Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

Civilisation meets Crusader Kings in Ara: History Untold

By | June 12, 2022

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

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 »

Keith Burgun’s podcast: Strategy Can Be Fun – Soren Johnson on OLD WORLD

By | May 16, 2022

Keith Burgun, an independent game designer, has today released a podcast episode with Soren Johnson.They obviously talk about Old World in it, and Keith recommends the game to every civ player. You can find the podcast here and discuss it in our forum here.

The winners of the Old World random draw/competition

By | May 15, 2022

A while ago we got an offer from Soren Johnson from Mohawk Games and Tim Bender from Hooded Horse: You can have 5 key for Old World to distribute among the community. So we ran a small competition, to see what civs the community likes best. We selected one entry as being the best among all, and this… Read More »

TurnBasedLovers: May 2022 Top RPGs Strategy Games Releases – Including Old World

By | May 2, 2022

TurnBasedLovers have released a new video (see above) with the most interesting turn-based releases for May. In their list they also have Old World, the latest game of Soren Johnson, which already has been released, but will come to GOG and Steam on May 19. Other interesting games in this month’s selection are Magna Graecia, a turn-based city… Read More »

Dorfromantik – final release

By | April 28, 2022

The indie hit “Dorfromantik” has reached its final release today. This game is a pure building game, where you strive to build the most beautiful and efficient landscape. You use hex tiles to expand your current map, and solve little quests to gain more tiles for further expansion. The game has overall been described as very relaxing. It… Read More »

Galactic Civilizations IV released

By | April 26, 2022

StarDocks latest title in the “Galactic Civilizations” series has been released today. The 4th part continues the series: It is a 4X (yet not turn-based) strategy game in space. As in other parts of the series to set out to conquer the galaxy, settle new planets, conduct diplomacy with aliens, and try to achieve one of multiple victory… Read More »

Free real time strategy game: Vedelem: The Golden Horde

By | April 24, 2022

This game just popped up in a PCGamer article, which got re-tweeted (originally from 2021), so:Vedelem is a real time strategy game, so not exactly what we normally look at, but this seems to include some building, and is set in a historical scenario, which makes it interesting for us. The Mongol invasion is also a not-overused scenario,… Read More »