Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

PolyCast 399: We Play Other Games, Too

By | August 12, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 »

Civilisation meets Crusader Kings in Ara: History Untold

By | June 12, 2022
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A new and very interesting game has been today announced at the Xbox and Bethesda game showcase, it could be another contender for Old World or Civ7: Ara: History Untold. PCGamer has described the game as Civilisation meets Crusader Kings in Ara: History Untold. The studio is founded by Firaxis veterans (among others) and will be a grand… Read More »

Kotaku: Old World Is The Best New 4X Game In Years

By | May 26, 2022
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The video game website Kotaku has just released a news article, which describes in its headline Old World as “The Best New 4X Game In Years”. An excerpt from the article below: I said simply calling this “Civilization x Crusader Kings” was unfair not because it’s technically wrong—five minutes with this game will show you that’s the case—but… Read More »