Yearly Archives: 2021

Old mods still going strong!

By | August 8, 2021

The users of CFC are our best asset. Not only do we get great strategy guides, mods and overall discussions, but sometimes we also get some rare art pieces. A new user, AppTitan, has recently joined, and brought this picture (and some sketches) with him, for the Fall from Heaven II modmod of MagisterCultuum. Check the mod out… Read More »

Recent announcement of new UNESCO world heritage sites – Which is civ-worthy?

By | August 7, 2021

The UNESCO recently announced the new world heritage sites, see this news item:https://en.unesco.org/news/danube-limes-added-unescos-world-heritage-list-closing-years-inscriptionsOn the UNESCO list are many famous cultural and natural sites https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ , like the Great Wall of China or the Taj Mahal, which we all also know as being wonders in various Civ parts. This year a combined list of 2020 and 2021 has been… Read More »

Watch strategy legend Sulla beat the Civ4 AI… again!

By | August 6, 2021

Sulla, our renowned Civ4 master strategist, is currently fighting the finale of the 6th season of his AI survivor series. If you want to see how he’s doing right now, join him on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/lcsullla . For more information about his AI survivor series, check out his home page https://sullla.com/civ4survivorindex.html Join this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1423721423403724805

Play the current Civ4 and Civ6 “Game Of the Month!”

By | August 6, 2021

The “Game Of The Month” is a traditional effort of the Civ community, to provide a new challenge each month. Our GOTM teams create each time a save game, for which you have the goal to outcompete everyone else at CFC in winning. Can you show us that you’re true civ-fanatic, and beat everyone else? Check out the… Read More »

Check out Venus!

By | August 5, 2021

The European Space Agency had 2 missions arrive in the recent days at Venus, Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo, together with a Japanese JAXA mission, Akatsuki, see ESA information here https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_gets_ready_for_double_Venus_flyby . But Civ-fans can already be far ahead, and explore Venus themself! We have maps for Civ3 and Civ4 of Venus, based on previous scans of the Venus… Read More »

Offworld Trading Company Free on Epic (Jul 15 – Jul 21)

By | July 15, 2021

Epic Games offers one or two free games every week. From July 15th to July 21st, you can get Soren Johnson’s Offworld Trading Company for free. Check it out! EDIT (7/22): This offer is no longer available.

PolyCast 386: Machine Learning

By | June 29, 2021

The three hundred-and-eighty-sixth episode of PolyCast, “Machine Learning“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: Forum Talk– 00h01m29s | Civ VII could Make It’s A.I. Smarter and How fixing the A.I. should be easy– 00h37m41s | Firaxis’ “Impossible Save” is not-so-impossible.–… Read More »

PolyCast 385: Perverse Incentives

By | June 19, 2021

The three hundred-and-eighty-fifth episode of PolyCast, “Perverse Incentives“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m23s | Civilization VI Anthology released– 00h09m56s | Firaxis Leader RoyaleForum Talk– 00h25m18s | How Does Civ VI compare to Civ V?– 00h47m46s |… Read More »