Civ IV Hall of Fame Update

By | December 3, 2024
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The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 25 games were accepted since the previous update, with the highest highscores ever achieved in Civ4!

Congratulations to nocho for the highest score of the update with a Small, Normal, Prince, Domination game for 440,603 points.

valergrad was the most active player during this update, submitting 10 games.​

Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:
sossos – 1350 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Conquest game for 364,259 points.​

New Number One Entries:

A number of players gained number one positions:
Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Standard, Epic, Immortal, Time game for 20,840 points.
nocho with a 1442 AD, Tiny, Marathon, Emperor, Space Colony game for 430,690 points.
valergrad with a 80 BC, Tiny, Quick, Monarch, Domination game for 119,911 points.
valergrad with a 360 BC, Small, Quick, Monarch, Conquest game for 111,355 points.
Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2041 AD, Large, Marathon, Prince, Espionage game for 6,390 points.
Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Huge, Normal, Prince, Time game for 9,122 points.
valergrad with a 280 BC, Tiny, Quick, Prince, Domination game for 85,701 points.
valergrad with a 1340 AD, Duel, Quick, Noble, Diplomatic game for 66,388 points.
valergrad with a 1060 AD, Duel, Quick, Warlord, Diplomatic game for 49,092 points.
valergrad with a 1060 BC, Duel, Quick, Warlord, Religious game for 38,142 points.
valergrad with a 1460 AD, Duel, Quick, Warlord, Cultural game for 44,792 points.
valergrad with a 1180 BC, Small, Quick, Warlord, Conquest game for 35,148 points.
valergrad with a 1540 BC, Duel, Quick, Chieftain, Religious game for 28,574 points.
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A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):
nocho with a 1595 AD, Small, Normal, Prince, game for 440,603 points.
valergrad with a 1715 AD, Duel, Quick, Noble, game for 237,047 points.
valergrad with a 80 BC, Tiny, Quick, Monarch, game for 119,911 points.

Discuss this update and congratulate all the winners in this thread.

Historians discuss… with the Firaxis historian, and a new video on crises in Civ7

By | December 2, 2024
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Civ6 streamer and history PhD student Paisley_Trees has together with a colleague interviewed Andrew Johnson during the CivGive charity stream last Sunday.
They discuss how they pick the civs in combination with making an interesting and balanced game, that they read the forums here (although that we need to discuss things earlier; although we had the right timing with Georgia), they discuss other leader possibilites in Civ7, and a lot more.
If you are really curious, you have to watch the video and discuss it with us here.

Firaxis has also released a short clip about crises in Civ7. As we know, everyone will at the same time be affected by crises, but they depend on the age, and apparently there will also be some crisis policies with positive impact (although most probably not). Discuss this video with us here.

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #188

By | December 1, 2024
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The “Game Of The Month” is our monthly competition for a high-score in a defined setting. This time we challenge you to play as ptolemaic Cleopatra on a standard size hot and arid low-sea level wetlands map. You get abundant resources and a legendary start, but you are playing on Immortal level with a disaster intensity of 3. You must finish with a culture or diplomatic victory, and the deadline is January 1, 2025. For the savegame and instructions please check out this thread.

The CivGive 2024: Schedule available

By | November 29, 2024
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Also this year we are getting the CivGive, the Civ6 charity live stream, were streamers battle for world domination and also donations for a children’s charity. This year it will happen this Sunday, December 1, at 10 PM EST with the start of the game. Later there will be an interview with the charity, Gamers Outreach, a round table discussion, and an interview with the Carlbarian. If you want to discuss during the stream, then join us in this thread.

Humankind Enheduanna Update Out Now

By | November 29, 2024
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The last update for Humankind is now available.
The Enheduanna Update includes a long list of changes, including custom opponents, naval nuclear tests, a lot of rebalancing, more game settings, a new scenario, cloud saves an much more. You can find the full list of changes here.

Old World news: Nominate Old World for the “Labor Of Love” award, 75% sale, and dev live streams

By | November 28, 2024
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After a lot of Civ7 news, we also got a bunch of Old World news at the same time!

Steam has announced this year’s categories for the Steam Awards. We get in total 11 categories, for which you can vote for, until the Autumn Sale ends on December 4.
If you are logged into your Steam account, then you can nominate games for the award here.
Mohawk Games has asked the community to please nominate “Old World” for the “Labor Of Love” award. So if you are online, and feel this is game is a labor of love, then please give them a vote, and let us know here.

Currently also Old World and Offworld Trading Company are available for 75% off, which makes 9.99 for Old World and 7.25 for Offworld Trading Company.
You can find both sales here, and discuss them with us here.

And as final item, Mohawk Games have announced on Twitter that they will be doing live streams of Old World each Thursday.
You can find them at 8 PM GMT on Twitch here, and you can discuss the streams with us here.

SEGA autumn sale

By | November 28, 2024
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SEGA is participating in this year’s autumn sale on Steam. They have many of the Total War titles on sale, including Pharao, which is right now available for 50% off at 19.99. Obviously a lot of the older titles are also cheaper, such as Rome 1/2, Medieval 2, Shogun 2 and a few more.
You can find the overview of the SEGA sale here, and you can discuss this sale with us here.

Civ news of the day: First look at Amina, the Warrior Queen in Civ7, and the CivGive charity returns with Civ6

By | November 27, 2024
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Again more interesting news today!

We got now an official first look at Amina, the Warrior Queen. We already had quite some information, but now we officially know that she is economic and militaristic, with a starting bias for plains and desert. She dislikes other plains/desert dwelling civilizations, and she gets more resources and gold in her capital. For all the info please check here.

As second important news of today, the CivGive charity event will again return this year. On December 1 10AM ET / 3PM GMT, a prominent round of Civ6 streamers, together with the Carlbarian, will be fighting live for world domination while collecting donations for sick children. Please join us here for the discussion.