PolyCast 373: Eureka!

By | November 25, 2020

The three hundred-and-seventy-third episode of PolyCast, “Eureka!“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts
Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
– 00h01m23s | Babylon first look, impressions, and discussion
– 00h29m20s | November 2020 patch, impressions, and discussion

Forum Talk
– 00h36m48s | Tribal Village Spawn Locations
– 00h45m50s | AI Conquering Absent (and yet more complaining about walls)

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding.

Sorry for the delay on this one, folks. Every time I sat down to work on it on Sunday and Monday, I got pulled away to do something else. But it’s an extra-long episode this week, so hopefully that makes up for it

Medieval Millennium – a Modpack for Civ2 ToTPP by Knighttime Released!

By | November 23, 2020

Knighttime has released his Medieval Millennium modpack for Civilization II Test of Time Patch Project just in time for the long Thanksgiving weekend!

This project utilizes Lua scripting events to get every last inch possible out of the platform! Dozens of new and never-before seen features are available, including a plague and pestilence system, ranged attacks that the AI fully implements, a field rotation system where tiles must be left fallow occasionally or lose their fertility, and much, much more!

More information can be found in the release thread.

PolyCast 372: Patches and Peeves

By | November 4, 2020

Hope everyone practiced responsible social distancing and had a safe and healthy Halloween in this crazy year. We hope you’ll extend your festivities by enjoying the sweet, sweet candy that is another episode of PolyCast.

The three hundred-and-seventy-second episode of PolyCast, “Patches and Peeves“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts
CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
– 00h04m26s | October 2020 patch notes and discussion
– 00h33m10s | Nintendo leaks next DLC
– 00h38m20s | Infinite Pirates exploit video by Spiffing Brit

Forum Talk
– 00h43m07s | Minor peeves and annoyances

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding.

PolyCast 371: Hitting OP DLC With a Nerf Bat

By | October 21, 2020

The three hundred-and-seventy-first episode of PolyCast, “Hitting OP DLC with the Nerf bat“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts
CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
– 00h03m11s | October 2020 patch

Forum Talk
– 00h20m47s | Hating Deity

Senate
– 00h38m49s | Countering Byzantium
– 00h47m40s | Pre-nerf strategies for Gran Columbia and speculation about what might change.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding.