New civ guide: Siam

By | January 15, 2025

Firaxis has today given us one of the last civ guides for the base game, and we got a surprise reveal, which nobody had on their radar: Siam. This surprise also ensures that we cannot have both Britain and Germany in the base game, which will certainly spark interesting discussions. For an overview over all civs please see… Read More »

Civilization VII Dev Diary #7: Legends & Mementos

By | January 14, 2025

Firaxis has released another dev diary today, and they are talking about “legends & mementos”. Firaxis wants to make it more fun to play through any game of civ. In Civ5 and Civ6 this was helped by achievements. But for Civ7, the devs thought of more. You will be able to keep track of your whole progress over… Read More »

Civ7: Russia as a civ and Catherine the Great

By | January 13, 2025

Today Firaxis revealed the second last civilization and an associated leader: We are getting Russia and Catherine the Great. Russia is a cultural and scientific civ with a starting bias for tundra and furs. Russia has as UUs Cossacks and the Katyusha, and gets as their associated wonder the Hermitage. For more information have a look at the… Read More »

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month”

By | January 11, 2025

If you’re looking for a challenge for Civ3, then don’t go further, and look here! The new “Game Of The Month” is available, you can try to tackle the following to savegames: In the GOTM #197 for the addon “Play The World” you will play as Carthage on a normal sized wet and warm pangaea map on regent… Read More »

Polygon: Master of Orion tabletop game to launch crowdfunding campaign next week

By | January 10, 2025

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 »

Civ7 update: France, Lafayette as a leader, and Steamdeck certified!

By | January 9, 2025

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 »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #260

By | January 9, 2025

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 »

New civ7 civ guide, Qing, and dev diary #6 about diplomacy

By | January 8, 2025

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 »