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  1. youtube.com/channel/UCBvx1NLjt

    Sullla’s AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla. CFC is very excited to announce that the popular series returns after almost a two-year hiatus with Season Nine. AI Survivor has become quite an event over the years for both old and new Civ IV fans.

    Game 2 starts on APRIL 10TH:
    The competition heats up in Game 2 as we see a clash between high-tier traits and volatile personalities. With four Financial trait leaders on the map, the economy will be the primary engine of conflict.
    Who will dominate Game 2 and who will face early extinction? Don’t forget to make your picks in the picking contest before the game goes live docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI !
    Sullla’s AI Survivor Season 9 continues Friday, April 10th, on Sullla’s Twitch Channel at noon EST. You make track the completion with the Current Bracket & Standings.

    We welcome you to join the fun by discussing here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ4 #TBS

  2. CivFanatics user SpyFanatic recently announced what is likely to be the final release and iteration of the Master of Mana mod that turns #Civ4 into a 4X fantasy strategy Master of Magic like experience. The journey began many years ago when modding legend & game dev Kael developed the Fall From Heaven Civ4 mods which spawned many other ‘modmods’ using the FFH2 template. One of them was known as Wildmana that pushed things in a more magical direction became the popular Master of Mana mod. It’s also worth noting that one of the original Wildmana & MoM dev’s Sephi is working on a new MoM inspired game called The Red Desert of Cruoris at the moment too. Check here for more information on the final Civ4 MoM Tweak release forums.civfanatics.com/threads and here forums.civfanatics.com/threads for more information on all the other Civ4 MoM versions mentioned.

  3. 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 #423, which is from June 2023. The thread for this episode is here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    The four-hundred-and-twenty-third episode of PolyCast, “Formula 1 is Responsible for This“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Phil "TheMeInTeam". Topics for this episode include:

    - 04m05s | Allied GDR Shoots Down Stealth Bombers

    News
    - 06m08s | 30 Years of Civilization
    - 10m15s | Play Your Damn Turn! Cross Platform Multiplayer Management System
    - 19m12s | Ozymandias

    Senate
    - 21m55s | Combat Bonuses Between CIvV and CIvVI
    - 38m08s | Raze and Replace as a Strategy
    - 47m28s | When to Use Godking

    #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6

  4. 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 humblebundle.com/games/best-of , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7

  5. 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 #420, which is from May 2023. The thread for this episode is here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    The four-hundred-and-twentieth episode of PolyCast, “We Like Boats, and We Cannot Lie“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Phil "TheMeInTeam", and Jason "MegaBearsFan". Topics for this episode include:

    News
    - 00h01m18s | The Kotaku Civ VI Re-review
    - 00h23m24s | Age of Wonders 4 has been Released

    Forum Talk
    - 00h26m39s | Favorite Leader Pass Leader Poll
    - 00h36m35s | AI Can Be Broken By A Single Incorrect Variable

    Research Lab
    - 00h45m48s | The Civilization 7 Wishlist (May 2023 Edition)

    #Civ4 #Civ6 #Civ7

  6. #2K has currently a winter sale, which includes big discounts for #Civ4 , #Civ5 , #Civ:BE , #Civ6 and #Civ7 ! This also includes the Civ7 DLCs (besides Tides Of Power, which is currently free).

    For people who already have all the civ games, there are also discounts for #Marvel #MidnightSuns, as well as #XCOM 1 and 2 (among other, less interesting games ;) ).

    The sale runs until January 5, check it out here store.steampowered.com/develop .

  7. youtube.com/watch?v=M2mjPz1gss

    5 years ago for Civ1s 30th anniversary we posted Blake's video here about how to play it in HD with the best mods & scenarios and now as we close in on Sid Meier's Civilization II 30th anniversary the time has come to do the same for Civ2. In the intervening years Blake has painstakingly searched, rescued & preserved several thousand Civ2 scenarios made over the last 3 decades and is now showcasing many of the best total conversion ones in this video. There’s also previews on some crazy new mods of Blake's that change nearly everything in Civ2 to look like Heroes of Might & Magic, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune, and Alpha Centauri to name a few. Eventually he’ll be doing episodes on playing Colonization, Master of Magic, Alpha C, CtP and Civ3-4-etc in HD too but that’ll be a few more years work. Curious? Check more here forums.civfanatics.com/threads

