Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #254

By | July 22, 2023

For the Civ4 GOTM we have this time an easy, but confusing game. You play Zara Yacoub of Ethiopia on a standard size donut map on Noble level. This game has unrestricted and aggressive leaders, tech brokering is deactivated, alliances are permanent, and sea levels will rise, it’s a chaos! You have until August 15 to get through… Read More »

Hexarchy turns Civilization into an accessible 4X card game that you can finish in an hour

By | July 21, 2023

Today, PC Gamer has published an article about Hexarchy, titled “Hexarchy turns Civilization into an accessible 4X card game that you can finish in an hour”. In this article PC Game describes a bit how the deck building mechanics work, how you gather resources, and that you can finish a match in a single evening. An excerpt: While… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #163

By | July 20, 2023

And we continue the GOTM at scenic places, this time you get a lake view! You play as Elizabeth I of England on a hot and wet standard size island plates map with abundant resources on Deity level. You need to go for a science victory, and prevent all other civs from getting one of the other victories… Read More »

TurnBasedLovers: Top 20 Modern Turn-Based Strategy Games to Play in 2023

By | July 19, 2023

TurnBasedLovers has published another article/video, which is interesting to the CFC community, called “Top 20 Modern Turn-Based Strategy Games to Play in 2023“. The authors have made a list of interesting turn-based games from the last year, with no particular order in them, but all interesting.For the 4X fans among us, there is plenty of fodder, as they… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #225

By | July 15, 2023

Also for this “Game Of The Month” we give you a summer feeling with a nice beach scenario! You play as Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon on a standard size inland sea map on Deity level. You need to strive for a science victory, but at the same time you must prevent all other civs from reaching another victory. The… Read More »

GameHistoryOrg: 87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games

By | July 11, 2023

The video game history foundation has posted an article, which is not about Civ1 or Civ2, but still in the current context very relevant. The article describes that 87% of historic video games (range 1960-2009) are currently not available at all. While many games can be bought on online platforms like Steam or GoG, the vast majority, nearly… Read More »

Old World update #110

By | July 6, 2023

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes, among other things like bugfixes and performance improvements some changes to MP like allowing players to change midgame when loading a save, and tribes and AI nations can now also raze cities. Discuss this update with us here (and read… Read More »

The Civ4 “Hall Of Fame” has been upated

By | July 5, 2023

The Civ4 Hall Of Fame has again gotten an update! New players have been inaugurated in our everlasting Hall Of Civ Fame! You can find the whole overview in this thread! 14 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to jnebbe for the highest score of the update with a Huge, Normal, Emperor, Domination game for 406,949… Read More »