Vote for Sid Meier’s Civilization I and II to be added to GoG

By | August 6, 2022
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As a civ-fanatic you might, like us, live a bit in constant pain, because you simply cannot buy Civ1 and Civ2 anymore :(. The reasons are probably complicated, and related to a not-so-easy licensing situation after Microprose was bought. But as you know, you can buy Colonization on GOG, so it must be possible. If just Firaxis and 2K knew that we really wanted these two games, then they could probably do it.

One of our moderators, blake, has therefore organized a vote two get both games onto GOG. Show us, Firaxis, 2K and GOG that these games are still worth playing, and vote that they should be added. With some luck, in the future we might be able to play again those two games.

Discuss with us this effort here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/vote-for-sid-meiers-civilization-i-and-ii-mge-test-of-time-to-be-added-to-gog.675300/

PolyCast 397: We Had to Walk Uphill Both Ways

By | August 5, 2022
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The three hundred-and-ninety-seventh episode of PolyCast, “We Had to Walk Uphill Both Ways“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
00h02m11s | Cities: Skylines Modder Banned for Illicit Activities on Steam Workshop.

Forum Talk
00h07m47s | Several Civilization Developers Discuss Their Games
00h27m06s | MegaBearsFan’s Top 10 Good Ideas in Civilization VI; Associated Blog Post

Miscellaneous
00h56m45s | Feedback and Questions on Small Island Starts from a Viewer

NOTE: This Episode was recorded on February 26, 2022.
Discussion Thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/polycast-397-we-had-to-walk-uphill-both-ways.678312/

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.

Old World update #95

By | August 3, 2022
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Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes various balancing changes, e.g. the Hold Court mission now has a 20% chance to find a new Courtier, stability patches to the late game multiplayer, improved modding for map scripts, UI improvements for the steam deck, and more. For all the changes please visit our thread here.

Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG and Steam.

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #140

By | August 3, 2022
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Our game makers have been sweating to present you a new GOTM this month!

This time you play as Kublai Khan of China on a standard size Inland Sea map on King level. With Barbarian Clans and a disaster intensity of 2 this will not be an easy game. You must achieve a culture victory, while preventing all other civs from reaching another victory. And you must do it as fast as possible!

Rush your wonders until September 1!

You can find all details in this thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/6otm-140-announcement.678210/

PolyCast 396: Objective Performance Metrics for Civilization at School

By | August 1, 2022
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The three hundred-and-ninety-sixth episode of PolyCast, “Objective Performance Metrics for CIvlization at School“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
00h02m18s | Anton Strenger Leaves Firaxis

Forum Talk
00h13m28s | Lingering Questions About Civilization VI
00h26m47s | Civilization and Humankind in the Classroom

Senate
00h36m25s | The “Daftest Messages” from Agendas
00h43m24s | A Powered Buildings Tier List for Civilization VI

NOTE: This Episode was recorded on January 15, 2022.
You may also discuss the episode in the forum thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/polycast-396-objective-performance-metrics-for-civilization-at-school.678228/

In addition, I would like to apologize for the long delay time with the episodes for this year. Hopefully, being able to listen to the archived streams was enough to hold you over. It has been a long year of complex health and technical issues, but hopefully those are at least manageable now.

Our intention is to release this year’s back episodes on Monday and Friday until all recorded episodes are released, at which point regular scheduling will continue.

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.

New album by Christopher Tin announced: Lost Birds

By | July 29, 2022
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Our all time favourite composer Christophter Tin has announced the release of a new album: Lost Birds. The first title of this album, “A Hundred Thousands Birds” is embedded above.

The songs on this album have been recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the vocal assembly VOCES8, and has as theme birds, and how their diversity has changed due to human intervention (therefore the “lost birds”).

The album will be released on September 23, and is available e.g .as CD for 18.98€. For other ways to listen to this album (e.g. Spotify or Deezer) please check this link.

Discuss this us his new album in our forum here.

Mapping Humankind

By | July 22, 2022
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Our moderator bite has released his latest project: The ultimate map of Humankind. As for his Civ maps, he aimed to collect all the civilization information, and put them on a world map. The resulting maps contain all the available information: The extent of the different civilizations in Humankind, where the included cities are, location of the wonders, and everything else too. He has created separate maps for all eras, and a combined one (for which you can see a small preview here).
If you want to have a look at his maps, check out his website here, and discuss them in our forum here.

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #239

By | July 21, 2022
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And we continue with giving the Civ community new challenges! In this Civ4 “Game Of The Month” you play as the 3 Musketeers (with the traits of Napoleon) on a standard size Terra map on Immortal. As special challenge you start the game with a galleon and three musketeers, without a settler, and you must conquer Paris before winning this game.

You have until August 15 to revive French glory.

For all details, please see this thread.