The Humble Bundle has again the Sid Meier collection on sale. This includes obviously our beloved Civ titles, from Civ3 to Civ6 (including DLCs and addons), with also Civ:BE (including Starships), followed by Sid Meier’s Pirates, Railroads, Ace Patrol and Pacific Sky. To ge the whole bundle with all the titles you only need to pay 16.62, which is a steal for the time you get out of it. You can pay more (and it is encouraged to do so), and donate to Covenant House, which help homeless youth, or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, to combat Parkinson. If you are missing any of the titles, then you have the chance to get the bundle from now for another 19 days. Click here to buy the bundle, and check here to discuss this offer with us.
Zephon is a turn-based 4X game, which it makes it interesting for us, although all similarities to Civ already end at this place. The setting is a post-apocalyptic, Warhammer-40k inspired world with monstrous abominations, where your faction is fighting for survival. It seems to have all the 4X traits you need, such as diplomacy, city management and tech trees. If you’re looking for some non-historic game until Civ7 is released, then this might be a good candidate. Zephon is available for 39.99 on Steam. If you want to discuss this game with us, then join us in our thread here.
We got a dev diary today about the upcoming DLC, “Atomic Ambitions”. As obvious from the name, the DLC is going nuclear. The summary says that it “brings sweeping updates to Siege, adds Pollution, introduces nuclear power, puts nuclear weapons in your arsenal, and much more”, something which Civ players will certainly appreciate. You can read the whole dev diary here, and discuss it with us here.
Spain got revealed as an exploration age civ. Spain is an expansionist and militaristic civ with a coastal starting bias. They got boni if they convert towns to cities in distant lands, incread combat strengths in distant lands, and they get a special conquistador UU, which all have unique abilities. For more info please check the thread. We got no thread for the new civ Mexico though, as we only got a glimpse on the name in the live stream.
Spain though will most of the time probably be lead by Isabella. She is economic and expansionist, and dislikes players with a lot of natural wonders. She gets a starting bias towards natural wonders, and her special ability will give her more gold from natural wonders. For more info please see the thread here.
We also got new information on religion, which is a mechanic from the exploration age. There are 12 religions in total, which can be customized with different beliefs. They get temples as buildings, which are necessary to build missionaries. For more info please check here.
For the exploration/military side, we also got interesting news. While commanders are land units which allow you to easier organize your army, we also get fleet commanders at sea. They seem to be working like normal commanders, getting customizable boni, and Spain gets some specific unique units which give them boni. For more information please check here.
Tomorrow at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT / 7PM CET we get another live stream about the exploration age, showcasing the exploration of new lands and some new mechanics of the exploration era! Check our thread here for the streams and discussion.
We also got today the 3rd dev diary, this time talking about empire management. Firaxis explains here more about how towns work, how they are specialized and how this all works with the settlement cap. For more info please click here.
We got many interesting Civ7 things for you today!
As first, we got a new Civ guide, the Mongols! They are expansionist and militaristic, and their units and ability fit to this. They get a new cavalry unit when they capture a city, the movement of a unit is restored when it moves on their unique infrastructure, and their unique military unit, the Keshig, gets more movement and heals after deating enemy units. For more details please check the thread here.
We also got a new snippet about the independent people today. This includes that we now have info about 9 of the suzerain abilities. This includes combat boni for ranged and siege units (this might go well with Mongolia), or the ability to train another unique unit. Check the update here, and also the starting post of the thread to read the excellent overview over independent people by thecrazyscott.
As last item, we have critique of the Abbasid design by actual historians. @Paisley_Trees, who is also a Civ6 streamer, has made another video with her colleague Dr. Crow, and they conclude slightly positive on the background design. They discuss how some of the used names, like for the unique ability, are rather generic, but many are grounded deeply in the Abbasid culture, like the “round city”. The art for the mosque is apparently also non-contemporary, but other parts of the Civ are, such as the Mamluks. If you are curious about more historical background, and how it is integrated into this civ, then have a look at the video and discuss it here.
It’s the start of the month, so therefore it’s time for the “Game Of The Month”! In this Civ5 GOTM you play a Darius I of Persia on a standard size pangaea map on Immortal level. You need to win via a culture victory, and you must prevent all other civs from achieving another victory. The deadline for this game is December 1. For more information please check our thread here.
