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Civ6 related news items

Civ news of the day: Songhai Civ7 guide, and how the Switch took Firaxis multi-platform

By | December 3, 2024

Today Firaxis gave us the official guide to the Songhai, the last exploration age civ. The Songhai are an economic and militaristic civ, with a starting bias for navigable rivers, plains, coast and desert. Most of their unique featurs such as improvements and units feature the water/rivers and give boni if on or adjacent to it. Curious? Check… Read More »

Historians discuss… with the Firaxis historian, and a new video on crises in Civ7

By | December 2, 2024

Civ6 streamer and history PhD student Paisley_Trees has together with a colleague interviewed Andrew Johnson during the CivGive charity stream last Sunday.They discuss how they pick the civs in combination with making an interesting and balanced game, that they read the forums here (although that we need to discuss things earlier; although we had the right timing with… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #188

By | December 1, 2024

The “Game Of The Month” is our monthly competition for a high-score in a defined setting. This time we challenge you to play as ptolemaic Cleopatra on a standard size hot and arid low-sea level wetlands map. You get abundant resources and a legendary start, but you are playing on Immortal level with a disaster intensity of 3.… Read More »

Civ news of the day: First look at Amina, the Warrior Queen in Civ7, and the CivGive charity returns with Civ6

By | November 27, 2024

Again more interesting news today! We got now an official first look at Amina, the Warrior Queen. We already had quite some information, but now we officially know that she is economic and militaristic, with a starting bias for plains and desert. She dislikes other plains/desert dwelling civilizations, and she gets more resources and gold in her capital.… Read More »

Civ news of the day: Hawai’i as a civ in Civ7, modern building overview, and no more launcher for Civ6!

By | November 26, 2024

We got more interesting civ news for you today! Firaxis has revealed Hawai’i as a civ for Civ7. They are cultural and expansionist with a starting bias for marine and coastal tiles. They get culture for expanding onto marine tiles, and farms adjacent to their unique improvement give also additional culture. Their associated wonder is Hale o Keawe,… Read More »

Civ VI Monthly Challenge: King of the Wonder

By | November 13, 2024

Firaxis has released the next Civ6 Challenge of the Month! It is called King of the Wonder, but if you wonder if you need to build lots of wonders, then you might wonder wrongly! In this game you play as Theodore Roosevelt of America, and you must defend the Bermuda Triangle. The game has standard settings (besides the… Read More »

Mega Sid Meier Humble Bundle again available

By | November 9, 2024

The Humble Bundle has again the Sid Meier collection on sale.This includes obviously our beloved Civ titles, from Civ3 to Civ6 (including DLCs and addons), with also Civ:BE (including Starships), followed by Sid Meier’s Pirates, Railroads, Ace Patrol and Pacific Sky.To ge the whole bundle with all the titles you only need to pay 16.62, which is a… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #187

By | November 1, 2024

For the colder months we provide you this time with a GOTM in a colder setting. You play as Peter the Great of Russia on a standard size cold and arid highlands map on King level. You get a legendary start, but also a disaster intensity of 3. You need to win a science victory, but also prevent… Read More »