Monthly Archives: June 2024

Ancient Mycenaean Armor Was Suitable for Extended Combat, Research Confirms

By | June 26, 2024

This article is already a month old, but just popped up on social media:Researchers have tried to tackle a question if a 3500 old armour from Mycenean Greece was used for ceremonial purposes or for real fighting. Apparently no descriptions about this armor have survived into modern times.The researchers therefore have made replicas of the armor, and recruited… Read More »

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season Eight – Game 4

By | June 23, 2024

AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla. The Game 3 outcome this past Friday had to be one of the most shocking in Survivor history. Sitting Bull of the Native Americans won a cultural victory while Frederick of Germany placed a strong second. Historically, Sitting Bull… Read More »

Study The Past – a series retrospective: A Look Back at Civilization II

By | June 21, 2024

The Civilization Twitter account has posted the second video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 2. They highlight the isometric map, hitpoints, and a revolution in diplomacy (which shows the advisors). If you want to discuss this video with us, then join us here.

Study The Past – a series retrospective

By | June 20, 2024

The Civ Twitter account has published a video about Civ1, when the first important features were created. This is supposedly the first video out of a series, where also the other titles will be featured, so we will also see Civ2-Civ6. If you want to discuss the video(s) with us, then join us here.

Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 19 – Narrative events

By | June 19, 2024

And we are now at the 19th dev diary for Ara: History Untold.This time the devs talk events. The events will be more important than in Civ4, and more comparable to Old World. They are used for role playing, and to show progression through history. There are also inter-related invents, which build upon each other, really telling a… Read More »

Civ6 Challenge of the Month June: Terra Incognita

By | June 18, 2024

Firaxis has published the next “Challenge Of The Month” for Civ6, and you actually get four challenges: You can play this game as Joao III or as Matthias Corvinus, on Prince or Emperor level. You start on a large map in the Renaissance era, with marathon speed and a 200 turns limit. The resources are abundant, but not… Read More »

Millennia – Update 4

By | June 17, 2024

The next update for Millennia has been published! This will be the last update before the summer, but after the summer you will get another one, and the next DLC is also planned for this time! This update includes a raft of balancing changes, interface changes, bug fixes. Have a look at the complete list here.

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season Eight – Game 3

By | June 16, 2024

AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla. In the Game 2 matchup, Justinian of Byzantium returned with a real statement victory by Dominating the field. Justinian again showed why he is such a strong AI leader. Gilgamesh of Sumeria finished second. Cathy of Russia was shown… Read More »