Category Archives: Civilization V

Civ5 related news items

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #276

By | November 2, 2025

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and this is the perfect opportunity for more civ! And therefore we are giving you the next challenge for Civ5: In this “Game Of The Month” we ask you to play as Attila The Hun, on a standard-size great plains map on Deity level. The challenge is not… Read More »

25 years of Civfanatics – a retrospective – UPDATE: Also Civ4 anniversary

By | October 25, 2025

Time flies, when you’re playing civ, and the same applies when you are browsing the forums! Today is one of the days which can be considered the birthday of Civfanatics, and we turn 25, which is in the age of the internet nearly biblical. For this occasion we have written a retrospective, which hopefully includes the most interesting… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #274

By | October 6, 2025

For October we got you a brutal GOTM for Civ5: You play as Enrico Dandolo of Venice, and you need to win via a Domination victory, leaving the world in ashes. The game is set on a standard size “Small Continents Plus” map on Emperor. While you’re subjugating the world you still need to pay attention that no… Read More »

Steam autumn sale – Civ7 30% off, Civ7 DLCs 20-33% off (also all other civ titles with huge discounts) … and hints for future Civ7 content

By | October 1, 2025

The Steam autumn sale is currently going on, and the Civ titles are getting some discounts: For other Civ titles, we have: Currently there are no discounts for Civ3. And some more interesting news: Some forum sleuths found some good indicators for some future content, please check here.

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of the Month” #273

By | September 25, 2025

Summer is over, and we already got your the first autumn GOTM for Civ5: This time you are playing as Ahmad Al-Mansur of Morocco on a standard size Skirmish map on King difficulty. Your main challenge is to beat the game as fast as possible with a science victory, and to not let any over civ win another… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #272

By | September 3, 2025

We got you another “Game Of The Month” for Civ5 for you, in case you’re tired of the holidays and want again a tough competition! This time you compete as Ramkhamhaeng of Siam on a standard size oval map on Prince level. Your task is to finish as fast as possible with a diplomacy victory? You think you… Read More »

Civ7: Settlers edition now available, and 30% on Civ7 (and more sales)

By | August 11, 2025

Firaxis has today announced the “Settler Edition” for Civ7: This is a Civ7 edition which contains everything from the founders edition (not anymore available), besides some cosmetic items. This includes the Tecumseh DLC, the Rights To Rule and Crosswrods of the World DLC and 4 leader personas. You can have a look at the overview at the official… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #270

By | August 8, 2025

Also for the summer you’re getting a Civ5 GOTM! For this session you play as Pachacuti of the Inca on a standard size “South America” map on Immortal level. You need to win this game with a culture victory, and you must prevent that any other civ achieves another victory. You have until September 1 to play this… Read More »