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I'm also a Total War head and have played just about all of them for at least 100 hours. I usually play on something like Hard Campaign/Very Hard battles.
Tried playing Civilization 6 today and have only barely played some of 4 a decade ago. I feel like I'm really straining my brain with stuff like that and Paradox games. People bounce off Total War for sure, but at least stuff like "surround the enemy" and a lot of what goes on in battle is intuitive. Cities have significantly fewer resources or decisions to make.
I got owned by a flood during the first era that took out one of my fighters and builders and that let barbarians overwhelm me. It's so embarrassing how little game knowledge transfers with genres like this.
Civ6 is great, and this is a good time to get into it because it's now a more "finished" game with a lot of the weird early issues ironed out. But it definitely takes a lot of noodling around to figure out how all the gears mesh together - it's almost like you have to try out just a certain aspect of the game during each of your early play-throughs just to understand how certain mechanics work.
Keep at it. I believe you can do it
Trying to play the early game like Total War was not the way to go, I think.
I declared war on my first neighbor reasoning I could farm their units for XP and come out ahead. But with barbarians and other stuff going on, it just meant that I stopped them from doing anything, but also stopped myself.
I'm gonna try to be more defensive and focus on taking out barb scouts since I learned how they report the location of your city back home to their camp.
If I recall correctly, here are some vague tips for Civ 6 (I'm not great at the game, but I have won a few matches):
Conquest and warfare are legit tools but you need to know what you are doing. (Which you dont so you will probably fuck it up) Try to get a second city out very early, around turn 20 to 30, not later. You probably should get a 3rd and even more cities over time ( I usually go for 5-6 in my games throughout the game) Try to settle next to new ressources you dont control at the start of the game. Oh and settle next to rivers or next to the ocean.
It might take a few games to get the hang of it, but barbarians aren’t that hard to deal with. Try to stop barbarian scouts from reporting your position to their camps that helps a lot. Honestly, I’d just recommend fucking around and getting a feel for the game.
Rome with Trajan is a decent beginner CIV.
Even if you dont wage offensive wars you want a small military or the AI will declare war on you . Different civs have different weighted AIs I think so - some leaders will be more likley to be aggressive etc.
I would recommend making a beginner thread in the Hexbear gaming comm. Im sure there are CIV6 players that are much better than me that can give you advice.
I might have time to teach you the game if you are really interested send me a dm if thats the case