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  1. The_J

    New indie game release: Manor Lords

    Today the game "Manor Lords" has become available in early access, after being for a long while Steam's most anticipated game. This city builder has been developed by a single person, and is published by Hooded Horse, who have also published Old World. The setting of this game is in medieval...
  2. The_J

    PCGamer: A new physics paper suggests that we may all be living in the ultimate 4X strategy game after all

    This news article is a bit bonkers, and only barely related... I might regret this thread lol: PCGamer has today published an article called "A new physics paper suggests that we may all be living in the ultimate 4X strategy game after all". Most people here have probably watched the Matrix, a...
  3. The_J

    Nature: Long online discussions are consistently the most toxic

    Now, that is some research we can relate to: The Nature magazin has just this week published an article called "Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time", together with an perspective about the article, called "Long online discussions are consistently the most...
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    Youtube: An archeologist plays Civ, using only archeology for culture victory

    This was live, and I am too late to post it :blush:. Bill Farley, a professor in archeology, and very active on Twitter, has shown that he also likes games, and went on a live stream with Civ6, trying to achieve a culture victory while only relying on archeology (just for the giggles). His video...
  5. The_J

    Millennia soundtrack: Now on Youtube

    Paradox has put the soundtrack to Millennia on Youtube, nearly 2h of epic music.
  6. The_J

    Old World - new DLC "Behind The Throne" announced

    The Twitter account of Mohwak Games has announced a new DLC called "Behind The Throne". Behind The Throne adds 350+ new events, new gameplay mechanics, characters, missions, traits, improvements and projects. The release date will be at the end of next month, May 28.
  7. The_J

    TurnBasedFest on Steam, until April 8

    The fellows from TurnBasedThursday have organized a Steam special, dedicated to turnbased games. The overview page lists what is all included in this sale. Among many games, the following are in my opinion especially interesting to the CivFanatics...
  8. The_J

    Old World update #121

    New update, https://mohawkgames.com/2024/04/04/old-world-update-121/ Headline changes New game setting for player starting development in MP and new Victory Point setting option Balance changes to bonus tech cards, families and dynasties Lowered apparent age of character portraits when using...
  9. The_J

    The Value Foundation streams Millennia, tonight 21:30 CEST

    The Value Foundation, a foundation dealing with history, video games, and education, has in the lasts year streamed Civ2, Civ6 and Old World, and will now also stream Millennia. Their stream will be tonight, April 2 at 21:30 CEST, and you'll be able to watch it on Twitch here. Source: Twitter.
  10. The_J

    April Fools': Should we re-name us to "Millennia-fanatics"?

    I guess most people here are somehow shocked about the most recent announcement that Millennia is the next Civ.. We need to be pro-active on this, and need to make some important decisions right now, while also going on a self-finding journey, I guess. What do we want to be? We are...
  11. The_J

    April Fool's: 2K buys Paradox, Millennia is the "next civ game in development"

    Breaking news! According to latest news, as reported by Kotaku, PCGames, and others, 2K has announced that it is buying Paradox Games, and that the next part of the Civ series is actually the just released Millennia. The articles say that 2K has been actively looking into expanding their...
  12. The_J

    April Fools': Xenforo enables new AI features

    Dear everyone, I guess nobody was able to evade the current AI craze, as AI is getting into every part of our life. Our forum provider, Xenforo, has also implemented new AI features, which we have been testing for the last few weeks. There is a range of them, most of them are working in the...
  13. The_J

    Multiplayer setup guide

    It seems there are some issues with the multiplayer setup, so the devs have made this video to make it easier :).
  14. The_J

    New indie game release: LakeSide

    This game has been in development and alpha-stage for a while, as you can see by the above video by GamerZakh, which is now 2 years old. But today it has been released, so it's worth a thread! This game is a side scrolling city builder, which I am not sure is a usual thing. Instead of looking...
  15. The_J

    Millennia - the reviews

    Okay, first reviews for Millennia are in. IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/millennia-review PCGamesN https://www.pcgamesn.com/millennia/review Wargamer https://www.wargamer.com/millennia/review The verdict seems similar to what we have noticed during the demo: The game has interesting ideas...
  16. The_J

    Millennia pre-purchase -13% on GreenManGaming

    As the title says, GreenManGaming is currently giving a 13% discount on Millennia, so instead of 39.99, you can get it for 34.79! This also includes the soundtrack (see note on Twitter). Get it here.
  17. The_J

    First Human to Receive Neuralink Implant Says It Lets Him Play Civilization VI

    The PCMag (and various other outlets) have reported about today's first video of Neuralink's first implant: The Neuralink implant is a brain implant for quadriplegic people people, allowing them to move a cursor on a screen. While in general not a new invention, Elon Musk's company has managed...
  18. The_J

    Humankind Spring sale

    Humankind is part of the current Steam spring sale. The base game is reduced by 75%, and the DLCs are reduced between 33 to 75%. This sale runs until March 21. Get them here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/HUMANKIND/
  19. The_J

    Old World update #120

    New update: https://mohawkgames.com/2024/03/06/old-world-update-120/ Headline changes Portrait Interpolation enabled. Character portraits will gradually age each year instead of having fixed ages at which they change. They will also change depending on their opinion of you. This can be...
  20. The_J

    CivFanatics social media survey

    Next year the forum will be turning a quarter of a century old, and we are happy that we are still going strong :strength:. We are also going with the times, and have been active on social media, on some platforms longer, on some platforms shorter. Now we would like to know how much overlap we...
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