Category Archives: Civilization III

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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 »

Civilization: Full Map (2024 Edition)

By | July 26, 2024

Before we get to Civ7 and will be busy playing it, our master cartographer bite has released his latest project: The ultimate map. On this maps (maps per region), you will find every feature from the Civilization franchise. All civilizations which appeared in Civ1-6, all city states, world wonders and other map features. Are you curious which are… Read More »

PolyCast 434: Zip! Give It To Me!

By | July 21, 2024

The four-hundred-and-thirty-fourth episode of PolyCast, “Zip! Give It To Me!“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m28s | Alpha Centauri Released on Steam– 00h12m05s | May Challenge of the Month: Reach for the HeavensForum Talk–… Read More »

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month” #168 and #195

By | July 6, 2024

For the long summer months you also get 2 new GOTMs for Civ3! For the addon “Play The World” you get the GOTM 195: You play as Persia on a customized normal size Archipelago map with 8 opponents and roaming barbarians. Gallery are available earlier, to allow an earlier expansion. The deadline for this game is September 30.… Read More »

Study The Past – a Civilization series retrospective (Civ 3)

By | July 4, 2024

The official Civilization social media accounts have published a third video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 3. They highlight it’s new culture mechanics, strategic resources, refined Civiliopedia and reactive borders. It’s also worth noting that over the years CivFanatics members have created some truly amazing total conversion mods for Civ3 based on Starwars,… Read More »