r/civbattleroyale • u/Coiot • 2d ago
r/civbattleroyale • u/Coiot • Mar 13 '25
Official CBRX Season 5 Megathread
Hello everyone, welcome to the Civ Battle Royale. This thread will be dedicated to important announcements and will be updated with new episodes and announcements pertaining to Season 5 of CBRX.
What is the Civ Battle Royale?
The Civ Battle Royale is a weekly online show of a massive 61 AI-only epic running Civilization V (think Marble Racing but with polities from across history). No human intervention in the show as a several months long game is recorded and then curated into episodes across the action. Episodes are narrated by members of our 10k+ sized community cheering on the AIs on their unpredictable route to victory.
The Civ Battle Royale is its own niche in the Civilization community; it attracts people from different backgrounds all over the world to add their own interpretations and input to jointly create an emergent narrative imagined from absurd and unpredictable actions of the show’s AI competitors.
Today the Civ Battle Royale is hosted on its own website but still has a discussion home here on our subreddit and on Discord.
Important Links
S5 Roster – All 61 Competitors and their Starting Location
S5 Info Sheet — Hub for all Stats and Events
S5 Gameplay Mods — Unique setup that makes the show possible
S5 Unit Chart — All the units, their progress lines, and their stats
Release Schedule
Episodes of the Civ Battle Royale are released every Wednesday at Midnight UTC time. You can convert midnight UTC time to your local time to make sure you’re always here to catch the discussion. Alternatively, you can follow our Ko-Fi page for bonus content, or you can also subscribe to our RSS Feed to get notified as soon as new posts are submitted.
Donations
We welcome donations in our Ko-Fi page to support the show. The Civ Battle Royale runs on no ads, no affiliates, no promotional content, and no website trackers. We’re here to enjoy the show together and generous donations help recover costs and contributions continually go to upgrades to the viewing experience. Donators are divided into multiple tiers that reward with exclusive access and bonuses, and we invest in better or more hardware as time goes on.
Narrations
The entire community is involved in the narration process; it is what gives the show a unique perspective every episode. Narrators are chosen from the audience and donators. Every two months at the end of a show's Arc, a sign-up sheet is posted with the next Episode release dates, and those able to commit to those dates are randomly chosen from the pool of submissions. Look out for the sign-up sheet posts after each Arc to be able to join.
S5 Episode Albums
S5 Power Ranking Albums
S5 Episode Audio
r/civbattleroyale • u/Orangechrisy • 2d ago
Original Content Church of the Cylinder 33: Why Die for ~~Danzig~~ Gannentaha?
r/civbattleroyale • u/_Archimedes_ • 3d ago
CivBall You couldn't have scripted a more dramatic rise and fall
r/civbattleroyale • u/Admiral_Cloudberg • 3d ago
PowerRankers The Official CBRX Season 5 Power Rankings: Episode 33
civbattleroyale.tvr/civbattleroyale • u/EmeraldRange • 3d ago
CivBall The gratest pope to have tried to make Europe interesting
Rest in Provolone
r/civbattleroyale • u/Orangechrisy • 3d ago
CivBall Couldn't sail away from this end, rip orple #orple
r/civbattleroyale • u/E_C_H • 4d ago
Statistics CBRX5 Episode 33 Stats Sheet Winners and Losers
Welcome back, dear denizens of the Sub, to the Stats Sheet Winners and Losers! As a reminder, I give the top and bottom five for each stat, bundling ties together. If a civ is resurrected I'll include it in square brackets until it's eliminated again, but it won't count towards the 5 slots. I'll start including tech count from the Enlightenment era onwards, during the early game there's just too many civs equal to each other. My definition of a bankrupt civ will be a civ either already losing money and at 0 treasury or within 5 turns trajectory of reaching that. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMH0yqYJU1HRYac1Vl2NdKVFIPYepRPbZu8U1zvxKCk/edit?usp=sharing
- Effective Military W: New South Wales (581,419); Tlingit (472,567); Tang (357,934); Chono (332,001); and Aures (310,832)
- Effective Military L: Wallachia (19,919); Hanseatic League (12,324); Yunnan (7,661); Karankawa (1,651); and Green Ukraine (1,612)
