Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #166

By | September 3, 2023

The new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” is a total chaos! You play as Sejong of Korea on a unknown map of standard size on Prince level. You need to win via a science victory, but disaster intensity is set to 4 and all game mods are on (besides Zombies). We wish you all luck, may the best civ-fanatic survive!

The deadline for game submission is October 1, and all other details you can find here.

Theocracy, a new Civ 1 & 2 like indie game

By | September 3, 2023

A part of the current Steam strategy fest is the indie game “Theocracy”. Theocracy is an old-school turnbased 4X game, heavily inspired by Civ1 and 2, but with a focus on religion and mysticism. So besides expanding your empire, you also need to spread your religion and convert pagans.

The game is currently on sale for 4.89€ instead of 6.99 until September 4. The developer is also a fellow civ-fanatic, and will answer any questions in the thread dedicated to the Theocracy here.

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month”

By | September 2, 2023

And we continue a warm theme also for the last month of summer: For this Civ4 “Game Of The Month” you play as Hatshepsut of Egypt on a tropical pangaea map on Deity level. You have until October 9 to spread the knowledge of the sungods everywhere.

For more information please see this thread.

King’s Bounty: The Legend – Free giveaway on GOG (until Monday Sept 4)

By | September 2, 2023

King’s Bounty: The Legend is currently freely available on GOG.com.
This is a temporary deal, and valid until Monday September 4. The game will stay in your library afterwards though.

King’s Bounty is a game series, which has a similar style to Heroes Of Might and Magic: You are a hero, travelling through a fantasy landscape with an army, to fulfil quests. The battles are happening on a separate strategy map, which is influenced by the current surrounding, and is performed on a hex field in a turn-based manner. The main difference between HoMM and King’s Bounty is that King’s Bounty is more of a role-playing game, since you don’t conquer cities and have only one hero. This makes the game a bit more streamlined, but also in some way less strategic. No matter your preference, it’s a nice turnbased game, which you should definitely get, especially if it’s for free.

Get it here, and join us for the discussion here.

Civ6 Civtember Anniversary Celebration

By | September 1, 2023

Firaxis has announced the Civtember anniversary celebration.

A part of this celebration is the current Civ6 sale on Steam, with an approximately 90% discount for the base game and most DLCs.

Other parts include the most recent patch, give-aways on coming Mondays, a livestream series and a merchandise sale.

Join us for the Civtember discussion here.

Civ IV Hall of Fame Update

By | August 31, 2023

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 14 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to Conquistador 63 for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Epic, Immortal, Domination game for 325,771 points.

tsvyatkov was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games.

New Number One Entries:

A number of players gained number one positions:​

​donsig with a 2050 AD, Small, Epic, Prince, Time game for 16,759 points.​

​Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Large, Quick, Chieftain, Time game for 21,515 points.​

** New Gauntlet Starting **
We have added some new special challenges for you, for which we need a new win:
G-Major 188 – Space Colony, Monarch, Ancient, Small, Epic, Terra, America
G-Minor 272
– Domination, Warlord, Ancient, Tiny, Normal, Pangaea

Join the discussion here.

Humankind – new Oceania DLC

By | August 30, 2023

Amplitude has announced another DLC for Humankind, the “Cultures of Oceania” DLC. The new DLC comes packed with interesting content. The description from the Steam page:

The HUMANKIND™ Cultures of Oceania DLC includes:​

– 6 New Cultures
– 6 New Wonders
– 7 Independent Peoples
– 15 Narrative Events
– New in-game themed music tracks composed by Arnaud Roy”

The DLC is currently discounted by 10%, to 8.09 instead of 8.99, and will be available on September 11. You can find all information on the Steam page, and you can discuss the DLC with us here.

Civ6 August 2023 Update (Celebrating 32 Years of Civ!)

By | August 29, 2023

A surprise update for Civ6 has been released. The most important change from this update is that the Leader Pass leaders are now available on console, the abilities of some leaders get an overhaul (Julius Caesar, Wu Zetian, Harald Hadrada (Varangian), Abraham Lincoln), and the new leaders also get achievements. In addition to this we also get some minor fixes.

For the discussion please check this thread.

Original link: https://civilization.com/news/entries/civ-vi-august-2023-update/