And this new year starts again with a new challenge with your Civ6 “Game Of The Month”.
This time you play as Hammurabi of Babylon on a standard size “Seven Seas” map on Deity level. The only victory enabled is Science Victory. You have until February 15 to finish this game.
You can find all the details, including the starting savegame, here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/6otm127-announcement.674943/
Our user Quintillus has put together a DVD with some of the most interesting Civ3 scenarios from the community. So if you really want to make sure that you have the best Civ3 mods at home, get the DVD! You can request the DVD from Quintillus, or you can download the DVD ISO here.
You can discuss the DVD in the thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ3-community-scenario-compilation-dvd.666924/
A list of the included mods:
And it’s again time for the Civ4 “Game Of The Month”, where you can show that you’re better at civ than everyone else!
This time you play as Ragnar of the Vikings on a standard size fractal map on deity level with 6 other AIs. As a small bonus, you start also with a workboat! You have until February 15 to finish this game.
You can find all other details including the savegame here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-229-ragnar-deity-starts-15-jan.674904/
TurnBasedLovers have published a new article about 10 Indie RPGs & Strategy Games in Early Access.
The most interesting games for us on this list are probably Dorfromantik, a turn-based landscape/village builder and Rising Lords, a turn-based medieval kingdom-builder. The rest of the list is certainly worth a look too though.
Steam currently has Civ6 discounted up to 85%, only costing 8.99€ for the base game. Both expansions (but not the other DLCs) are discounted as well down to 9.99€ and 9.89€. Get them before the sale expires on January 26!
At the same time Civ4 is also discounted, costing only 2.99€, although both expansions are sadly not on sale. Ths sale ends on January 26 as well.
EDIT: Picture by the CivGame Twitter account.
The strategy and 4X news site Explorminate has currently a series of the top games of 2021 and 2022. The different writers highlight the most interesting games of the last and coming year.
They have a few games on their list, which the community here would certainly agree are among the top games of 2021, like Old World or Humankind, and are looking forward to games like Expeditions: Rome, GalCiv4 and some lesser known ones. If you want to have a good overview what has been worthwhile a few hours last year, check their lists here:
The CivPlayersLeague is organizing a tournament this weekend, on Saturday January 15 at 14h central European time (8 AM east coast, 2 AM west coast). 6 teams of 2 are battling for world domination, with each team consisting out of one female and one male player, to encourage more women in gaming.
If you want to know more about this tournament, check the website or the discord server.
Amplitude has announced the first DLC for Humankind. The Cultures of Africa DLC will add one new African culture per era along with new events and wonders of the world. Releasing on 20th January, it is available for pre-order at 10% discount.
The new cultures in order of the eras are the Bantu, Garamantes,Swahili, Maasai, Ethiopians and Nigerians.
For the rest of the details, please check the thread in the forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/first-dlc-for-humankind-cultures-of-africa-announced.674896/#post-16208284
Original announcement: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/796-cultures-of-africa-dlc-available-for-pre-order