Years in the making CivFanatics user Blake00 has gone public with the v1.1 release of his & user MetroPolis’s Heroes of Might & Magic 2 total conversion scenario modpack for Sid Meier’s Civilization 2. Since Sept was the 30th anniversary of Heroes 1 he also made his HoMM1 graphics addon pack available earlier than planned too. Almost every part of Civ2 (which will be having its own 30th anniversary soon) has been changed to feel more HoMM like making this possibly the largest total conversion mod ever made for Civ2 Gold!
Check the mod release page here, and our thread for discussions here.
Civ7: Patch 1.3 coming, and free DLC “Tides Of Power” next week
We do not know the release date of Patch 1.3 yet, but the release of the DLC “Tides Of Power” is November 4, and it will be free for all players until January 5.
The patch might include an option to keep playing your civ (might, because changes are not sure yet), and will come with a range of naval options, fitting to the DLC. This includes a harbor building, a privateer unit, a range of resources (among them crab and turtle), and new terrains.
The DLC will bring in its first part the Pirate Republic and fittingly Edward Teach as leader, together with another seafaring nation, Tonga. The second part will come later, and will include the Ottomans, Iceland and the 16th century barbary pirate ruler Sayyida al Hurra.
You can read the whole announcement here, and discuss with us here.
25 years of Civfanatics – a retrospective – UPDATE: Also Civ4 anniversary
Time flies, when you’re playing civ, and the same applies when you are browsing the forums! Today is one of the days which can be considered the birthday of Civfanatics, and we turn 25, which is in the age of the internet nearly biblical. For this occasion we have written a retrospective, which hopefully includes the most interesting things about the forums. This starts from our timeline, the stats, our best content, the notable projects the community has created, from mods to podcasts, the weirdest things the mods have never told anyone, and other things you might not know. Have a read here.
UPDATE: The strange ways of the universe have also lead to the fact that the original release date of Civ4 is exactly 20 years ago! Join the celebration here.
1492 – Colonization of the New World – Public Demo & New Trailer!
We recently posted the exciting news about the new and very Sid Meier’s Colonization like game on the way called 1492 – Colonization of the New World. Well now they’ve released a new trailer and their first public demo on Steam for fans to try out! Have a go, let them, and also us, know what you guys think!
Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #297
Also for October you get again the monthly challenge for Civ4 with our “Game Of The Month”. This time we want you to play as Kublai Khan on a standard size custom continents map with high sea level on Prince difficulty. You are free to choose your own way how to dominate this planet. You got until November 15 to finish and submit your game. Check here for more information and the savegame.
New single by Christopher Tin: “Stream Of Life”
Christopher Tin has released a new single, called “Stream Of Life”, from his upcoming album “Song Offerings”.
The song is inspired by the poem collection “Gitanjali” by a Bengali poet, and this version was performed by Kantoreidenver.
You can check his blog here, and you have various options to listen to the song here.
Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month”
Also for Civ3 we are still running a “Game Of The Month”, although it should be now named “of the quarter”. The next quarter has started now, so we got you 2 new games!
For the addon “Play The World” you play as Cleopatra of the Egyptians. You are set on a standard size arid Archipelago map with 60% water and 9 opponents on Deity level. You also got roaming barbarians, but as a goody you start with your first city and with the Pyramids already! You can submit your attempt until December 31st! For more info please check here.
For the addon “Conquests” you play as Charles V of Austria on a normal size continents map with 70% ocean on Regent level. You got raging barbarians, but no other special modifiers. Also here the deadline is December 31st. For more info please check here.
Humankind – Freya update
It seems that last Friday Amplitude accidentally released a part of the Freya update.
Their initial plan was to fix a security issue with the Unity engine, and they accidentally also deployed the already finished parts of the Freya update.
They therefore decided to make this now official, and have released the current patch notes.
You can find the official post here.
The changes:
- Religion Tier Requirements have been rebalanced and should scale better with map size and number of players now
- Non-State Religion followers in your territories now give a mild stability penalty per pop (there are ways to offset this)
- Territories now have a “Faith Defense” value that reduces incoming faith pressure from non-state Religions
- Multiple religions can share the same tenet now
- All Tenets have been rebalanced with effects that reward spreading your state religion. The Tier 4 Tenets give the Religious Leader additional benefits.
- Religious Civics were adapted to the new Religion balancing
- New Persona: William Wallace
You can discuss this update with us here.