Humble Bundle has a 25th years Aspyr deal: Pay at least 10.13€ for 8 different games. The main interest for us CivFanatics is Civ: Beyond Earth, with the other titles e.g. Borderlands or Bioshock Infinite are less interesting, while still excellent. The price of 10.13€ still beats the regular Civ:BE price, so this is worth having a look.
Find the deal here: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/aspyr-25th-anniversary
Thomasz Zych, or Titos2k on Twitter https://twitter.com/titos2k , has drawn all the Civ2 units in a very nice style. He has uploaded them to his website, https://rysownik.com/illustration/civilization-2-units/ , and you can find a high-res version of the drawings also here https://rysownik.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/fullset-2.png .
He has also published an article on medium about his experience drawing these units. Read it here: https://medium.com/@titos2k/few-lessons-learned-after-civ2-units-project-97f7ce63aa64
Discuss these drawings in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/marvel-at-tomasz-zychs-civ2-unit-drawings.673910/
Most people are aware of the extensive modding capabilities which there are in Civ. Starting from Civ2 we had great scenarios, space and fantasy mods, everything what you can imagine.
But did you know that you could already mod Civ1? Our user blake has made a compilation of the available mods and scenarios for Civ1. He uploaded 11 scenarios from Civ1 to our database. The list includes a Rise of Rome and a WW2 scenario, an earthmap, a Dune scenario, and some user made fantasies.
If you are curious about the Civ1 mods, have a look at his thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ1-scenario-mod-preservation-project-log-11-processed.672488/
You can also find his video series here and everything in our download database for Civ1 here.
In addition to the 3 main prizes, we also had an additional poetry prize for our 30 years celebration. We unexpectedly got many excellent poetry submissions, which made this one picking harder. We selected the poem by our user Romegypt, who receives a rare Civilization 4 deluxe version and a merchandise package. His contribution exquisetly highlights the complications of foreign policy in Civ4.
“Montezuma, Ghengis Khan,
attack me every time they can
I curse and scream, I kick, I fight
I lack iron, I’m dead alright,
they are hindu, I am not
are those their stacks? they have a lot.
it is not fair, that archery,
is free for them and not for me.
now why did I set difficulty,
to monstrous freaking deity,
raging barbs and more to come,
Isabellas in my bum.
she is christian, I am not,
I hate that she’s a religious nut,
3v1 now what a game
to me it does seem rather lame.
but this civ here’s a famous game,
made by Sid Meier, of most glorious fame.”
You can find all entries here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civilizations-30th-birthday-contest-give-civ-a-present-get-one-back.672969/
We picked recently our winners of the birthday contest for Civilization, who all received a copy of Old World sponsored by Mohawk Games, as well as a merchandise package. We now want to use this place to highlight these poems.
The third poem has been submitted by our user MasterOaks, and is a very philosophical piece about the passing of time, which also makes it very suitable for Civ.
“A thousand years, the end of an age;
The dawn of Time, which direction must take?
Memories of you have imprinted in my mind…
Alone and standing await to repay in kind.
A thousand years, rivers have formed,
Stones laid bare, new stars appear-
The footprints I’ve left are marked in time,
The winds blown gently to show the signs.
An Age now gone, too quickly doth passed,
The Holy Fyre, extinguished at Last.
And what smokes and embers to leave a trace;
Are all the teachings we’ve embraced.
A millennium, uncounted years-
Unfathomable memories, a crimson tear.
Look there-You see? the light glowing yonder?
From ashes and ruin, silent sounds of the bomber.
Scattered before Me are those fearless fleas,
Like stones tossed and skipped by my Heavanly Steed.
A swing of the scythe and reap of harvest;
Return to the earth what you’ve digested.
Law and Order! The fist comes down-
Much worse than bombs or created things,
Prepare the way for the King of Kings.
Through time we cherish what it means to be kind-
Memories of you have imprinted my mind.
A thousand years….
A thousand years……
Crimson Tears.”
Read all the contest entries here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civilizations-30th-birthday-contest-give-civ-a-present-get-one-back.672969/
Amplitude has published the first details for their Humankind update coming next week. They give a detailed overview, mostly showing how you will be able to customize your game, with adding random personas, controlling the amount of resources on the map, easier adjusting the colours of your empire, and more.
Read the whole update here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/786
Discuss this update in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/content-of-the-october-28th-patch.673821/
Our user LastSword has released a very sophisticated mod, which we think is worth having a look at. The Scenario Generator allows you to set up any type of mid-game scenario, with further follow-up scenarios. There are also numerous more changes, like the introduction of a stacking system, removal of unique abilities, unique units depending on your development, and much more.
The creator LastSword describes it like this:
“Scenario Generator is recently released total conversion mod for civilization V. It converts the base map to “mid-game” situation by filling it with cities, units, improvements and diplomatic relations based on one of five available rulesets (each based on era known from the base game). You become a leader of civilization for 25 years (100 turns) during which you have to stand the test of time. Scenarios can be played separately or continuously, mod will use information from previous eras to generate next scenario.”
You can find the mod on steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2632664616
Or check it on our forum:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/scenario-generator.617/
We picked recently our winners of the birthday contest for Civilization, who all received a copy of Old World sponsored by Mohawk Games, as well as a merchandise package. We now want to use this place to highlight these poems.
The second poem, which are actually multiple senryus, have been submitted by our user Hinin, and show us the various parts of the Civilization games.
“Golden Pyramids
To show the world my greatness.
Stopped : was not first.
My empire lost
Ravaged and seized by
A bloody doomstack
Scout was coming home
And had seen the whole world
Time for an upgrade
A solar arrow
Nuclear fire below
And Gandhi smiles.
An endless conflict
Celts, Vikings, Americans
A ten years long game
Districts, on the coast
My Norwegian ship arrives
Free yields incoming
Immortal leader
Top hat in Middle Ages
Don’t care anymore”
Read all the contest entries here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civilizations-30th-birthday-contest-give-civ-a-present-get-one-back.672969/