Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

PolyCast 403: 100 Turns to the Next District

By | August 26, 2022

The four-hundred-and-third episode of PolyCast, “100 Turns to the Next District“ 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: News00h01m32s | Take-Two Merges with Zynga00h05m24s | Microsoft Announces Ara: Histories Untold Forum Talk00h11m03s | Issues with Production in Civilization VI00h35m52s |… Read More »

Win a copy of ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs

By | August 19, 2022

Win a copy of ZOR: Pilgrimage of the SlorfsThere are a lot of Civ fans, as you know. As it turns out, some of these fans are also game developers, and long time lurkers at CFC!One of them is @Righteous Hammer Games , who will release his game ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs on August 30 on Steam. He’s excited about the… Read More »

PolyCast 399: We Play Other Games, Too

By | August 12, 2022

The three hundred-and-ninety-ninth episode of PolyCast, “We Play Other Games, Too“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News00h02m11s | Always Online Vulnerability: The Dark Souls Remote Execution Exploit and Civilization00h08m38s | Civilization IV Listed in The Games That Made Us Column.00h22m26s… Read More »

New indie game release: Fire & Maneuver

By | July 18, 2022

A new indie game with some interest to us has been released (early access): Fire & Maneuver. This game is set in the victorian era, where you lead armies of e.g. the Ottoman Empire or of the Northern German Confederation against each other, in simultaneous turn-based battles. This game is a pure war game, where you battle in… Read More »

New indie game release – Citizens: Far Lands

By | July 16, 2022

A new game, which might be of interest to us civ-fanatics, has been released: Citizens: Far Lands.The game describes itself as a turn-based city builder and puzzle game. It is set in a medieval setting, and is mainly aimed at optimizing your own medieval settlement. It does not seem to include diplomacy, but includes military and invasions in… Read More »

10 Best PC Turn-Based Strategy Games to play in 2022

By | July 7, 2022

TurnBasedLovers, a website which obviously deals with our favourite type of game, has released another overview what they deem to be the best current turn based games for 2022. Old World is probably already well known among the civ-fanatics, and is described as the following: Created by 4X veterans, Old World is the perfect blend of Civilization and… Read More »

Steam summer sale: Civ6 and more

By | June 23, 2022

Picture originally from Twitter. Current sales of the Civ franchise and related titles: Civilization 6: 85% down, from 59.99 to 8.99 This includes the Anthology edition, 86% down, from 209.85 to 29.22 and also the Platinum edition, 91% down, from 167.91 to 15 Civ6 Gathering Storm: 75% down, from 39.99 to 9.99 Civ6 Rise and Fall: 67% down,… Read More »

Steam Next Fest demos: What to play for a civ-fanatic?

By | June 20, 2022

So, did you after all these years get bored of Civ6, and you already played through Humankind and Old World?Okay, we will not believe any of that, but if you want to try something else in between, why not check out the demos of the Steam Next Fest for a free test play?A list of demos, which are… Read More »