One Civ, Many Worlds

Written by Soren Johnson; Date Posted: 11/2/06

This document is an excerpt from the book contained within Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles, the definitive Civilization collector's edition recently released by 2K. This chapter is called “One Civ, Many Worlds” in which designer/programmer Soren Johnson writes about the Civ community and its positive impact on the evolution of the game. Johnson, who works at Firaxis, 2K's world-renowned development studio, was the lead designer for Sid Meier's Civilization IV and he programmed and co-designed Sid Meier's Civilization III.

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Conducted by Troy Goodfellow; Date Posted: 9/29/06

This interview is a "deleted scene" of sorts from Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles, the definitive Civilization collector's edition. As part of this project, several interviews with members of past Civilization teams were conducted by journalist Troy Goodfellow. These were used as the source material for a massive article on the history of the franchise that is include in a 96 page book included in the Civ Chronicles package.

This interview is with Brian Reynolds, the lead designer on Civilization II. Brian was also the lead designer at Firaxis Games on Alpha Centauri before leaving to found Big Huge Games, the creators of Rise of Nations and its recent sequel Rise of Legends.

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