, it’s not necessary to save the DLC. The DLC is bound to your Steam account, and will be automatically redownloaded after a new installation.

Does the DLC work in multiplayer?
It is possible to use the DLC civilizations in multiplayer, but only if all players own these civilizations.
The maps and mappacks cannot be used in multiplayer games.

Are DLC packs also available for Mac?
Yes, DLC can also be purchased for the Mac versions, but is not as soon available as for the PC. Patches are normally also delayed for the Mac version.

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DLC packs are not available for the already mentioned steamless “Campaign edition”.
The addon “Gods & Kings” is available for Mac, for both the Steam and App store version. Please be aware that both versions are not compatible with each other. If you own the App store version you cannot buy the addon on Steam or vice versa.