Want to test out your Civilization VI: Gathering Storm skills against your fellow CivFanatics? Try the first Game of the Month to use the new expansion!

This is your starting position, playing as Kupe of the Maori. All the details and the starting save are in this post. If this is your first Game of the Month, please be sure to read the whole post before diving into the game.

The second expansion pack for Civilization VI has been released.

Come discuss the new civilizations, game mechanics, wonders, units, and more in the CivFanatics Civ VI forums. Check out first impressions in this thread. See what changes came to the base game in the patch notes discussion. Read tales of first Gathering Storm games here – and contribute your own if you wish!

Join your fellow CivFanatics for a livestream celebrating the imminent release of the Gathering Storm expansion pack. The behind-the-scenes look includes artists, composers, and designers.

Discuss the livestream in the forums.

Edit: This stream is now available in four parts on the official Civilization YouTube Channel and embedded below:

Watch the devs play and discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, who can lead either England or France.

Discuss Eleanor here.

Discuss the livestream here.

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm adds Eleanor of Aquitaine as an alternate leader for France and England. Join the discussion here.

Watch the devs play Phoenicia, one of the new civilizations in Civilization VI: Gathering Storm.

Discuss Phoenicia here.

Discuss the livestream here.

Check out new game features coming with the Gathering Storm expansion pack. Discuss these changes here.