PolyCast 361: New Frontiers!

By | May 18, 2020

The three hundred-and-sixty-first episode of PolyCast, “New Frontiers“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade, along with guest co-host DanQ. Topics for this episode include:

News
– 00h02m00s | New Frontiers Pass DLC schedule
– 00h21m46s | New Frontiers Maya “First Look”
– 00h33m00s | New Frontiers screenshot analysis thread
– 00h52m00s | Responses to live chat, “historic 4x resurgence”, debating the merits and concerns regarding this DLC release model

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.

We are releasing this episode for streaming earlier than usual (the day after the recording, woohoo!) due to the timely nature of its content. We’d hate to release it next weekend and have everyone listening to our speculation after the first DLC is released and then sound silly in how wrong we are about everything. Enjoy! We look forward to reading your speculation and responses!

PolyCast 360: Just Don’t Play Half the Game?

By | May 12, 2020

The three hundred-and-sixtieth episode of PolyCast, “Just don’t play half the game?“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade, along with guest co-host DanQ. Topics for this episode include:

Open Mic
– 00h02m06s | Episode 359 feedback
Forum Talk
– 00h32m50s | Is the ancient era start actually balanced?
– 00h48m40s | “Exploit” – what defines them?

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.

It’s Mother’s Day here in the U.S.A. today, so we at PolyCast hope that all the moms out there had a wonderful day. We hope the kids are doing all the chores so that you can relax and one-more-turn the day away.

Civilization VI: New Frontier Pass Announced

By | May 11, 2020

Firaxis has announced a year’s worth of new content for Civilization VI. All owners of the game will continue to receive free regular updates to the game. This free content will include new maps, scenarios, and balance changes. Premium content will come with the purchase of the New Frontier Pass, which will be released in 6 packs over the coming year. These packs will include new civilizations, leaders, districts, buildings, city states, resources, and game modes. Discuss the new content with your fellow fanatics here.

Civ IV Hall of Fame updated – 1 million points barrier broken on Duel!

By | April 29, 2020

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 21 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to [b]@Anysense[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Duel, Marathon, Deity, Space Colony game for 1,050,473 points this is the first time anyone has beaten the 1m points barrier on a Duel map – an amazing achievement.

[b]@Walter_Wolf[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 5 games.

Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update:

[b]@Anysense[/b] – 1085 AD, Duel, Marathon, Deity, Space Colony game for 1,050,473 points.
[b]@sossos[/b] – 1720 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 133,106 points.

A number of players gained number one positions on harder difficulty levels:

[b]@Anysense[/b] with a 1085 AD, Duel, Marathon, Deity, Space Colony game for 1,050,473 points.

[b]@Walter_Wolf[/b] with a 930 AD, Large, Epic, Emperor, Domination game for 344,903 points.

A number of players gained a composite table High Score [i](i.e. Any Condition)[/i]:
[b]@Anysense[/b] with a 1085 AD, Duel, Marathon, Deity, game for 1,050,473 points.

Civ IV Hall of Fame

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PolyCast 359: 2020 Speculation & Brainstorming

By | April 29, 2020

The three hundred-and-fifty-ninth episode of PolyCast, “2020 DLC Speculation & Brainstorming“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade, along with guest co-host DanQ. Topics for this episode include:

Forum Talk
– 00h03m16s | TheMeInTeam’s Top 3 things in Civ VI (continued from last episode)
– 00h06m33s | TheMeInTeam’s Worst 3 things in Civ VI (continued from last episode)
– 00h21m55s | Civ VI DLC / expansion speculation
– 00h35m46s | Our ideas for DLC or expansions!

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 358: We Really Do Like This Game, I Promise

By | April 13, 2020

The three hundred-and-fifty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “We Do Actually Like This Game, I Promise“ is now available for streaming on http://polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade, along with guest co-host DanQ. Topics for this episode include:

Forum Talk
– 00h01m10s | 3 Best & Worst Things About Civ VI
– 00h03m23s | DanQ’s 3 Worst
– 00h19m30s | MegaBearsFan’s 3 Worst
– 00h32m54s | Makahlua’s 3 Worst
– 00h47m48s | Makahlua’s 3 Best
– 00h58m36s | MegaBearsFan’s 3 Best
– 01h07m54s | DanQ’s 3 Best

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.