Thunderfall’s New Game, Wonder Rails
A little detour from Civilization 🚂 I’ve been building Wonder Rails, a cozy model railway you can watch, ride, or drive in your browser. The first world is free – no download or account needed.
Monthly Archives: September 2026
Civilization at 35: the whole series in two minutes
Happy Civtember, everyone! Sid Meier’s Civilization turns 35 this month. The first game came out in September 1991, and we’ve all been saying “just one more turn” ever since. To celebrate, we made a short video that covers the entire series, from a single settler in 4000 BC to Civilization VII, in about two minutes. This is an… Read More »
Sid Meier’s Civilization I 35th Anniversary Celebration
Five years ago we celebrated Civ’s 30th at CivFanatics and Firaxis has recently been celebrating Civ’s 35th anniversary but because they were more series focused we’ve decided to focus on the original game itself this time and do a new Sid Meier’s Civilization I 35th Anniversary Celebration before the month ends! Civ1 was the brilliant creation of Sid Meier that started it all,… Read More »
Cee One Vee – Civilization 1 Game Boy Advance port (with Windows release too)
A year ago we posted about the Pocket Empires Civ1 demake for Game Boy Colour (which had a successful Kickstarter and is still under development) and now we’ve got a similar project by a different developer codename_B for the Game Boy Advance called Cee One Vee! Cee One Vee is a fan-made attempt to bring Civ1 to Nintendo’s… Read More »
Firaxis answers 30 community questions on Arc of Tomorrow and Earthrise
Creative Director Ed Beach and Lead Designer Matt Owens dig into Atomic Age pacing, proxy wars, the Planetarium, African civs, and how Earthrise ties space exploration back to Antiquity.
Civilization VI’s wonder movies rebuilt as full-length fan films
A fan project called WonderForge has rebuilt Civ6’s wonder construction movies as longer, scrubbable films — four are done, six more are in production, and the source is open under the MIT licence.
30 years later, Civilization 2 inspires new 4X game Genesis
Longtime CivFanatics user and legendary Civ2 modder Eivind IV has returned and announced the release of his own free Civilization II inspired 4X strategy game game, Genesis! Developed over roughly 1.5 years Genesis is playable on web & mobile and, perhaps most excitingly for Civ2 fans, is designed to import and play Civ2 scenarios. The game goes far… Read More »
Civ2: Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Scenario
CivFanatics user Blake00 has released his Red Alert 2 Siege of New York Scenario for Sid Meier’s Civilization 2. This scenario converts Civ2’s world map into a sprawling urban metropolis of towering skyscrapers to recreate first Allied mission in New York from Red Alert 2 using converted graphics from RA2 and some of the great RA2 fan projects… Read More »