Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

Tacticon 2023 from May 11 to May 15!

By | May 5, 2023

The information for the next Tacticon is out!The Tacticon is an online strategy convention, which features talks (about e.g. the Art Of War), streams, new demos for interesting strategy titles, and also sales.This year 100+ titles will be present, including Endless Dungeon, and many others.The sale will include interesting titles like Timberborn, Lords of Rigel, Terra Invicta, the… Read More »

Raffle: Win a copy of PocketCiv!

By | May 2, 2023

As you know, we like a game called “Civilization”. Sometimes we also like some other games, but even better if they also have a “civ” in it! Recently we stumbled upon the game “PocketCiv“, thanks to their Twitter account. As you can guess from the title, it’s a neat and small civ-like game, staying more in the ancient… Read More »

PolyCast 413: Christmas Special?

By | April 29, 2023

The four-hundred-and-thirteenth episode of PolyCast, “Christmas Special?“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m57s | The Release of Leader Pack 1– 00h17m18s | The Civ Give 2022– 00h22m13s | Ed Beach Interview with wccftech– 00h31m51s | Ara-History Untold… Read More »

Folk Emerging – a prehistoric 4X announced

By | February 27, 2023

We got asked to help get out the word about this game, and we’re happy to do so, since it looks interesting.“Folk Emerging” is basically game which brings you to the point where our beloved “Civilization” starts: At the point where Civilization starts.This game is about controlling a band of hunter-gatheres on a turn-based hex field. You need… Read More »

Settle The World – A Colonization fan game for the Amiga

By | February 15, 2023

Do you maybe still own an old Amiga, and you love 4X? Then we also found the right game for you! Settle The World (news link) is a Colonization-like game for the Amiga, and it just got updated! As Colonization, the game is a turn-based 4X game in which you settle the New World, buy settling towns, building… Read More »

Inkulinati – When Dogs Had Swords – released today (February 1, 2023)

By | February 2, 2023

A strange curiousity in the world of turn-based games has been published: Inkulinati.This game is set in a medieval setting, drawn like medieval paintings, and features turn-based battles with all kinds of animals-gone-knight figures.This game is not a 4X, and features exclusively battles in a crazy medieval world. It might be of interest for some of our tacticians,… Read More »

PolyCast 411: We Left the Ladder In, Right?

By | February 1, 2023

The four-hundred-and-eleventh episode of PolyCast, “We Left the Ladder In, Right?“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” with guest co-host TheChrisD. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m56s | Solium Infernum, A Turn-Based Strategy Game in Hell– 00h09m40s | From Alpha Centauri to Beyond EarthForum… Read More »

Explorminate: Rob’s Look at 2022 and 2023

By | January 31, 2023

Rob from Explorminate has written a view back onto 2022, and an outlook for 2023. While he has some contenders for best game of 2022, like Warhammer: Total War, or the Humankind expansion “Together We Rule”, he is not satisfied with any bigger release last year, and puts his hopes for 2023. For this year, he is looking… Read More »