PCGamer: Revisiting Colonization, Sid Meier’s overlooked resource juggler

By | August 22, 2022

PCGamer has published an article about another game which is dear to us: The original Colonization. In this article the author writes about it was in the shadow of civ, about the struggles of resouce management, dealing with the natives, the lackluster combat and obviously the one-more-turn feeling. An excerpt:“For an indecisive player like me, it’s torture. I… Read More »

Win a copy of ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs

By | August 19, 2022

Win a copy of ZOR: Pilgrimage of the SlorfsThere are a lot of Civ fans, as you know. As it turns out, some of these fans are also game developers, and long time lurkers at CFC!One of them is @Righteous Hammer Games , who will release his game ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs on August 30 on Steam. He’s excited about the… Read More »

Humankind 1 year anniversary

By | August 17, 2022

more info: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/831

Podcast on Meena Shamaly singing for Old World

By | August 13, 2022

The singer Meena Shamaly sang for some of Christopher Tin’s songs in Old World (e.g. the one linked above).He got interviewed by the podcast Level With Emily Resse, and talked about his singing and work as consultant for Arabic music in Old World. For the podcast please click here.You can also find Meena Shamaly on Twitter here.

Play Unciv: A free Civ5 implementation for your phone (also desktop)

By | August 10, 2022

I know, we have Civ6 available on various consoles, and with FreeCiv and FreeCol there are also the old Civ games for you to play for free. But what about if you want to have a chilled game of Civ5 somewhere? If you didn’t know, you can also do that with UnCiv! UnCiv is a free and open… Read More »

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #240

By | August 8, 2022

And we continue to give you entertainment which doesn’t require you to go into the heat! In this “Game Of The Month” you play as King Arthur (with the traits of Julius Cesar) of England on a standard size map of Great Britain on Noble level. You have until September 6 to create Great Britain. For all details,… Read More »

Vote for Sid Meier’s Civilization I and II to be added to GoG

By | August 6, 2022

As a civ-fanatic you might, like us, live a bit in constant pain, because you simply cannot buy Civ1 and Civ2 anymore :(. The reasons are probably complicated, and related to a not-so-easy licensing situation after Microprose was bought. But as you know, you can buy Colonization on GOG, so it must be possible. If just Firaxis and… Read More »

Old World update #95

By | August 3, 2022

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes various balancing changes, e.g. the Hold Court mission now has a 20% chance to find a new Courtier, stability patches to the late game multiplayer, improved modding for map scripts, UI improvements for the steam deck, and more. For all… Read More »