Category Archives: GOTM

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month” #201 and #174

By | January 1, 2026

The new year has just started, and in case you are already feeling the urge to play another round of Civ3, then we got exactly the right thing for you: The new “Game Of The Month” for Civ3 is available! For Civ3 with the addon “Play The World” we got the GOTM 201, where you play as the… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #279

By | December 16, 2025

And you are also getting the last Civ5 “Game Of The Month” for the year 2025! This time we challenge you to play as Oda Nobunaga on a standard size “small continents” map on (fittingly) Emperor level. Unfittingly, you must win a diplomacy victory though, and prevent all other civs from winning another victory. The earlier you win,… Read More »

Play the new Civ7 “Game Of The Month” #13

By | December 14, 2025

And it’s time for the special December “Game Of The Month”, called the “Krampus” edition. This is again a challenge for you, but with some more spiced-up requirements. The basics are that you play Machiavelli of Aksum on a huge Archipelago map on Deity level. The disaster intensity is catastrophic, and the independents are hostile. As special requirements… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #278

By | December 5, 2025

Also for the “Game Of The Month” the year comes to an end, and we are still providing you a last challenge to play (for this year, new to come next year). If you dare to, then you can play this time as Hiawatha of the Iroquois on a huge Arborea map on King level. You must win… Read More »

Play the Civ7 “Game Of The Month” #12

By | December 1, 2025

The “Game Of The Month” is a community challenge, where we dare you to play game of Civ7, and show us that you are better than the rest of the civ-fanatics! For December, we have gotten you another one of these challenges. The prepared savegame starts you as Lafayette of Rome. For the GOTM we require you also… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #277

By | November 18, 2025

We start winter with another challenge for you. In this Civ5 “Game Of The Month” you play as Dido of Carthage on a small “large islands” map on Prince level. You must win via a domination victory, but all victories are enabled, meaning you must prevent other civs from e.g. winning a space or culture victory. The deadline… Read More »

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 »