- Production W: Tang (5,719); New South Wales (4,632); Tlingit (3,702); Pakistan (3,285); and Yanomami (3,139)
- Production L: Mysore (296); Hanseatic League (137); Green Ukraine (96); Yunnan (86); and Karankawa (34)
- Production per city W: Tang (168.2); Japan (119.5); Pakistan (91.3); Yunnan (86); and Rouran (80.7)
- Production per city L: Wallachia (38.3); Onondaga (37.1); Karankawa (34); Portugal (25.5); and Hanseatic League (22.8)
- Total Population W: New South Wales (1,555); Tlingit (1,016); Yanomami (851); Chono (837); and Pakistan (823)
- Total Population L: Luba (123); Hanseatic League (91); Wallachia (76); Green Ukraine (35); and Yunnan / Karankawa (19)
- Effective Science W: Tang (4,915); Yanomami (3,209); Pakistan (3,046); New South Wales (2,649); and Anishinaabe (2,556)
- Effective Science L: Karankawa (219); Hanseatic League (181); Wallachia (176); Green Ukraine (124); and Yunnan (2)
- Currently Unhappy Civs: Bjarmia (-6)
- Currently Bankrupt Civs: Herero (-61, 4 turns away); Caral (-61, on the brink); Yunnan (-131, actively); Hanseatic League (-221, actively); Cebu (-252, actively); Wallachia (-277, actively); Onondaga (-310, on the brink); Qara Khitai (-342, 3 turns away); Ket (-374, on the brink); Kalmar Union (-419, on the brink); Scotland (-581, actively); Zazzau (-700, actively); Rouran (-736, actively); Tlingit (-1447, on the brink); and Chono (-2114, actively)
- Note: There are only 6 civs in the game with a positive Gold per Turn stat at all: Tang; Pakistan; Bjarmia; Anishinaabe; Umhaill; and France, plus Green Ukraine on a perfect 0. However, many civs currently have massive gold reserves protecting them for a long while.
r/civbattleroyale • u/DocIdo • 5d ago
Official Episode 33 Audio Narration
The copyright notification isn't for what you might expect.
r/civbattleroyale • u/Coiot • 9d ago
Official Release! CBRX Season 5: Episode 33: Live and Let Die
r/civbattleroyale • u/Orangechrisy • 10d ago
Original Content Church of the Cylinder 32: God's Favor
r/civbattleroyale • u/Admiral_Cloudberg • 10d ago
PowerRankers CBRX Season 5 Power Rankings: Episode 32
civbattleroyale.tvr/civbattleroyale • u/Orangechrisy • 10d ago
CivBall They had the orange but didn't have the juice and got their head cut off for it
r/civbattleroyale • u/Orangechrisy • 11d ago
CivBall Even that many followers of Set couldn't save them from inadequacy, rip Hyksos
r/civbattleroyale • u/E_C_H • 12d ago
Statistics CBRX5 Episode 32 Stats Sheet Winners and Losers
Welcome back, dear denizens of the Sub, to the Stats Sheet Winners and Losers! As a reminder, I give the top and bottom five for each stat, bundling ties together. If a civ is resurrected I'll include it in square brackets until it's eliminated again, but it won't count towards the 5 slots. I'll start including tech count from the Enlightenment era onwards, during the early game there's just too many civs equal to each other. My definition of a bankrupt civ will be a civ either already losing money and at 0 treasury or within 5 turns trajectory of reaching that. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMH0yqYJU1HRYac1Vl2NdKVFIPYepRPbZu8U1zvxKCk/edit?usp=sharing
- Effective Military W: Pakistan (462,005); Tlingit (460,181); Tang (384,904); New South Wales (362,879); and Chono (337,574)
- Effective Military L: Yunnan (6,475); Estonia (5,553); Karankawa (1,910); Phoenicia (1,649); and Papal States (583)
- Production W: Tang (5,036); New South Wales (4,027); Tlingit (3,531); Chono (2,843); and Pakistan (2,775)
- Production L: Estonia (117); Yunnan (74); Karankawa (39); Phoenicia (31); and Papal States (22)
- Production per city W: Tang (148.1); Pakistan (81.6); Rouran (75.6); Yunnan (74); and Kipchaks (69.6)
- Production per city L: Wallachia (36.2); Phoenicia (31); Hanseatic League (26); Portugal (25); and Papal States (22)
- Total Population W: New South Wales (1,399); Tlingit (997); Yanomami (816); Chono (793); and Tang (685)
- Total Population L: Estonia (39); Karankawa (23); Yunnan (18); Papal States (10); and Phoenicia (3)
- Effective Science W: Tang (4,387); Anishinaabe (2,771); Japan (2,513); Tlingit (2,331); and Chono (2,330)
- Effective Science L: Karankawa (189); Hanseatic League (182); Estonia (116); Yunnan (22); and Phoenicia / Papal States (0)
- Currently Unhappy Civs: Happiness reigns. Rejoice. Ignore the global warfare and nuclear hellfire. Lowest is Bjarmia on 5.