    #Civ2 #Civ3 #Civ3 #Civ4 #AlphaCentauri

  8. We recently posted about Blake's new #Civ3 preservation project continuing the work from his old #Civ2 preservation project which went on to preserve several thousand lost Civ2 mods & scenarios. Now he's kicked off a new #Civ4 & Civ4-Colonization scenario/mods preservation project starting with 3 large collections totaling around 9 Gigabytes. If you're a fan of Civ4 and its mods then we encourage you to grab copies for yourselves and if you happen to have your own large collection of Civ4 mods & scenarios you'd be willing to donate then please let us know here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

  9. As the title says: Firaxis has currently a developer sale going on, and all their big titles are on sale (exception: Alpha Centauri, which is not on sale).
    This includes everything from Civ3 to Civ7, with the excepton of some of the Civ6 DLCs.
    Civ7 is currently 35% off, Civ6 and DLCs between 25 and 50%, and the rest of the games/addons/DLCs between 10-80%.

    At the same time also the other franchises are on sale, including XCOM and Marvel Midnight Suns, with discounts for the main titles and DLCs between 20 to 90%.
    You can find an overview over the sale here store.steampowered.com/develop , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7 #CivBE #MarvelMidnightSuns #XCOM #Firaxis

  10. As the title says: Firaxis has currently a developer sale going on, and all their big titles are on sale (exception: Alpha Centauri, which is not on sale).
    This includes everything from Civ3 to Civ7, with the excepton of some of the Civ6 DLCs.
    Civ7 is currently 35% off, Civ6 and DLCs between 25 and 50%, and the rest of the games/addons/DLCs between 10-80%.

    At the same time also the other franchises are on sale, including XCOM and Marvel Midnight Suns, with discounts for the main titles and DLCs between 20 to 90%.
    You can find an overview over the sale here store.steampowered.com/develop , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7 #CivBE #MarvelMidnightSuns #XCOM #Firaxis

  11. As the title says: Firaxis has currently a developer sale going on, and all their big titles are on sale (exception: Alpha Centauri, which is not on sale).
    This includes everything from Civ3 to Civ7, with the excepton of some of the Civ6 DLCs.
    Civ7 is currently 35% off, Civ6 and DLCs between 25 and 50%, and the rest of the games/addons/DLCs between 10-80%.

    At the same time also the other franchises are on sale, including XCOM and Marvel Midnight Suns, with discounts for the main titles and DLCs between 20 to 90%.
    You can find an overview over the sale here store.steampowered.com/develop , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7 #CivBE #MarvelMidnightSuns #XCOM #Firaxis

  12. As the title says: Firaxis has currently a developer sale going on, and all their big titles are on sale (exception: Alpha Centauri, which is not on sale).
    This includes everything from Civ3 to Civ7, with the excepton of some of the Civ6 DLCs.
    Civ7 is currently 35% off, Civ6 and DLCs between 25 and 50%, and the rest of the games/addons/DLCs between 10-80%.

    At the same time also the other franchises are on sale, including XCOM and Marvel Midnight Suns, with discounts for the main titles and DLCs between 20 to 90%.
    You can find an overview over the sale here store.steampowered.com/develop , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7 #CivBE #MarvelMidnightSuns #XCOM #Firaxis

  13. As the title says: Firaxis has currently a developer sale going on, and all their big titles are on sale (exception: Alpha Centauri, which is not on sale).
    This includes everything from Civ3 to Civ7, with the excepton of some of the Civ6 DLCs.
    Civ7 is currently 35% off, Civ6 and DLCs between 25 and 50%, and the rest of the games/addons/DLCs between 10-80%.

    At the same time also the other franchises are on sale, including XCOM and Marvel Midnight Suns, with discounts for the main titles and DLCs between 20 to 90%.
    You can find an overview over the sale here store.steampowered.com/develop , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7 #CivBE #MarvelMidnightSuns #XCOM #Firaxis

  14. Earlier today we have posted about our anniversary, the Civfanatics community has reached 25 years forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

    The strange ways of the universe have also lead to the fact that the original release date of #Civ4 is exactly 20 years ago! Join the celebration here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

  15. Time flies, when you're playing civ, and the same applies when you are browsing the forums! Today is one of the days which can be considered the birthday of Civfanatics, and we turn 25, which is in the age of the internet nearly biblical. For this occasion we have written a retrospective, which hopefully includes the most interesting things about the forums. This starts from our timeline, the stats, our best content, the notable projects the community has created, from mods to podcasts, the weirdest things the mods have never told anyone, and other things you might not know. Have a read here forums.civfanatics.com/threads

    #Civ1 #Civ2 #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #AlphaCentauri #Civilization #OneMoreTurn

  16. Also for October you get again the monthly challenge for #Civ4 with our “Game Of The Month”. This time we want you to play as Kublai Khan on a standard size custom continents map with high sea level on Prince difficulty. You are free to choose your own way how to dominate this planet. You got until November 15 to finish and submit your game. Check here for more information and the savegame forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

  17. The Steam autumn sale is currently going on, and the Civ titles are getting some discounts:
    - #Civ7 is 30% off, for 48.99 (base game) store.steampowered.com/app/129
    - Most, but not all, DLCs get between 20-33% off, which includes Crossroads and Right To Rule (the later 20%) store.steampowered.com/dlc/129

    For other Civ titles store.steampowered.com/franchi , we have:
    - #Civ6, 90% off for 5.99
    - Beyond Earth, 75% off, for 9.99
    - #Civ5, 75% off, for 7.49
    - #Civ4, 80% off, for 3.99
    - Alpha Centauri #AC , 50% off, 2.49 store.steampowered.com/app/220

    Currently there are no discounts for Civ3.

    And some more interesting news: Some forum sleuths found some good indicators for some future content, please check here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

  18. If you got Amazon Prime, then you can currently get the #Civ4 : Complete Edition for free gaming.amazon.com/sid-meiers-c .
    This offer is valid until December 3. The version which you get on Prime is a key for GOG.com #GOG , meaning you do not have to use Prime to play Civ4, and Civ4 will be available for you also after December 3.

    If you want to discuss this offer with us, then join us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads

  19. @timixretroplays I sadly had a different version, which was less epic.
    The #Civ3 box is also pretty nice. The #Civ4 has more of what you criticize, but still some epic-ness.

  20. Since a few days the new "Game Of The Month" for #Civ4 is again available. This time you have to play as Louis XIV of France on a tropical standard size Custom Continents map on Prince level. There are a bunch of custom modifications, like resource replacements which lead to some resources missing, and you're permanently allied to the HRE, but it's a minor civ and you can't talk to it. For all the details please check this thread forums.civfanatics.com/threads , and submit your game at latest June 30.

  21. The #Civ4 Hall of Fame, our everlasting list of best civ players, has been updated - 11 games were accepted since the previous update.

    Congratulations to The-Hawk for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Epic, Noble, Domination game for 487,986 points.

    Lcpl Jack Jones was the most active player during this update, submitting 5 games.

    New Number One Entries:

    A number of players gained number one positions:
    Alexfin with a 560 AD, Standard, Normal, Prince, Diplomatic game for 124,530 points.
    Alexfin with a 325 AD, Standard, Normal, Noble, Diplomatic game for 107,180 points.
    nocho with a 770 AD, Duel, Marathon, Chieftain, Space Colony game for 314,614 points.

    A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):
    The-Hawk with a 1635 AD, Standard, Epic, Noble, game for 487,986 points.

    Please join us in this thread to congratulate the winners forums.civfanatics.com/threads

  22. And we didn’t forget #Civ4, you also get a new challenge this month! For this round of the “Game Of The Month” you get a savegame where you play as Willem of the Netherlands on a standard size “Big & Small” map. The difficulty level is Noble, but you also have raging barbarians and an extra strong Barbarian unit. The deadline to send in your game is May 4. For more information please check this thread forums.civfanatics.com/threads

  23. The next "Game Of The Month" for #Civ4 is again available. Don't only beat the AI, beat also the highscore of all other CivFanatics by starting with the same savegame and making the best out of it!

    This time you play as Ashoka of India on a standard size Tectonic map on Emperor level. No other specific conditions are enabled, you can even pick your own way to win this GOTM. The deadline is April 15. For more info please look here forums.civfanatics.com/threads

  24. The #Civ4 Hall of Fame, our competition for the highest score, has been updated - 13 games were accepted since the previous update.

    Congratulations to Furchtbarer Halbmond for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Normal, Immortal, Conquest game for 475,433 points.

    babaBrian was the most active player during this update, submitting 4 games.

    Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update: fizbankovi - 1850 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 122,590 points.​

    A number of players gained number one positions:
    Alexfin with a 1030 AD, Standard, Normal, Warlord, Cultural game for 70,806 points.
    nocho with a 970 AD, Duel, Marathon, Warlord, Space Colony game for 469,674 points.

    A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):
    Furchtbarer Halbmond with a 1250 AD, Standard, Normal, Immortal, game for 475,433 points
    nocho with a 970 AD, Duel, Marathon, Warlord, game for 469,674 points

    Congratulate the new HOF leaders here forums.civfanatics.com/threads.

  25. New Number One Entries in the #Civ4 Hall Of Fame::

    A number of players gained number one positions:
    - Wednesday with a 360 AD, Standard, Marathon, Deity, Cultural game for 599,364 points.
    - nocho with a 1464 AD, Duel, Marathon, Immortal, Space Colony game for 456,005 points.
    - Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Huge, Marathon, Emperor, Time game for 17,422 points.
    - nocho with a 1520 AD, Tiny, Epic, Emperor, Space Colony game for 376,152 points.
    - Alexfin with a 1020 AD, Standard, Normal, Noble, Cultural game for 83,040 points.

    A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):
    - ariosto with a 1280 AD, Small, Normal, Prince, game for 992,022 points
    - nocho with a 1464 AD, Duel, Marathon, Immortal, game for 456,005 points.
    - nocho with a 1520 AD, Tiny, Epic, Emperor, game for 376,152 points.

    Let's congratulate all the winners here forums.civfanatics.com/threads !

  26. The #Civ4 Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated - 11 games were accepted since the previous update.

    Congratulations to ariosto for the highest score of the update with a Small, Normal, Prince, Domination game for 992,022 points.
    fizbankovi was the most active player during this update, submitting 3 games.

    Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update:
    - fizbankovi - 1874 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 126,122 points.​
    - fizbankovi - 1908 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Espionage game for 43,096 points.
    - fizbankovi - 1917 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Domination game for 95,396 points.​
    - Wednesday - 360 AD, Standard, Marathon, Deity, Cultural game for 599,364 points.​

  27. Even in 2025 we continue to provide you a new #Civ4 challenge each month!

    If you want to compete this time in the "Game Of The Month" for the crown of best Civ4 player, then we want you to play the following game: You play as Bisma.... Weihnachtsman from the magical kingdom on a cold standard size Earth2 map on Monarch difficulty. The deadline for this game is February 3. For more details please check this thread: forums.civfanatics.com/threads

  28. Gauntlet Updates

    G-Major 192
    Congratulations to nocho for winning this with a score of 440,603 followed by Lcpl Jack Jones with 108,421 and Noble Zarkon on 13,970.

    G-Minor 280
    Congratulations to nocho for winning this with a date of 1442AD followed very closely by Conquistador 63 in 1454AD and then zbgayumn in 1897AD.

    If you want to congratulate the winners, then join us here: forums.civfanatics.com/threads

    #Civ4

  29. Our eternal Civilization IV Hall of Fame #Civ4 has been updated - 9 games were accepted since the previous update.

    Congratulations to nocho for the highest score of the update with a Tiny, Marathon, Emperor, Space Colony game for 539,238 points.

    nocho and fizbankovi were the most active players during this update, submitting 2 games each.

    Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:
    - fizbankovi - 1750 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Domination game for 189,542 points.​- fizbankovi - 1822 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 95,867 points.​

    ​New Number One Entries:

    A number of players gained number one positions:
    - Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Large, Epic, Immortal, Time game for 18,758 points.
    - nocho with a 1374 AD, Tiny, Marathon, Emperor, Space Colony game for 539,238 points.
    - Alexfin with a 1160 AD, Standard, Normal, Prince, Cultural game for 91,118 points.
    - donsig with a 2050 AD, Small, Quick, Settler, Time game for 7,115 points.

  30. The Baltimore Banner has just before Christmas ran a title called "How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies".
    As many of you know, Baltimore is the home to our most important gaming studio, Firaxis, but not only that. Its predecessor, Microprose, was also situated in Baltimore, and more recently also many things have happened there. Firaxis personnel has spawnd other studios like "Big Huge Games", which were responsible for "Rise of Nations", and very recently Oxide Games, which has developed "Ara: History Untold". And we don't know yet what games will come from 2 other studious founded by Firaxis employees, Bit Reactor and Midsummer Studios.
    If you want to read a bit more, then check out the article here thebaltimorebanner.com/article , and discuss it with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads

    #Civ1 #Civ2 #Civ3 #Civ4 #Civ5 #Civ6 #Civ7 #Ara #RoN

  31. @matematico314 I think this has probably to do with the success of previous titles on the other platforms. #Civ4 until #Civ6 were ported to Mac (by Aspyr, this time apparently not involved), and Civ6 apparently also plays well on the Steamdeck. I guess in all cases they sold well enough to warrant this effort to not rely on Proton or Wine.

  32. It’s sales times on Steam, and there is a great selection to choose from!

    From the civ franchise we got:

    - 95% off on #Civ6, for 2.99 for the base game, with slightly less good discounts for the platinum and anthology edition store.steampowered.com/app/289
    - 75% off on #CivBE, for 9.99 store.steampowered.com/app/659
    - 80% off on #Civ4, for 3.99 store.steampowered.com/app/390
    - 80% off on #civ3 for 0.99 store.steampowered.com/app/391

    Other interesting games are also on sale, and include:

    - 75% off on #OldWorld for 9.99 store.steampowered.com/app/597
    - 75% off on #Humankind, for 12.49 store.steampowered.com/app/112
    - 50% off on #Millennia, for 19.99 store.steampowered.com/app/126
    - 40% off on #Ara, for 35.99 store.steampowered.com/app/202
    - 71% off on a bundle with #Victoria3 and #Anno1800, for 31.98 store.steampowered.com/bundle/

    Save some money for #Civ7 though ;).

  33. We all know that our famous master Kael was working after #Civ4 #FfH2 with# Stardock, having had some great impact on #GalCiv IV.
    Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, made a post on Reddit, which just recently surfaced again. The overlooked information in Brad's post was that Kael apparently has moved on now to #Amplitude. Given that Amplitude has with #Humankind a civ competitor, and is for sure also working on new projects... time to speculate!

    Our thread:
    - forums.civfanatics.com/threads

  34. Since it's popping up on the local time line: #10GamesToKnowMe

    And we'll do the most reasonable thing we can do:
    - #Civ1
    - #Colonization
    - #Civ2
    - #AlphaCentauri
    - #Civ3
    - #Civ4
    - #Civ5
    - #BeyondEarth
    - #Civ6
    - #Civ7

    Because this is the best list, obviously.

  35. Finally got around to showing off my #Civ4 big boxes. I'm super curious about this 'Eurobox' format, which only seemed to come about in the mid-late 00s in Germany. Anyone else come across these and/or know what the deal is with them?

    youtu.be/f-DzJ12WlF8

    #BigBoxPCGames #GameCollection #VideoGames #RetroGaming #YouTube

  36. Five #videogames to introduce yourself? This will be fun!

    1. #Deathloop (probably my all-time favorite)
    2. #EscapeAcademy (I'm a huge fan of #EscapeRooms)
    3. #Civ3 / #Civ4 / #Civ5 (I have probably poured more hours into the #Civilization series than any other aside from...)
    4. #NHL22 and the previous #EASports #hockey games (so many seasons in franchise mode!)
    5. #Wolfenstein3D specifically for the #AtariJaguar. This was the smoothest and best-looking version of this game.