Category Archives: Old World

Old World designer notes #9: Soren Johnson on events

By | October 1, 2021

Soren Johnson has published a new blog post, this time about “events”, have a read here. Soren this time writes about how the random events in Civ4 were a necessesity to allow scripted actions happen, and that they were missed from Civ2, since they allowed great story mods there. He didn’t want to repeat them in Old World,… Read More »

Old World patch #72, September 29

By | September 29, 2021

The creators of Old World have released a new patch. This update includes 2 new events, and otherwise mostly balancing changes. The full change log can be found here: https://mohawkgames.com/2021/09/29/old-world-update-72/ Discuss this patch in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-72-september-29-2021.673469/

Old World patch #71, September 22

By | September 22, 2021

The creators of Old World have released a new patch. This update includes 29 new events, a new map script, new music, and more! The full change log can be found here: https://mohawkgames.com/2021/09/22/old-world-update-71/ Discuss this patch in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-71-september-22.673381/

Old World designer notes #8: Soren Johnson on opinions

By | September 16, 2021

Soren Johnson has published a new blog post, this time about “Opinions”, have a read here. This blog post is mostly about how in the Civ games, you would mainly need to deal with threats from the outside, and the only thing which internally is causing issues is unhappiness and related concepts. This is a very simple mechanic,… Read More »

Old World patch, September 15

By | September 15, 2021

The developers of Old World have released a new patch. Besides various bug fixes, the game now includes a manual and a tutorial! Discuss this patch in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-september-15.673281/ Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohawkgames/status/1438249262496686081

More sales: Stellaris for free, 10% discount on Old World

By | September 14, 2021

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 »

PCGamer: “The top 100 PC games”, including Old World!

By | September 13, 2021

PCGamer has published an article about the top 100 games, which you should be playing this year. While this is time-wise tight, with an average of 3 days per game, you need to make a selection, so we are very happy that this is not too hard: Old World has been included in the list! From the article:… Read More »

Old World patch, September 9

By | September 9, 2021

The developers of Old World have released a new patch. They have made various tweaks to the religious components and also added more events, among other things. Discuss this patch in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-september.673147/ Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohawkgames/status/1436075294314704896