For us old-timers among the CivFanatics: A MoO tabletop game is in the making!Polygon has today posted an article called “Master of Orion tabletop game to launch crowdfunding campaign next week“, talking about that a launch of a crowd-funding campaign is imminent!Classic civs like Psilons, Klackons, Darloks and Silicoids will be on-board, as well as e.g. Deathstar ships.The… Read More »
Firaxis has again shared some new and exciting news with us. We were well aware that France would be part of Civ7, and now we got all the details. The French Empire is a militaristic and diplomatic civ with a starting bias for wine (no joke). Their associated wonder is the Eiffel Tower, and one of their unique… Read More »
And in the new year we also continue to task you with a new Civ5 challenge each month! This time the team has prepared the following: We want you to play as Washington on a standard size Fractal map on Deity difficulty. You must win this game with a culture victory, and you got as usual one month… Read More »
Firaxis has started the new year with two new pieces of Civ7 info! As first, they have revealed the Civ guide for the Qing. Qing China is an economic and expansionist civ with a starting bias for Tundra. The Qing especially profit from imported goods, and having buildings and units stacked closely to each other will also give… Read More »
Polygon has released a new article today, in which they interview Ed Beach about some of the design choices in Civ7. He talks about the decision to split leaders and civs to allow more diverse/interesting choices, that they had 2 historians on the team and consulted with the Shawnee, that they considered the opposite with civs and leaders… Read More »
If you want to claim your place in the eternal Civ5 “Hall Of Fame” at CivFanatics, then now you got another chance! While we always accept your best-scoring game to be listed, we also like to give you specific challenges to tackle. This time we have these 2 for you: In the G-Major CLI we want you to… Read More »
Even in 2025 we continue to provide you a new Civ4 challenge each month! If you want to compete this month for the crown of best Civ4 player, then we want you to play the following game: You play as Bisma…. Weihnachtsman from the magical kingdom on a cold standard size Earth2 map on Monarch difficulty. The deadline… Read More »
The whole title doesn’t fit into the name of the thread, but it’s “Civilization 7 senior historian prays it’ll be a ‘gateway drug’ into textbooks: ‘I teach undergraduates in my other life, and my God, man, they don’t read’”.Our Firaxis forum resident @Andrew Johnson [FXS] told us about it, and he’s also the name-giving historian.For most of our… Read More »
