Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #118

By | September 8, 2021

The current “Game Of The Month” for Civilization 6 is out! In this monthly competition you can see if you can play a pre-defined starting position better than your fellow civ-fanatics. The game #118 is set on Prince level with Cleopatra of Egypt. For all other details please have a look at the thread here. May the best… Read More »

Old World designer notes #7: Soren Johnson on Characters

By | September 8, 2021

Soren Johnson has added a new blog post, about why the characters were added to Old World. Have a read here: https://www.designer-notes.com/?p=1714An excerpt: “Simply put, characters add a dynamism to Old World that prevents it from reaching ECS, the usual fate of most 4X games. The most obvious way characters disrupt the game’s stability is via diplomacy. Simply… Read More »

Official Old World user manual

By | September 7, 2021

Mohawk Games have released the offical manual for Old World: It’s a 100 pages long PDF document with all the basic explanations you need for the game. The manual has been made with the help of a Velociryx, https://www.twitch.tv/velociryx, the author of the SMAC/X strategy guide. You can find the manual here, and you can leave comments in our… Read More »

Community vote for best Humankind map

By | September 7, 2021

Amplitude has given us a reminder that there is a community vote in the the official map creation contest: The map with the most subscriptions will win the community prize. So if you like one of the many new maps for Humankind best, go here, download it, and help the creator win the prize! May the best map… Read More »

Civilization 6 World Cup: Match of the week

By | September 7, 2021

The Civ6 World Cup is again having matches! The match of the week will be played each Saturday at 13h GMT. If you wanted to watch some really good players beat each other in Civ6, then this is your chance again! Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Civ6WorldCup/status/1435197572264697856.

30 years of Civ: Read a new Civ1 story

By | September 4, 2021

For the month of September, we are still celebrating Civ’s 30th birthday! Our user zaphod2016 has written a story about his last conquest of the world with the Romans in the one and only Civ1, the original! If you wondered how the original looked, or just want to be reminded of the good old times, have a look… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back!

By | September 3, 2021

Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back! To celebrate the 30th birthday of Civilization, we are holding a contest: Give Civ a present, get one back! How would you do this? We are looking for any form of art, created for Civilization! Have you ever drawn something inspired by Civ? Made a sculpture? A lego… Read More »

Old World patch, September 1

By | September 3, 2021

The developers of Old World have released a new patch. The patch notes can be found here. Besides various tweaks, also more bonus cards and events were added. Discuss the new patch in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-september-1.672965/