Yearly Archives: 2021

Civ6 wonders… but in Minecraft!

By | August 31, 2021

A very dedicated Civ6 fan is building the Civ6 wonders in Minecraft. An article in PCGamesN today highlights the Great Lighthouse (on reddit). On the creators youtube channel you can find 6 more of the wonders (like the Hanging Gardens, from the screenshot here), and they plan to do more. This is how you can tell that someone… Read More »

Play the Civ3 “Game of the Month”

By | August 28, 2021

Until the end of September it is still possible to participate in the Civ3 “Game of the Month”. Play a pre-set game, and see if you do better than your fellow civ-fanatics! We currently have one game for each of the 2 expansions going on. For C3C, you can play as the Dutch on demi-god level on map… Read More »

More discounts for Civ6 on iOS

By | August 28, 2021

Aspyr Media has announced on Twitter more discounts for Civ6 on iOS. Currently the both expansions for Civ6, Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall, are 50% discounted, right after the New Frontier Pass got available. This is in addition to the current discount for Civ6, which is only 5€ right now (and the first 60 turns are for… Read More »

Official Humankind map making contest, to win a full Humankind PC

By | August 26, 2021

Amplitude just announced the map making contest for Humankind, see here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/779 You can discuss this in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/map-creation-contest.672747/You have until September 6 to create a map and send it in, and you can win a fully fledged Humankind PC, with all extras. There are 10 more prizes, which contain the game and peripherals such as… Read More »

The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #7

By | August 26, 2021

Our user SeelingCat, a Civfanatic since nearly 5 years, has written the last of the semi-official CivFanatics user reviews for Humankind. He weighs the pros and cons of the game, but overall comes to a positive conclusion. Read his review here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/one-week-post-release-a-review-of-humankind.672733/ An excerpt: “However, at the same time, Humankind feels like it’s doing something new and different… Read More »

New Old World patch, August 25 2021

By | August 25, 2021

A new patch for Old World has been released. The patch notes can be found here, the full log here. The changes include various balancing related items in single, as well in multiplayer, in addition to 39 new events. Discuss these changes in our Old World forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-august-25-2021.672732/. Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1430645958904369154

Humankind Players League

By | August 25, 2021

Brought to you by CivPlayers Leagues, the same team that has been running competitive MP leagues since 2002 when Civ3 PTW came out, we have now added another great 4X TBS game to our MP porfolio, HumanKind. Feel free to come and check us out, HumanKind is in its infancy but good games are still just a click… Read More »

Soren Johnson on yields in Old World

By | August 25, 2021

Soren Johnson has written another blog post about how the different yields in Old World were developed, and what considerations the developers had. An excerpt: “In contrast, Civ has relied on a much more abstract model that shifts around from game to game. In Civs 1 & 2, resources like Iron and Stone were turned into generic “production”… Read More »