Yearly Archives: 2021

PolyCast 388: Romans are the Yankees of Civilization

By | August 16, 2021

The three hundred-and-eighty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Romans are the Yankees of Civilization“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: Forum Talk– 00h02m15s | Will we be playing Civ on the Steam Deck?– 00h17m55s | What do your loved ones call Civ?.Senate– 00h25m39s… Read More »

The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #3

By | August 16, 2021

Now you can read the 3rd CivFanatics review of Humankind. We had asked multiple people of the community to review the game. One of them is kcd_swede, who has been making maps for our Game-of-the-Month competitions for Civ, so he knows the Civ series well. An excerpt: “I learned why putting an outpost next to Yellowstone natural wonder… Read More »

The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #2

By | August 16, 2021

And the second review of Humankind here at CivFanatics is out. We have recruited some of our senior and long-time members at CFC to review this game, and you can now read the review of Tonny, who is a huge Civ4 fan. An excerpt: “Humankind is one massive game which you can enjoy for many years to come.… Read More »

The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #1

By | August 16, 2021

In anticipation of the launch of Humankind tomorrow, we have recruited some of our senior members to play the game and to tell us what they think. Our member Victoria has played the game for a week, and has now posted a thread to tell us what she thinks. Have a read here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/a-review-of-humankind.672435/ Excerpt: “Diplomacy is certainly… Read More »

Firaxis is looking for a narrative lead with a ‘knowledge and passion for world history’

By | August 15, 2021

As multiple sources on Twitter and from various gaming magazines have pointed out, Firaxis is hiring for various positions, including a narrative lead with knowledge about world history. What does this mean…? I think we can only speculate ;). Read some news items here: Discuss here at Civfanatics: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/it-sure-looks-like-civilization-7-is-getting-underway-at-firaxis-pcgamesn.672409/ Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1427002147493842945

Civilization 6 LEGO brickheadz

By | August 13, 2021

What could be better to build your empire than LEGO? At least that’s what our user Scaramanga thought. He build the Civ leaders has brickheadz https://www.lego.com/en-us/kids/brickheadz . Check out his gallery https://forums.civfanatics.com/media/albums/lego-civ-6-leader-brickheadz.214/ or the latest thread https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/jo%C3%A3o-iii-in-lego-brickheadz-form-moc.672189/ . Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1426144382797950979

Old World update #65

By | August 12, 2021

The developers of Old World have updated the game yesterday with a new patch. There seem to be mainly improvements on the multiplayer side, as well as bug fixes. Read the details here.

New Alpha Centauri scenarios!

By | August 12, 2021

We truly have very dedicated fans here at CivFanatics. Our member Darsnan has added 7 new Alpha Centauri scenarios to our scenario repository . If you thought about firing up this game again, then try this new content! Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1425749136691941377