Unique Ability Historical Context As a young man, Wernher Von Braun attended a lecture given by Auguste Piccard, a Swiss inventor who reached near-space in a hot air balloon. After the lecture,…
Robert Goddard | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context By the time of his death in August 1945 AD, Robert Goddard held some 214 patents, had dreamed large (envisioning a rocket reaching the Moon), had touched space…
Nikola Tesla | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Genius or grifter, collaborator and competitor to the great Edison, the debate on the legacy of Nikola Tesla rages on. Born in 1856 AD in Smiljan in an…
Mimar Sinan | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context The chief architect and engineer for three visionary Ottoman sultans, Koca Mi’mar Sinan Aga (or simply Mimar Sinan) was responsible for some 300 major and scores of minor…
Leonardo Da Vinci | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Born in a Tuscan hill town in 1452 AD, Leonardo would become the true “Renaissance Man.” Full of “unquenchable curiosity” and ideas (perhaps too many), he made a…
Civilization VI Guide
Love this game, playing since Civilization III. In this guide no Russia because they killed my relatives too in war, so it will be not fair. If it’s ok for you, you…
John Roebling | Civilization VI
Activated Effect (2 charges) +2 Housing for this city.+1 Amenity for this city. Historical Context Everyone crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City can attribute their safe passage to John Roebling….
Jane Drew | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Jane Drew (actually, Iris Estelle Radcliffe Drew, eventually Dame Jane Drew) was born in Croydon, daughter to a designer of surgical implements and later founder of the British…
James Watt | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context The Scottish mechanical engineer and all-round tinkerer James Watt was born in Greenock in January 1736 AD, son of a prosperous shipwright and a well-educated mother. Watt was…