Civ7: Anniversary update, patch 1.3.2 coming tomorrow

By | February 2, 2026
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Sara surprised us today by announcing that the next patch will be released tomorrow, and oh my, it is a big one!

In this patch, you will be getting the option to play the whole game as one civ, which many people had requested before. Going together with it, the victory conditions are also getting a rework to fit better with the new ideas. Legacy paths also get reworked into a new concept called “Triumphs”. And as the last news: You are also getting a free Gilgamesh, every Civ6 player will be delighted!

You can read the full update here, and discuss it with us here. ArsTechnica also released an article about this patch. You can read it here and discuss with us here.

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #282

By | February 2, 2026
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The next Civ5 “Game Of The Month” is ready for you to play! If you want to compete all other civ-fanatics to find out who is the best, then we offer you now the next challenge! In this game you play as William of the Netherlands on a standard size Oceania map on Immortal level. You must win this game with a domination victory as fast as possible. You got time until March 1 to tackle this challenge. Get your savegame here!

New Civ7 merchandise available

By | February 1, 2026
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The announcement is from earlier this month, but it seems we missed it: New Civ7 merchandise is available.
All the official merchandise can be bought in the official store here.
As you can see from the picture, the new items are a tumbler, a baseball cap, a mousepad, a set of pins (mystery selection), a sherpa blanket, and a new t-shirt as well as sweatshirt (different ones were available already prior).
From tomorrow you can also order a war elephant plushie, see here.

Want to discuss the new merchandise? Join us here for the discussion.

Demo available for “Folk Emerging”, the prehistoric civ game

By | January 30, 2026
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We have posted already a few times about “Folk Emerging”, as it probably tickles every civ-fans interest: It is a turn-based 4X game, but you are not managing a civilization, but a stone-age tribe, who needs to discover fire and the wheel, hunt and gather for food, battle other tribes, with the aim to survive. And now there is a demo available! According to the announcement, the demo includes 1/3 of the tech tree, 1/2 of the cultural traits you can develop, 5/9 climates, some events, and is otherwise mainly limited by having 1 map.

Civ fans should probably check out this demo, and let us know what you think! You can report back in this thread!

PolyCast 422: Four Americans Talk About Europe​

By | January 26, 2026
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The Polycast team is releasing some of their old episodes, which were not previously published due to circumstances with the editing. You can now download the PolyCast #422, which is from June 2023. The thread for this episode is here.

The four-hundred-and-twenty-first episode of PolyCast, “Four Americans Talk About Europe“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

– 00h04m02s | Scottish Comedian Plays Civ, Nukes London

News
– 00h06m09s | Machine Learning in Games
– 00h22m02s | PolyCast Show News

Research Lab
– 00h27m05s | Mythical, Mythological, or Legendary Leaders

Forum Talk
– 00h34m54s | How Will Civ VI Be Remembered?

Miscellaneous
– 00h52m55s | An Idiot(?) Plays Civ: Beyond Earth
– 01h02m06s | Honest Trailers Covers Civ 6

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice.

Sid Meier HumbleBundle again available!

By | January 25, 2026
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The Sid Meier HumbleBundle is again available! If you pay just €15,46, you get the full versions of Civ3-6, and also a 40% discount for Civ7. You get also a few more titles like Sid Meier’s Railroads or Pirates. As usual with the HumbleBundle, you can also direct some parts of your payment (and more than the minimum is encouragemed) to a charity, this time the additional money would go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation to help battle Parkison.

Get the bundle here, and discuss it with us here.

Play the new Civ7 “Game Of The Month” #15

By | January 21, 2026
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We continue our “Game Of The Month” series with the next game for Civ7! This time we challenge you with the following savegame: You are playing as Augustus of Mexico in the Modern Age. The map size is standard with light disaster intensity, and you are playing on Immortal Sovereign. You are allowed to win the game in any way you want, but you must do so before February 21. Think you are up to this challenge? Then get your savegame here.

Interactive SMACX tech tree

By | January 18, 2026
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Our user Bubblewrap has started the year with implementing a project which he long wanted to do: An interactive technology tree for Alpha Centauri (including Alien Crossfire). In case you don’t have the printed tree anymore (we have it though), then you can now use the interactive, clickable version with additional info here. In case you want to comment on this project, then check out the thread here.