Robert Zubek, the author of the book “Elements of Game Design”, has written a blog post about the tech tree differences between Humankind and Civilization 5. He first talks about the tech tree as a game mechanic device to simulate progress, and afterwards talks about the differences between the two games, mostly that Humankind’s tech tree focuses way… Read More »
It’s currently again sales time, and many titles of our most beloved game series are on sale! Civ3 Complete: 1.24€ on Steam, 1.29€ on GOG Civ4 Complete, including Civ4:Col: 5€ on GOG, 5€ on Steam Civ5 Brave New World (only 1 of the 2 addons on sale): 7.49€ on Steam Civ6: Base game 8.99€ addon Gathering Storm 9.99… Read More »
IGN has just published an interview with some of the most important people in Civ history: Soren Johnson, Jon Shafer, Ed Beach and Anton Strenger, who each gave a bit of new direction for Civ.They talk in the interview about how they started with Civ, their most-liked additions to Civ, and how they see Civ in the whole… Read More »
The “Review Of Managerial Science” has a few days ago puliblished an article called “Good gamers, good managers? A proof-of-concept study with Sid Meier’s Civilization“. In this article, 4 scientist of the University of Lichtenstein, the University of Rotterdam and the University of Münster had the hypothesis that being good at games, which require managing skills, might also… Read More »
Our user JFD has together with some other dedicated members of the modding community released the “Modder’s Monthly” #14. In this issue they review the new civs from TopHatPaladin, the Monopoly++ mod collection, and the Harmony in Diversity mod, talk about colour schemes for Civs and interview the modders participating in the10th anniversary Civ collection, among other things.… Read More »
The GOTM team has again created a new challenging game for you. Can you show us this month that you’re the best of the best? Make your empire great again! This month you play as Maria of Portugal on a standard size Archipelago map on Prince level. You have until December 3 to finish this game. For all… Read More »
Green Man Gaming currently has a sale due to the 25th birthday of Aspyr. Aspyr titles are between 50-80% discounted, with Civ5, Civ:BE and Civ6 and their expansions having 50-75% off. You can find all the deals here: https://www.greenmangaming.com/publisher-sale/aspyr/
Our user LastSword has released a very sophisticated mod, which we think is worth having a look at. The Scenario Generator allows you to set up any type of mid-game scenario, with further follow-up scenarios. There are also numerous more changes, like the introduction of a stacking system, removal of unique abilities, unique units depending on your development,… Read More »