Civ VI Legacies: Ludwig II

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Author: Quazikolt

Last revision: 7 Sep, 2025 at 19:17 UTC

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This mod is designed to rework the gameplay of Ludwig II to be more powerful, more interesting, and more historically flavorful. Best paired with the Civilizations Expanded mod for balance purposes, one of my favorite mods which unfortunately never got around to overhauling the final batch of leaders.

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Wonders, even unfinished, recieve +2 Culture bonus from each adjacent District. All Culture adjacency bonuses provide Tourism after researching Castles. Mountains and Forest provide +1 Food and +1 Faith. Hansas provide +1 Appeal to their city. All improved resources with Charming Appeal gain +1 Culture and +1 Faith, doubled when Breathtaking.

Ludwig II is one of the most original and brilliant designs of the Leader’s Pass and yet he is also quite controversial. Many have pointed out that he never led Germany. Rather, he led an independent Bavaria which was only later incorporated into Germany as a state. Luckily, there has already been a rework made addressing this issue. If you wish to play Bavaria as an independent nation, there is an excellent option available to you in JNR’s Bavaria mod. I am heavily indebted JNR’s design ideas in developing my own variation on Ludwig. Rather than reinvent the wheel in what I think is a cracked design space, I have taken inspiration from the concepts I thought the mod got right and morphed them to my particular design goals, making them a suitable companion to the Civilizations Expanded sphere.

I have not gone so far as to try and create an entirely separate Bavaria and do what JNR has already done. In any case, I believe that "Germany" in Civ is more so a broad cultural idea encompassing many people within rather than a concrete nation concept. It was not until extremely late in German history that the kingdoms would have begun to think of themselves as part of a unified German culture anyway. Still, I think in trying to have my cake and eat it too, combining the flavor of Bavaria and the expanded "Germany" all at once, Ludwig has developed a fun fusion playstyle at the intersection of rural romanticism and heavy industry and the unique cultural elements of Bavaria shine through.