- Currently Bankrupt Civs: Papal States (-47, actively); Phoenicia (-52, actively); Yunnan (-103, actively); Caral (-133, actively); Wallachia (-192, on the brink); Hanseatic League (-228, on the brink); Kalmar Union (-290, actively); Ket (-395, on the brink); Rouran (-458, actively); Onondaga (-557, actively); Scotland (-1006, actively); and Chono (-1349, 3 turns away)
r/civbattleroyale • u/DocIdo • 12d ago
Official Episode 32 Audio Narration
Time to go all-in on Australian distillieries.
r/civbattleroyale • u/Shintate • 13d ago
CivBall Since they were some of my favorite guys, I've decided to give my first GhostBall contribution this season. Spoiler
r/civbattleroyale • u/Coiot • 14d ago
Official Release! CBRX Season 5: Episode 32: What’s Your Plan When it Hits the Fan?
CBRX Season 5: Episode 32: What’s Your Plan When it Hits the Fan?
Image Album Narrated by Convicted Melon
r/civbattleroyale • u/Orangechrisy • 17d ago
Original Content Church of the Cylinder 31: The Cost of Death
r/civbattleroyale • u/E_C_H • 17d ago
Statistics CBRX5 Episode 31 Stats Sheet Winners and Losers
Welcome back, dear denizens of the Sub, to the Stats Sheet Winners and Losers! As a reminder, I give the top and bottom five for each stat, bundling ties together. If a civ is resurrected I'll include it in square brackets until it's eliminated again, but it won't count towards the 5 slots. I'll start including tech count from the Enlightenment era onwards, during the early game there's just too many civs equal to each other. My definition of a bankrupt civ will be a civ either already losing money and at 0 treasury or within 5 turns trajectory of reaching that. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMH0yqYJU1HRYac1Vl2NdKVFIPYepRPbZu8U1zvxKCk/edit?usp=sharing
- Effective Military W: Tlingit (405,997); Tang (385,166); Chono (337,273); New South Wales (285,868); and Yanomami (243,571)
- Effective Military L: Hyksos (6,127); Yunnan (3,857); Karankawa (1,910); Phoenicia (1,765); and Papal States (1,005)
- Production W: Tang (4,272); Chono (3,169); New South Wales (2,999); Tlingit (2,793); and Yanomami (2,160)
- Production L: Hanseatic League (129); Yunnan (69); Potiguara (58); Karankawa (30); and Phoenicia / Papal States (26)
- Production per city W: Tang (133.5); Qara-Khitai (73.8); Circassia (72.4); Rouran (71.6); and Pakistan (69.5)
- Production per city L: Potiguara (29); Vyatka (28.8); Papal States / Phoenicia (26); Hanseatic League (25.8); and Portugal (21.6)
- Total Population W: New South Wales (1,185); Tlingit (907); Chono (754); Yanomami (739); and Tang (627)
- Total Population L: Karankawa (23); Potiguara (21); Yunnan (18); Papal States (9); and Phoenicia (6)
- Effective Science W: Tang (4,173); Japan (2,347); New South Wales (2,300); Chono (2,241); and Tlingit (2,231)
- Effective Science L: Potiguara (64); Yunnan (46); Karankawa (43); Phoenicia (40); and Papal States (0)
- Currently Unhappy Civs: Happiness reigns. Rejoice. Ignore the global warfare and nuclear hellfire. Lowest is Bjarmia on 3.
- Currently Bankrupt Civs: Phoenicia (-33, on the brink); Papal States (-47, actively); Vyatka (-50, actively); Yunnan (-76, actively); Wallachia (-228, on the brink); Caral (-258, 2 turns away); Kalmar Union (-288, on the brink); Herero (-315, actively); Rouran (-343, actively); Onondaga (-407, on the brink); Scotland (-651, actively); Ket (-990, actively); and Bunuba (-1,326, actively)
r/civbattleroyale • u/ThyReformer • 22d ago
PowerRankers The Official Civilization Battle Royale Power Rankings: Episode 31
civbattleroyale.tvr/civbattleroyale • u/Coiot • 23d ago
ATTENTION Join us Sep 30th for Episode 32
Hello sub, we’ll be taking a week off and resume with the next episode on Sep 30th at the usual time
Related, if you would like to narrate and episode anytime int he next few weeks for the upcoming episode, please do signup, as we've had a sharp shortage and need to build up a roster for all the episodes leading up to Total War
https://www.reddit.com/r/civbattleroyale/comments/1wky6wa/narration_signup_s5_batch_7/
r/civbattleroyale • u/DocIdo • 26d ago
Official Episode 31 Audio Narration
Remember that time Johann Strauss and Hoagy Carmichael got in a musical slap-fight in the middle of a war zone? Good times.