Firaxis has today released another short, this time focusing on the diplomacy. They explain the various options which the new system gives to you, and how you can use them to influence the other civs in the game. Have a watch, and discuss it with us here!
And don’t forget, tomorrow, December 17, we have the next live stream! This time about the modern Era, and we will get to see another leader. For more details please check here.
The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been lively this year. After years with 30 games submitted and 41 games submitted in 2022 and 2023, 104 games have been submitted so far this year, including 10 in the most recent Black Friday update.
Congratulations to Spoonwood for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard Sid Histographic game for 35199 points. This is also the highest Firaxis score of the year so far.
BlackBetsy was the most active player during this update, submitting 5 games.
Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Sid this update. Spoonwood submitted a 2050 AD Standard Sid Histographic game for 35199 points. This is the sixth Sid-level game submitted to the Hall of Fame this year.
A number of players gained number one positions:
Spoonwood with a 2050 AD Standard Sid Histographic game for 35199 points.
Bartleby with a 810 AD Tiny Regent Cultural 100k game for 5211 points.
Thirteen games have achieved new number one positions this year.
The Hall of Fame has several competitions, with the Quartermaster being the most prominent among them. To be a Quartermaster, a player must have a game in the Hall of Fame across various map sizes, difficulties, and victory conditions, as well as Histographic game.
Congratulations to Chamnix for rising from 5th to 4th, to del62 for rising from 6th to 5th, to Bartleby for rising from 11th to 7th, to BlackBetsy for rising from 15th to 13th, to sanabas for rising from 21st to 20th, to archphoenix for rising from 30th to 29th and to Rustwork for rising from 31st to 30th in the Quartermasters competition.
Commiserations to Takeo for falling from 4th to 6th, to killercane for falling from 7th to 8th, to Nikodemus for falling from 8th to 10th, to Moonsinger for falling from 10th to 11th, to bluejay for falling from 13th to 14th, to PrinceMyshkin for falling from 14th to 15th, to Marsden for falling from 20th to 21st and to Lord AJ for falling from 29th to 31st in the Quartermasters competition.
A number of players are working towards the Quartermaster, gaining awards as follows:
Machiavelli : Bartleby rose from 13th to 9th and BlackBetsy rose from 14th to 12th.
Pentathlon : Bartleby rose from 17th to 10th, BlackBetsy rose from 18th to 16th, Moonsinger rose from 20th to 19th, PrinceMyshkin rose from 21st to 20th, SpiffyKeen7744 rose from 25th to 24th, jarred! rose from 26th to 25th, SideshowBob rose from 49th to 48th and Quintillus rose from 50th to 49th.
Octathlon : BlackBetsy rose from 12th to 9th, Bartleby rose from 14th to 13th, krakedhalo rose from 37th to 36th and Quintillus rose from 56th to 55th.
Come join us to discuss this update and congratulate the participants here.
We are close to seeing the next live stream for Civ7, and are anticipating it. Our member “Emotional Husky” has made a video about the last live stream, discussing if the new mechanisms are something which the community is looking forward to, of if they are more skeptical if these mechanisms will work nicely together. How are you feeling? Let us know in the thread here.
During the Game Awards we got 2 new and very interesting videos. The first is the opening cinematic for Civ7, called “Rediscovering Hope”, which take you through a journey through time, war, culture and trauma. If you want to comment on the video, then join us in the thread here, but make sure to read the comments by Firaxis’ historian Andrew Alan Johnson here first.
The theme song is now also available. It has again been designed by the master Christopher Tin, and is indeed a very worthy title to open an epic game. You can discuss the theme with us here.
In roughly 3h from now the main theme for Civ7 will be revealed at The Game Awards. It’s again composed by the master Christopher Tin, and we are all very curious to hear it!
The live stream can be found here, and come and discuss with us here.
Firaxis has released the new Civ6 challenge, this time called “Civpocalypse”. As the name says, it is a horrid setting, with Barbarian Clans, maximum disaster intensity and apocalypse game mode. You play as Tamar of Georgia on a tiny pangaea map with wet climate and high sea level on quick speed with sparse resources. You may pick between Prince and Emperor difficulty for this challenge. This challenge is available until January 15. For more info please check here.
We got 2 new pieces of Civ7 info today from Firaxis!
The first one is that we got a new civ guide, this time Mexico! Mexico is cultural and diplomatic, with a starting bias for desert and plains. Mexico gets many cultural buildings, a unique government form, and their associated wonder, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, get boni from great works. For more info please check this thread.
The second important info is that we will get another live stream, this time for the modern age. You can tune in on December 17th at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 5PM GMT / 7PM CEST, to see gameplay with Benjamin Franklin with the American civ in the modern age. And a new leader will be revealed as well. For the discussion please join us in this thread.
Today Firaxis has released a new short, this time talking about religion. We get a few details about founder, enhancer and reliquary believes, have a close look at the screens. Please join us here for the discussion.