Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

Imperium – a spiritual successor to Ascendancy

By | May 21, 2026

This will test the memories of many of our CivFanatics but do any of you remember the 1995 classic Ascendancy? After Master of Orion took the Civilization formula to the stars many other 4X space games followed each with a different take, and Ascendancy’s big change was constructing buildings in terrain slots across the planet surface as well… Read More »

Imperialist – Exploit the New World to control the Old!

By | May 11, 2026

We got a new game announcement which will probably interest quite some civfanatics! Dale, co-developer of Old World and long-time civ fan is now working on his own independent game, called “Imperialist”. As you can guess from the context and title, this is a turn-based 4X game, set during the age of imperialism. You might now be thinking… Read More »

1492 – Colonization of the New World – Now Available!

By | April 26, 2026

Our user SaltyOlives has notified us that they and their team have released their Colonization inspired game “1492 – Colonization of the New World”. As you can guess, this is a game about colonizing the new world in a turn-based way. You can lead one of 8 European nations, and you must settle unknown lands, build up your… Read More »

[April Fool’s] Firaxis, Mohawk Announce Sid Meier’s Older World

By | April 1, 2026

Just two days after releasing the Empires of the Indus expansion, Mohawk Games has announced what they are working on next – a dinosaur-themed strategy game. Sid Meier will be on loan to Mohawk to create the game that he described in 2022 as his “holy grail” game. Meanwhile, Soren Johnson will be spending the remainder of 2026 working with Firaxis… Read More »

Old World – Empires of the Indus DLC Released

By | March 30, 2026

Mohawk Games has released the next DLC for Old World: The Empires Of The Indus DLC. The new DLC obviously brings 3 new civilizations from the Indus valley (the Maurya, the Yuezhi and the Tamilakam), as well as the Huns, four new wonders, Hinduism and Buddhism, a new terrain type (jungle), new events and more. The latest episode… Read More »

Old World – Empires of the Indus DLC announced

By | March 2, 2026

Mohawk Games has announced today the next DLC for Old World: The Empires Of The Indus DLC. The new DLC obviously brings 3 new civilizations from the Indus valley (the Maurya, the Yuezhi and the Tamilakam), as well as the Huns, new wonders, religion, a new terrain type (jungle), new events and more. The DLC is supposed to… Read More »

Anno 117: Pax Romana – Free to play this weekend!

By | February 25, 2026

In case you might want to play something which is not Civ (although we doubt), you get an easy chance this weekend: The ancient city builder Anno 117: Pax Romana will be free to play from Thurday February 26 or Friday February 27 (depending on time zone) until Monday March 2. You can play the game for free… Read More »

Play BirdCiv, an online Civ2 version

By | February 20, 2026

Our user hibiird has been playing around with the programming language Scratch, and has programmed an online version which adheres rather closely to Civ2. He has released the first version of it, which is not yet perfect, but is playable with all features, like building cities, improving tiles, resarching technologies and fighting wars. If you want to have… Read More »