C-Evo, a Civ2 inspired open source game

By | November 3, 2023
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Most people here will have heard of FreeCiv, a freely available game inspired by Civ2.
But did you know there is another longstanding game with the same inspiration?
Meet C-Evo!
C-Evo has been in development since the times of Windows 95, mostly being a single person project. It aims to improve and fix mistakes from Civ2, and not to overhaul the game. It aims at a slim rule set, and the AI is made to win, not to roleplay.
As you can see from the screenshots it really has a Civ2 feeling too!

Civ-Evo is currently available for Windows and Linux, in English, Russian, Italian, Czech, German, and simplified and traditional Chinese.
You can download the current version here, and read more info about it here. And obviously we also have a thread for it here.

Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 09 – Improvements & Triumphs

By | November 2, 2023
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The developers of Ara: History Untold have released another dev diary, this time about improvements and triumphs.
They talk about the improvements you need to harvest resources for your empire, how you make production chains, how they contribute to your victory, and more.
And for halloween they guys have also dressed up! Discuss this video with us here.

Millennia Developer Diary: Combat

By | November 2, 2023
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We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!
This time the diary is about the combat in the game. The combat is different to civ games, as you can group multiple units into armies (a bit similar to Civ3), but multiple armies will fight each other in a simulated battle, on which you have no influence on itself, besides the troop composition. There are more details in this dev diary, like the production of the units and how leaders are used on the battle field.

For all this information please check this thread.

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #232

By | November 1, 2023
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For Halloween we go back to its roots: You play as Boudicca of the Celts on a standard size arborea map on Prince level. You also need to win via a science victory to fend of the evil ghosts, and you have until December 1 to do so. For all information please check this thread.

Anno 1800: Free to play from Nov2 to Nov6

By | October 30, 2023
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PCGames has just published an article called “If Cities: Skylines 2 didn’t float your boat, Anno 1800 is free for a week”.
As the title indicates, the historical city builder “Anno 1800”, released in 2019, will be free to play from November 2 to November 6.
The Anno series ranges back to the last millenium, and multiple very good builders have been release during this time. This should be certainly worth checking out, especially for free.

Get Anno 1800:
– Steam
– Epic Games store
– Ubisoft Connect

Discuss Anno 1800 with us here.

Civ IV Hall of Fame Update

By | October 28, 2023
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The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 16 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to jnebbe for the highest score of the update with a Tiny, Normal, Monarch, Domination game for 379,533 points.
Noble Zarkon was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games.

Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:

Conquistador 63 – 1320 AD, Small, Normal, Deity, Cultural game for 90,473 points.​

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New Number One Entries:
A number of players gained number one positions:

ruff_hi with a 1810 AD, Standard, Epic, Monarch, Espionage game for 51,409 points.
Noble Zarkon with a 2050 AD, Tiny, Marathon, Prince, Time game for 37,043 points.
Gr8scott with a 1400 BC, Large, Normal, Settler, Conquest game for 15,100 points.

One player gained composite table High Scores (i.e. Any Condition):
jnebbe with a 940 AD, Tiny, Normal, Monarch, game for 379,533 points.​

jnebbe with a 580 AD, Duel, Normal, Settler, game for 151,030 points.​

​This month both Conquistador 63 and Noble Zarkon became Elite Quattromasters – Immortal (BTS).
ruff_hi became an Elite Quattromaster – Monarch (BTS).

Congratulations everyone! Come and discuss the latest update with us here.

Millennia: Feature Breakdown – National Spirits

By | October 26, 2023
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A new video about Millennia has been released.
This video is about national spirits, essentially themes, which shape your nation, and give specific bonuses. So your nation will develop through the game to have a unique combiation of traits, which can determine your playstyle and make each game unique.

Come join us here to discuss this video.

Old World update #115

By | October 25, 2023
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Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update gives you a new ability for zealot generals, regencies have been reworked, tile improvement recommendations can be disabled, and many more things.

Discuss this update with us here (and read the full list of changes too).

Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG and Steam.