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Civ2 related news items

Marvel at Tomasz Zych’s Civ2 unit drawings!

By | October 28, 2021
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Thomasz Zych, or Titos2k on Twitter https://twitter.com/titos2k , has drawn all the Civ2 units in a very nice style. He has uploaded them to his website, https://rysownik.com/illustration/civilization-2-units/ , and you can find a high-res version of the drawings also here https://rysownik.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/fullset-2.png . He has also published an article on medium about his experience drawing these units. Read it… Read More »

PolyCast 392: The Good Old Days

By | October 18, 2021
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The three hundred-and-ninety-second episode of PolyCast, “The Good Old Days“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m00s | Firaxis’s 30 Year Anniversary Video– 00h03m38s | The New Yorker Review of Sid Meier’s Memoirs! Forum Talk– 00h11m01s | Unpopular… Read More »

Official from Firaxis: It’s Civilization’s Big 30-Year Celebration!

By | September 30, 2021
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Firaxis has announced today that they’re officially starting the party for Civ’s 30th birthday. Besides the above video, they also have an address from Sid Meier himself written down. Read the official announcement here: https://civilization.com/fr-FR/news/entries/it-s-civilization-s-big-30-year-celebration/ Discuss it in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/official-from-firaxis-it%E2%80%99s-civilizations-big-30-year-celebration.673485/

30 years Civ – all the little things you didn’t know

By | September 30, 2021
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So much time has passed, since the “birth” of Civ. Many people know the game, and all the details about its mechanics. But do you know about all the small things and little jokes, created by Firaxis or the community? You haven’t seen CivAnon, the Civ4 throne room, or about Elvis? No? Have a read here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/30-years-civ-all-the-little-things-you-didnt-know.673477/ And… Read More »

PCGamesN: A Civilization 6 modder has brought back upgradeable throne rooms and palaces

By | September 27, 2021
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The veterans here at CivFanatics will remember Civ2 and Civ3: Civ2 had a throne room, which you could upgrade and make more fancy whenever your had a we-love-the-X day in one of your cities. Civ3 did something similar with a palace. Both features were nice to look at, but did not affect the gameplay at all, and were… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back!

By | September 3, 2021
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Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back! To celebrate the 30th birthday of Civilization, we are holding a contest: Give Civ a present, get one back! How would you do this? We are looking for any form of art, created for Civilization! Have you ever drawn something inspired by Civ? Made a sculpture? A lego… Read More »

Civ2 “Let’s Play”

By | August 10, 2021
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Despite that Civ2 is in the meantime a near-ancient game, our user pi-r8 still put in the work to produce a new “Let’s Play” for it on Youtube. He has recently finished it, and you can watch it here:

Sid Meier’s Memoir! Coming in September

By | May 7, 2020
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The creator of the original Civilization computer game, Sid Meier himself, has written a memoir that will be published this September. More information may be found in this PC Games article. Or check out the book’s website, which has links to places to pre-order it.