The veterans here at CivFanatics will remember Civ2 and Civ3: Civ2 had a throne room, which you could upgrade and make more fancy whenever your had a we-love-the-X day in one of your cities. Civ3 did something similar with a palace. Both features were nice to look at, but did not affect the gameplay at all, and were… Read More »
Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back! To celebrate the 30th birthday of Civilization, we are holding a contest: Give Civ a present, get one back! How would you do this? We are looking for any form of art, created for Civilization! Have you ever drawn something inspired by Civ? Made a sculpture? A lego… Read More »
Happy birthday Civilization! 30 years ago, in September 1991, the original Civilization was released. We have followed Civ through the years, loved every installement, and we are still here, waiting for the next title to come. Congratulations, and let’s hope for 30 years of more turns! It also seems that GOG is celebrating this anniversary! Right now you… Read More »
Until the end of September it is still possible to participate in the Civ3 “Game of the Month”. Play a pre-set game, and see if you do better than your fellow civ-fanatics! We currently have one game for each of the 2 expansions going on. For C3C, you can play as the Dutch on demi-god level on map… Read More »
Civ3 player tomma has started a new story, about his Civ3 game with the Tides of Crimson mod. If you want to read how a proper fantasy mod plays in Civ3, have a look here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-rise-of-the-hobbit-empire-a-tides-of-crimson-story.672413/ .
The European Space Agency had 2 missions arrive in the recent days at Venus, Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo, together with a Japanese JAXA mission, Akatsuki, see ESA information here https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_gets_ready_for_double_Venus_flyby . But Civ-fans can already be far ahead, and explore Venus themself! We have maps for Civ3 and Civ4 of Venus, based on previous scans of the Venus… Read More »
The creator of the original Civilization computer game, Sid Meier himself, has written a memoir that will be published this September. More information may be found in this PC Games article. Or check out the book’s website, which has links to places to pre-order it.
Humble Bundle is currently offering Civ3 Complete for FREEÂ for a limited time. At the time of this post, there are 22.5 hours left for this offer. A free Steam account is required for key redemption. Thanks to greatBeyond for the news tip. >> Related forum thread