Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

Push Humankind too far?! Live stream April 11-17 with great streamers on Elhoim’s map!

By | April 10, 2022
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The Humankind Twitter account has just announced a live streaming challenge with several streamers, including the well known Civ6 streamers @PotatoMcWhiskey , TheGameMechanic and JumboPixel.Over these days they will try to trigger the pollution end-condition in the fastest way possible.They will be playing this game on Elhoim’s World map.You may wonder if this is in any way related… Read More »

10% discount for Old World, and new video about training

By | April 5, 2022
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Old World is currently on sale, 10% off in the Epic Games Store, 29.69€ instead of 32.99€ (sale is for 2 days). If you take the chance to get it now, and want to dig deeper, then our user alcaras has made a new video about training in Old World. Have a look at it if you want… Read More »

GOG: Free giveaway (48h) – Thea 2: The Shattering

By | March 30, 2022
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GOG has a 48h giveaway. The game “Thea 2: The Shattering” is freely available for everyone for 2 days.The game is a turn-based strategy game on a hex grid. On first glance it reminds one of “Heroes Of Might & Magic”.The self-description on the GOG webpage is:“Thea 2: The Shattering is a follow-up to the successful Thea: The… Read More »

Masters of Magic remake: Beta testers wanted

By | March 29, 2022
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Masters of Magic is one of the strategy classics out there, dating back to 1994, and having also been described as a fantasy version of Civ.The wargaming publisher Slitherine is working on a remake of it, to be released this year.The game seems to include a hex-based overview map, turn-based combat, city management and spell research.In their latest… Read More »

Hexarchy: A deck-building civ-like game (now on Kickstarter)

By | March 20, 2022
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We continue our series about potentially interesting games for Civ-fans, and this time it’s about Hexarchy. Hexarchy is a civ-like game, it plays on a hex-grid, turn-based, and you build cities, units and wonders. The main difference to Civ is that it is a deck-builder: You have each round a certain amount of cards (units, buildings, technologies, etc),… Read More »

Old World: Watch the Nations, Archetypes and Families guide by alcaras

By | March 19, 2022
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Our long term user alcaras has made a video about some basics in Old World. Have a watch if you want to get to know some of the mechanics deeper, and discuss this video in the Old World video thread.

Celebrate the Colors of Humankind with the Holi Event

By | March 17, 2022
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There’s a new announcement at the games2gether forum about the upcoming Holi event, based on an Indian religious day. It’s basically a follow-up of last year’s Dia de los Muertos. It is again a timed-event, from March 17 until April 11. The challenges for this period are the following: Shrewd General: Force an Expansionist Empire that has Vassals… Read More »

Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Coming to iOS & Android April 7th!

By | March 16, 2022
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SEGA has just announced the date, when one of their classic X4 games, Total War: Medieval II, will be available for mobile devices. The release date for iOS and Android will be on April 7, and the game will be ported by Feral Games, a specialist in ports to various operating systems. Discuss this announcement in our forum… Read More »