Yearly Archives: 2022

FreeMars: A “Colonization” version on Mars

By | January 8, 2022

Our user blake00 has again been very active and produced a new video! In this video, he showcases/reviews the FreeMars project. FreeMars is a freely available version of our beloved Colonization, but this time set on Mars. The goal is the same as in the original Colonization: Build up your colonies, and declare independence from the motherland (earth,… Read More »

TurnBasedLovers: Turn-Based RPGs & Strategy Games of January 2022

By | January 6, 2022

TurnBasedLovers have published an article, anticipating new turn-based games for January 2022. This article includes not only strategy games, but also RPGs. Most interesting for us civ-fanatics are probably Expeditions: Rome, which is a group-based RPG set in Roman times and Warriors: Rise To Glory, which is a turn-based fighting game set in a pseudo-Roman setting. For the… Read More »

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #228

By | January 4, 2022

New year, new “Game Of The Month”! The team has again put something together to challenge you directly at the beginning of the year! This time you play as Hammurabi on a standard size fractal map on Noble level. You have until February 3 to finish this game. All details can be found here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-228-hammurabi-noble-starts-3-jan.674742/

History: An Imperial Letter From Süleyman the Magnificent to Dom João III Concerning Proposals for an Ottoman-Portuguese Armistice

By | January 3, 2022

The Twitter user paisley_trees, who is a history reseacher at Yale, has put our attention to this letter, which was sent by Süleyman the Magnificent to Dom Joao III of Portugal, who are both leaders in Civ6. This letter actually concerns a trade agreement between both countries. Both Ottomans and Portugese had some confrontations regarding the domination of… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month”

By | January 2, 2022

Right before we went into the holidays, the Civ6 team has prepared you another GOTM, so that your holidays don’t have to be calm and peaceful ;). For this GOTM you play Mansa Musa of Mali on a standard size inland sea map on Deity level. You have until January 25 to finish this game. You can find… Read More »