Master of Magic 30th Anniversary Celebration – Communities, Fan Mods & Remakes, Sequels, Similar Games & More!

By | September 8, 2024
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To celebrate Master of Magic’s 30th Anniversary this month I thought I’d do something similar to our recent Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, Civilization Call to Power, and Sid Meier’s Colonization Anniversary Celebrations and take a look at what’s been going on in the Master of Magic fan communities over the last few years so pour yourself a cup of coffee/tea, sit back and enjoy the big read below!

For those who no longer have the CDs or a CD drive Master of Magic is currently available on both Good old Games and Steam. MoM was rescued/purchased a few years ago from Atari’s IP dungeon by publisher Slitherine who re-released the game as a package that included the original release and the community fan patch release. They then renamed it to ‘Master of Magic Classic’ hinting that a official remake was to come and also offered the popular fan mod Caster of Magic as official DLC addons but more on them later! To celebrate MoM’s 30th anniversary Slitherine have put all MoM games on sale too!
MoM GoG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/master_of_magic_classic
MoM Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1146370/Master_of_Magic_Classic/

We have packed together all the info you need about “Master Of Magic” in one giant thread. If you want to know where you can find the community, what the necessary patches (fan-made) or the best mods are, info about the remake, or other comparable games, then check our thread here.

Ozymandias – now available on iPhone and Android

By | September 8, 2024
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The bite-size 4X game “Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire sim” is a game for your strategy fix if you have only 1-2 hours available. The developers have tought that this would also make it a perfect game to have on your phone, and ported it to both iPhone and Android. In both cases it costs 2.79. Do you want to discuss the mobile or desktop version? Then join us here.

Ara: History Untold – Encarta Series Episode 4 – Rome

By | September 7, 2024
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The developers of Ara: History Untold have released another video of their Encarta series, where they discuss the different civs in the game. This time they decided to talk about Rome. They picked as leader one of the staples, Julius Caesar, and talk about his traits, which give him battle and happiness boni, but also a rare malus, as he is getting less money in his capital. Curious about the details? Check our thread here.

Civilization Revolution 2 delisted from the Google play store

By | September 7, 2024
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Firaxis has announced on Twitter that CivRev2 is not anymore listed in the Google play store.
This means you cannot newly buy the game, but as long as it is installed you can still play it.

Curiously this does not apply to the iOS app store, where it is still available.

Discuss this announcement with us here.

Next Civilization 7 live stream: September 12

By | September 6, 2024
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The next Civ7 live stream will be happening on Thursday September 12, at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET/7 PM CEST. We will be getting some anitquity gameplay, and we get to see the first age transition, so this will probably answer some questions regarding Civ switching. Follow the discussion here.

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #278

By | September 6, 2024
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After all the other Civ GOTMs, you are also getting one for Civ4! This time you play as Frederick of Germany on a standard size great plains map on Deity level. There are no barbarians, goody huts or random events. For the people who would prefer a more relaxed game, there is also the adventurer version on Emperor, although the AI starts with the deity starting units. You have until September 30 to tackle this challenge. For all information please check this thread.

PolyCast 439: More to Believe In [Part 2]

By | September 5, 2024
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The four-hundred-and-thirty-ninth episode of PolyCast, “More to Believe In [Part 2]“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
– 00h01m03s | Civilization VII Gameplay Reveal
– 00h01m03s | Civilizations
– 00h23m55s | Cities
– 00h38m50s | Army Commanders
– 00h47m53s | Units
– 00h57m43s | Terrain

NOTE: This Episode was recorded on August 24, 2024.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice.
Download it here: Spotify Apple Podcasts

Discuss with us here.

Play the new Civ5 “Hall Of Fame” gauntlets!

By | September 5, 2024
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The Civilization 5 “Hall Of Fame” is an ongoing competition, to gain the highest rank among all civ-fanatics for the various difficulty levels, map settings, etc. While you are always free to submit your latest wins, we also sometimes give you new challenges, the gauntlets. It is again the time for them, so we get 2 new challenges for you:

For the G-Major CXLVII we are challenging you to win a Diplomacy victory (with all others enabled) as Augusts of Rome on a small highlands map on quick speed and King difficulty. You have free choice of opponents. The deadline is September 30. For all info please check this thread.

For the G-Minor CCXX we are challenging you to win a Domination victory (with all others enabled) as Theodora of Byzantium on a tiny large islands map on epic speed and chieftain difficulty. Among your opponents must be Carthage and Polynesia. The deadline is also here September 30. For all the info please check the related thread here.