What are the match rules for Civilization VI?

CIV VI RULES

LAST UPDATED: September 26th, 2024

1.1 Match Procedure

Tournament Teams
- A “team” will consist of 1 Player. Multiple teams from each eligible institution will be allowed to participate in the tournament.
Set Length
- All tournament sets will be played as one (1) game.

2.1 Game Rules

Patch: All Games will be played on the current patch available and will be on the base game only, no expansions.
Game Setup: Players will need to communicate via the Vanta platform to exchange usernames and add each other as friends on Steam so that a custom match can be created. The “Home” team will create the lobby.
- Ruleset: Standard
- Turn Timer: Dynamic Turn Timer
- Turn Mode: Dynamic Turns
- Start Era: Ancient Era
- Speed: Online
- Map: Pangea
- Map Size: Dual
- Resources: Standard
- World Age: Standard
- Start Position: Balanced
- Barbarians: Off
- Victory: Highest Score at Turn 100
  - Victories by Domination or Religious Victory are allowed if they are reached before Turn 100.
Civilization Picks: Each team will be ban 3 civilizations, then will pick from the remaining available civilizations. Opposing teams cannot pick the same civilization.
- “Home” team will ban a civilization first.
- “Away” team will then ban the next civilization.
- “Home” team will ban a civilization.
- “Away” team will ban a civilization.
- “Home” team will ban a civilization.
- “Away” team will ban the last civilization.
- “Home” team will pick from the remaining civilizations.
- “Away” team will pick from the remaining civilizations.

3.1 Restrictions

Mods
- No third party mods are allowed for official Vanta competition.
- If an opponent uses a mod, please report to support@vanta.gg so that a forfeit loss will be awarded to the team that used the banned character.

4.1 Reporting

Score Reporting Format: Scores will be reported in “Win/Loss” format. Teams will indicate the number of games won by each team, final scores should be one of the following: 1-0
Forfeits: Forfeits will be considered a 1-0 win for the team that showed up to play.