Soren Johnson has published a new blog post, this time about “Opinions”, have a read here. This blog post is mostly about how in the Civ games, you would mainly need to deal with threats from the outside, and the only thing which internally is causing issues is unhappiness and related concepts. This is a very simple mechanic,… Read More »
The developers of Old World have released a new patch. Besides various bug fixes, the game now includes a manual and a tutorial! Discuss this patch in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-september-15.673281/ Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohawkgames/status/1438249262496686081
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 »
PCGamer has published an article about the top 100 games, which you should be playing this year. While this is time-wise tight, with an average of 3 days per game, you need to make a selection, so we are very happy that this is not too hard: Old World has been included in the list! From the article:… Read More »
The developers of Old World have released a new patch. They have made various tweaks to the religious components and also added more events, among other things. Discuss this patch in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-september.673147/ Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohawkgames/status/1436075294314704896
Soren Johnson has added a new blog post, about why the characters were added to Old World. Have a read here: https://www.designer-notes.com/?p=1714An excerpt: “Simply put, characters add a dynamism to Old World that prevents it from reaching ECS, the usual fate of most 4X games. The most obvious way characters disrupt the game’s stability is via diplomacy. Simply… Read More »
Mohawk Games have released the offical manual for Old World: It’s a 100 pages long PDF document with all the basic explanations you need for the game. The manual has been made with the help of a Velociryx, https://www.twitch.tv/velociryx, the author of the SMAC/X strategy guide. You can find the manual here, and you can leave comments in our… Read More »
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 »