A new game, which might be of interest to us civ-fanatics, has been released: Citizens: Far Lands.
The game describes itself as a turn-based city builder and puzzle game. It is set in a medieval setting, and is mainly aimed at optimizing your own medieval settlement. It does not seem to include diplomacy, but includes military and invasions in later game stages. You normally get a specified amount of goals on an island, and then a new island gets unlocked (and is therefore somehow similar to the Anno series).
The game normally costs 9.99€, but is currently discounted to 7.99€. A free demo is available too.
The streamer GamerZakh has also reviewed the game here:
Site Upgrades are Coming (Completed)
The Staff is planning to perform an upgrade to xenForo version 2 on 15/16 July. Along with this upgrade we will also be migrating the site to a new server, in the month afterwards. This upgrade will be performed by the xenForo Staff as we are moving to xenForo Cloud Services. During this process we will post updates to the site’s Front Page (here) as this is maintained on a separate server, as well as on the CFC Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Once the main site is upgraded and migrated, the civfanatics.net server is being migrated to a new server. We will post further information as we get closer to doing this.
Forum downtime will start Friday 15, 9 AM London time.
Update: As of 10 AM, London time, the forums are down. We expect to be back within 48h.
Update 2: It is right now 6 PM London time, and we expect to be back within this day.
Update 3: Forum officially re-opened to public at 1:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM London time.
We appreciate your patience.
If you want to discuss this upgrade, please visit this thread, or if you want to report any issues, please do this here.
Humankind: Ibn Battuta Beta, last sneak peek
A new update for Humankind is going to come, and we got another update about it from Amplitude, including the availability of the current beta for this update. This update will include lots of balancing, including a re-work of some of the civs. You can read more over at Games2gether, or here in our forum thread.
Old World update #93
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes the finalization of the translations, new leaders for Greece in the “Heroes Of The Agean” DLC, a Steam Deck UI option, and other bigger and smaller details. You can find the full list in our thread here.
Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG and Steam.
Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #238
Our new “Game Of The Month” staff member “MarleysGh0st” has prepared his first GOTM, and we need to see if it is a real challenge!
This time you play as Pericles of Greece on a standard size custom continents map on Monarch level. You also start with the Democracy tech, in addition to the normal starting techs. You have until August 1 to spread democracy everywhere.
You can find all details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-238-pericles-monarch-starts-july-1-2022.677590/
FreeCol 0.13.0 has been released
Stian & the team have added lots of new features to FreeCol, the open source version of Colonization, including music, a new interface and animating rivers to go with the recently added animating oceans!
The full list of changes and the downloads can be found here, and you can discuss FreeCol in our forum here.
Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #138
What is the right thing in this heat? Some beach vacation!
For this “Game Of The Month” you’ll therefore be playing the very seafaring civilization of Phoenicia with Dido as a leader on an standard size Archipelago map and a high sea level (water, water, water). The game is on Prince level, and you need to go for Domination victory, while preventing all other civs from achieving a different victory.
You have until August 1 to finish your beach vacation.
All other details can be found in this thread.
10 Best PC Turn-Based Strategy Games to play in 2022
TurnBasedLovers, a website which obviously deals with our favourite type of game, has released another overview what they deem to be the best current turn based games for 2022.
Old World is probably already well known among the civ-fanatics, and is described as the following:
Created by 4X veterans, Old World is the perfect blend of Civilization and Crusader Kings. Not only will you need to grow your Bronze Age empire from a single settler to a thriving polity, but you’ll need to also keep the noble families happy and ensure the succession of the royal line. The characters you choose to govern your cities and lead your armies will have a profound impact on the game, so choose wisely!
The sci-fi strategy game “Cantata“, as well as the Heroes-of-Might-and-Magic inspired “Songs Of Conquest” are probably also worth a look for strategy gamers like us.
You can find the whole list here and discuss this latest entry in our forum here.