Yearly Archives: 2016

HOF Civ5 Update

By | December 2, 2016

The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 25 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to [b]mycivs[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Settler, Domination, Standard, Duel, Pangaea, Russia (Catherine) [BNW] game for 5333 points. [b]mycivs[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games.[b]vadalaz[/b] was the most active… Read More »

One More Turn Episode 509: “Flank”

By | November 30, 2016

Frenemies are served notice. The ninth episode of dramedy podcast [u]One More Turn[/u]’s ([u]OMT[/u]) fifth season [url=http://onemoreturn.net/episodes5.php#episode509]is now available[/url]. Entitled “Flank”, it has a runtime of 09m16s. A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on Twitter and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/onemoreturnshow]check out[/url] its YouTube channel for caption capability. [u]OMT[/u]… Read More »

PolyCast Cut! Tin Edition

By | November 30, 2016

The [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url] ([u]PC[/u]) is nearing the end of its tenth season of ongoing production. During the [url=http://thepolycast.net/classic]first season[/url] of [u]PC[/u] was its “Cut!” side series in production, serving as a compilation of cut moments from episode recordings. The last of these episode productions were only published for the first time earlier this month; other than… Read More »

Tomatekh’s Historical Religions available for Civilization VI

By | November 27, 2016

Tomatekh’s immensely popular “Historical Religions” mod has now debuted in Civilization VI with a fantastic new look! The mod adds additional historical (pre-modern and indigenous) religions to the base game. Leaders previously lacking a religious preference (Aztec, Greece, etc.) are also updated to prefer an appropriate historical religion. Several additional generic icons are also included. This is just… Read More »

Civilization IV HOF Update Discussion Thread

By | November 26, 2016

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 14 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to [b]A_Turkish_Guy[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Huge, Marathon, Chieftain, Domination game for 2,895,122 points. [b]Chaosquo[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 10 games. No players were brave enough to take on… Read More »

ModCast Episode 67: “Newborn Smell”

By | November 26, 2016

Refreshing. The sixty-seventh episode of [url=http://thepolycast.net/modcast]ModCast[/url] is now netcasting. Entitled “[url=http://thepolycast.net/modcast/season8.php#mcepisode67]Newborn Smell[/url]” with a runtime of 48m00s, features regular co-hosts [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=20480]Rob “Rob (R8XFT)” Riley[/url], [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=243820]Jett “TPangolin”[/url] and [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=145352]Scott “AlphaShard” Dirk[/url]. The summary of topics is as follows: – [i]01m58s[/i] | [b]First Game Impressions[/b] The release of [i]Civilization VI[/i] brings about first impressions of the game itself. – [i]14m39s[/i]… Read More »

Shekelesh unit pack available for Civ III

By | November 25, 2016

Register’s Shekelesh unit pack is now available to download to enhance your Civ III ancient era experience! The pack includes an archer, horse spearman, oxen cart, spearman and two swordsmen; a perfect combination to use in a mod based on the Ancient World. The Shekelesh were named by the Egyptians as one of the Sea Peoples, and these units will… Read More »

PolyCast Episode 270 Topics List

By | November 24, 2016

This Saturday, November 26th, 2016 is to see the [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/thepolycast/live]twenty-fourth recording[/url] of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net/polycast]PolyCast[/url]’s tenth season. Beginning at 12PM ET North America ([url=www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=PolyCast+270+Recording&iso=20161126T12&p1=188&ah=2]timezone converter[/url]), Episode 270’s topics list is set as follows: [b]News[/b] – 2K Says [i]Pre-Civilization[/i] Games Infringe on “Civilization” Trademark (Link 1  | Link 2) – First [i]Civilization VI[/i] Patch Has Arrived (Link 1… Read More »