Category Archives: Civilization III

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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 »

The Baltimore Banner: How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies

By | December 29, 2024

The Baltimore Banner, a news website dedicated to Baltimore, has just before Christmas ran a title called “How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies“.As many of you know, Baltimore is the home to our most important gaming studio, Firaxis, but not only that. Its predecessor, Microprose, responsible for Civ1+2 was also situated in Baltimore,… Read More »

Current 4X sales!

By | December 20, 2024

It’s sales times on Steam, and there is a great selection to choose from! From the civ franchise we got: Other interesting games are also on sale, and include: Save some money for Civ7 though ;).

Civilization 3 Hall Of Fame – Update

By | December 15, 2024

The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been lively this year. After years with 30 games submitted and 41 games submitted in 2022 and 2023, 104 games have been submitted so far this year, including 10 in the most recent Black Friday update. Highest Firaxis Score Congratulations to Spoonwood for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard… Read More »

Mega Sid Meier Humble Bundle again available

By | November 9, 2024

The Humble Bundle has again the Sid Meier collection on sale.This includes obviously our beloved Civ titles, from Civ3 to Civ6 (including DLCs and addons), with also Civ:BE (including Starships), followed by Sid Meier’s Pirates, Railroads, Ace Patrol and Pacific Sky.To ge the whole bundle with all the titles you only need to pay 16.62, which is a… Read More »

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month” #169 + #196

By | October 5, 2024

The Civ3 GOTM team has come up with new challenges for you for the quarterly Civ3 GOTM! In the GOTM for “Play The World”, you play as Tokugawa of the Japanese on a normal size continents map with a cool climate and sedentary barbarians. The difficulty level is deity. There are some custom rules in this game, as… Read More »

PolyCast 436: They Say Strategy is Dying

By | August 9, 2024

The four-hundred-and-thirty-sixth episode of PolyCast, “They Say Strategy is Dying“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m22s | Study the Past by Firaxis: Civ 1, Civ 2, and Civ 3– 00h03m48s | OId World: Behind the Throne… Read More »

Civilization 3 Hall Of Fame – Update

By | August 9, 2024

The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. 12 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to BlackBetsy for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Large Deity Cultural 100k game for 12696 points. Spoonwood was the most active player during this update, submitting 9 games. Only 1 player was brave enough to take… Read More »