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Get your Civ3 Community Scenario Compilation DVD

By | January 17, 2022

Our user Quintillus has put together a DVD with some of the most interesting Civ3 scenarios from the community. So if you really want to make sure that you have the best Civ3 mods at home, get the DVD! You can request the DVD from Quintillus, or you can download the DVD ISO here. You can discuss the… Read More »

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month” #158 and #185

By | January 10, 2022

And it’s again the time for the Civilization 3 “Game Of The Month”! Find out if you’re better at achieving world domination than anyone else! For people playing with the addon “Conquests”, there is the COTM #158. In this game you play the Maya on a standard size continents map on deity level, with some more modifications to… Read More »

GOG Winter Sale

By | December 14, 2021

GOG’s Winter Sale is on until January 5! This sale contains many items, which are interesting for us Civilization players, with the most interesting being: Civ3 for 1.29€ Civ4 (including Civ4: Colonization) for 5€ Alpha Centauri for 1.39€ Call To Power 2 for 3.49€ Colonization for 1.49€ Various other games of interest for the turn-based, 4X and strategy… Read More »

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of the Month”

By | October 6, 2021

It is again time for the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month”! In this competition you can play a set game, and see if you are doing better than your fellow Civ-fanatics! For the base Civ3 game, you can play this time as Spain on deity level with restless barbarians. You have until December 31 to finish this… Read More »

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

By | September 30, 2021

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

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

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

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 »