For all the people who are not yet enjoying the advanced access of Civ7: It seems Amplitude has taken this as an occassion to make Humankind freely available in the Epic store (not on Steam). You can grab it for free until February 13. Get it here, and discuss it with us here.
We got some nice combo of items for you today. The first one is that our user mzmaster has done piano covers of various Civ7 tunes. Listen to them here.
The second item is that our user sukritact has released a small mod which gives you at each age the full choice of civs to select from, you do not need to unlock a specific civ anymore. Check out this mod here.
We got also a second round of reviews (selection):
The reviews of some of the streamers are also discussed:
The CFC Staff have started to collate helpful Civ VII videos – they can be found on this page.
Here are the first two we are recommending:-
CFC Member thecrazyscot may have broken a record by publishing the first Civ 7 Mod! This mod adds an (A) to ageless buildings in the plot tooltip.
Join the discussion here and share your first day exploits.
At just before 0200 GMT our own Noble Zarkon set out on his first Civ 7 adventure and recorded it for us to share.
https://thegamedesignroundtable.com/ has posted a new podcast, this time with Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civ4 and Old World.
In this podcast Soren and the hosts talk about how the gaming landscape have changed, that more time is spent on specific titles, how your empire is managed (Millennia vs Civ7 vs older games), the order system in Old World, the complications of designing a new civ game, and various details more.
In case you are not playing Civ7, then listen to this podcast and comment it here.
According to multiple reports Civ7 seems to have been released 6h early, and is already available for download. Due to the download size we do not yet have reports if you can actually already play.
In case you can not, then you can still check out the game guide for the Mughals. They are an economic and expansionist civ with a starting bias for flat tiles. Their associated wonder is th Red Fortress, and they have a bit of a military focus. For more information please check here.