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Blizzard and Activision sale on GOG: Call To Power II and historical city builders

By | October 11, 2021

GOG has currently a sale on various games from Blizzard and Activision. The main item of interest for us Civ-fanatics is the old “Call To Power 2” game, which had “Civilization” scraped from its name due to licensing rights, but is otherwise a very civ-like game and worth a look for fans of old games. “Call To Power… Read More »

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 »

Paradox Interactive strategy weekend sale

By | September 16, 2021

Paradox Interactive has currently a sale of a big bunch of their games. There are discounts up to 80% on various games, including Hearts of Iron IV, Europa Universales IV, Crusader Kings III, Stellaris (currently free), and more. Check out the sales here.

More sales: Stellaris for free, 10% discount on Old World

By | September 14, 2021

Next to the ongoing Stardock sale, there is more fodder coming for us Civ-fanatics! Stellaris, a 4X space game from Paradox, is for free until September 20. Get it for free here. But if you’re looking for something newer, more civ-like, then have a look at Old World, which is currently 10% discounted down to 30€ until September… Read More »

Steam sale of Stardock games

By | September 13, 2021

Steam has currently a sale of various Stardock games. The “Galactic Civilizations” series has also a standing fan community on CFC, and “Galactic Civilizations III” (Ultimate Edition) is right now discounted from 91€ down to 32€. You can discuss this game here. The game “Fallen Enchantress” is a turn-based fantasy game, and was co-developed by Kael, who was… Read More »

Civ6 wonders… but in Minecraft!

By | August 31, 2021

A very dedicated Civ6 fan is building the Civ6 wonders in Minecraft. An article in PCGamesN today highlights the Great Lighthouse (on reddit). On the creators youtube channel you can find 6 more of the wonders (like the Hanging Gardens, from the screenshot here), and they plan to do more. This is how you can tell that someone… Read More »

Recent announcement of new UNESCO world heritage sites – Which is civ-worthy?

By | August 7, 2021

The UNESCO recently announced the new world heritage sites, see this news item:https://en.unesco.org/news/danube-limes-added-unescos-world-heritage-list-closing-years-inscriptionsOn the UNESCO list are many famous cultural and natural sites https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ , like the Great Wall of China or the Taj Mahal, which we all also know as being wonders in various Civ parts. This year a combined list of 2020 and 2021 has been… Read More »

Offworld Trading Company Free on Epic (Jul 15 – Jul 21)

By | July 15, 2021

Epic Games offers one or two free games every week. From July 15th to July 21st, you can get Soren Johnson’s Offworld Trading Company for free. Check it out! EDIT (7/22): This offer is no longer available.