Our friend and steamer TheCivShow has organized together with other known Civ streamers (Boesthius, VanBradley, Peppermint_Butler, OnSpotTV, Foybles, 100games100days, and 3 more to be announced) the CivGive2021: It is a charity event to raise money for local Sick Kids hospitals and the Children’s Miracle Network. The goal is to raise $50.000, and the event will culminate with a… Read More »
GOG has currently a sale on various games from Blizzard and Activision. The main item of interest for us Civ-fanatics is the old “Call To Power 2” game, which had “Civilization” scraped from its name due to licensing rights, but is otherwise a very civ-like game and worth a look for fans of old games. “Call To Power… Read More »
So much time has passed, since the “birth” of Civ. Many people know the game, and all the details about its mechanics. But do you know about all the small things and little jokes, created by Firaxis or the community? You haven’t seen CivAnon, the Civ4 throne room, or about Elvis? No? Have a read here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/30-years-civ-all-the-little-things-you-didnt-know.673477/ And… Read More »
Paradox Interactive has currently a sale of a big bunch of their games. There are discounts up to 80% on various games, including Hearts of Iron IV, Europa Universales IV, Crusader Kings III, Stellaris (currently free), and more. Check out the sales here.
Next to the ongoing Stardock sale, there is more fodder coming for us Civ-fanatics! Stellaris, a 4X space game from Paradox, is for free until September 20. Get it for free here. But if you’re looking for something newer, more civ-like, then have a look at Old World, which is currently 10% discounted down to 30€ until September… Read More »
Steam has currently a sale of various Stardock games. The “Galactic Civilizations” series has also a standing fan community on CFC, and “Galactic Civilizations III” (Ultimate Edition) is right now discounted from 91€ down to 32€. You can discuss this game here. The game “Fallen Enchantress” is a turn-based fantasy game, and was co-developed by Kael, who was… Read More »
A very dedicated Civ6 fan is building the Civ6 wonders in Minecraft. An article in PCGamesN today highlights the Great Lighthouse (on reddit). On the creators youtube channel you can find 6 more of the wonders (like the Hanging Gardens, from the screenshot here), and they plan to do more. This is how you can tell that someone… Read More »
The UNESCO recently announced the new world heritage sites, see this news item:https://en.unesco.org/news/danube-limes-added-unescos-world-heritage-list-closing-years-inscriptionsOn the UNESCO list are many famous cultural and natural sites https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ , like the Great Wall of China or the Taj Mahal, which we all also know as being wonders in various Civ parts. This year a combined list of 2020 and 2021 has been… Read More »