First Humankind expansion adds its UN and six ‘diplomatic’ civs

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The first Humankind expansion, Together We Rule, will release sometime in fall 2022, developer Amplitude Studios has announced. It brings not just new civilisations to Sega’s 4X game, but an entire new layer of peaceful tactics by which to take over the world. The Humankind expansion places greater emphasis on diplomacy and espionage, and introduces the Congress of Humankind – the game’s equivalent of Civilization’s long-running World Congress feature, or the real-world United Nations – as well as six civs with a new ‘diplomatic’ affinity. You’ll also find secret agents, a new embassy quarter for your cities, and a diplomatic currency – and it comes alongside a free update that will add stealth mechanics for all players.

As you may expect, there’s one new diplomatic culture for each of the game’s historical eras:

Civs with the diplomatic affinity can create demilitarised zones on  the map, imposing crippling penalties on armies that try to enter. They can also collect the new diplomatic currency – leverage – with any of their military units.

That’s important, since ordinarily, only the new ‘agent’ family of units can collect leverage. Agent units include envoys and spies, and can move into other civs’ territory without penalty. There they’ll have a variety of sabotage and espionage options, as well as collect leverage from nodes on the map, like curiosities. Leverage spawns whenever two civilisations interact, such as during battles, so it’ll often appear in spots that are hard to reach by other units.

You can take that leverage with you to the Congress of Humankind and use it as currency, of sorts, to influence other nations and pass global treaties. It’s especially helpful during times of war, as it can raise or lower