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Recent announcement of new UNESCO world heritage sites – Which is civ-worthy?

By | August 7, 2021
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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 »

Offworld Trading Company Free on Epic (Jul 15 – Jul 21)

By | July 15, 2021
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Epic Games offers one or two free games every week. From July 15th to July 21st, you can get Soren Johnson’s Offworld Trading Company for free. Check it out! EDIT (7/22): This offer is no longer available.

Sid Meier’s Memoir!

By | October 13, 2020
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Sid Meier’s memoir is now available wherever books are sold. Read the stories behind classic and influential games like Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, and, of course, Civilization. To support the CivFanatics website, purchase through this link. The book’s website is here. Discuss the book in the forums here.

One More Turn Season 6 Commentary

By | September 25, 2019
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A few of the cast reflect on [u]One More Turn[/u]’s sixth season on what was, and what was not, realized by its end. The show’s ninteenth bonus feature production, Season 6 Commentary, [url=http://onemoreturn.net/#s6commentary]is now available[/url]. It has a runtime of 02h01m42s. [u]OMT[/u] features the voice talents of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net]PolyCast[/url] co-founder [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url] and current regular… Read More »

One More Turn Episode 616: “Shifting Tides”

By | July 31, 2019
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From a clever to a suddenly surreal moment. The sixteenth episode of dramedy podcast [u]One More Turn[/u]’s ([u]OMT[/u]) sixth and final season [url=http://onemoreturn.net/episodes6.php#episode616]is now available[/url]. Entitled “Shifting Tides”, it has a runtime of 10m43s. A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on Twitter and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/onemoreturnshow]check out[/url]… Read More »

One More Turn Episode 614: “Realignment”

By | July 10, 2019
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Just when it seems the conversation can’t get any more dysfunctional, it does. The fourteenth episode of dramedy podcast [u]One More Turn[/u]’s ([u]OMT[/u]) sixth and final season [url=http://onemoreturn.net/episodes6.php#episode614]is now available[/url]. Entitled “Realignment”, it has a runtime of 11m01s. A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on… Read More »

One More Turn Episode 604: “Lined Up”

By | March 27, 2019
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Two different directions to the same destination, then a call to return both to sender. The fourth episode of dramedy podcast [u]One More Turn[/u]’s ([u]OMT[/u]) sixth and final season [url=http://onemoreturn.net/episodes6.php#episode604]is now available[/url]. Entitled “Lined Up”, it has a runtime of 08m43s. A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow… Read More »

One More Turn Dramedy Podcast, Season 6 Premieres This March

By | February 27, 2019
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Taking their final turns. The arrival of the sixth and final season of the [url=http://onemoreturn.net]dramedy podcast series[/url] [u]One More Turn[/u] ([u]OMT[/u]), where geeks deal with non-geeky problems, is almost here. The 3m11s season promo [url=http://onemoreturn.net/#promo6]now released[/url] lets listeners in on lines from a number of show’s nineteen Season 6 episodes. Writer and creator [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url] and ten… Read More »