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The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson is back. The site currently displays old comics, with a hint that new strips might show up.

US Chess has made available for download all copies of its flagship magazine Chess Life from 1946 to the present and also Chess Review for its entire run from 1933 to 1969. Go here for the pdf files and instructions. For several years now Chess Life has been oriented towards scholastic players...

For anyone using Firefox: All AddOns were disabled when your system clock rolled over to May 4. The problem is due to expiration of an intermediate signing certificate. Firefox is aware of the problem and is working on it. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548973 and their...

See this article. Aspyr will release the Civ 6 Expansion Packs for free. Each pack will be freely available for only 48 hours. The Poland Pack is available now, with others to come.

Aspyr has informed us that the Rise and Fall expansion for Civ6 on Mac and Linux will be released REALLY soon (exact date is embargoed). It will not include the March 8 patch, so cross-platform multiplayer is still not available. Aspyr graciously provided CivFanatics with several free Steam...

Aspyr has provided CivFanatics with several keys for Civ6 on the iPad. We have the codes for 17 copies of the full game, plus three copies each of the Poland and Viking DLCs.. If you would like to claim a key, please post in his thread. Specify which key you would like. We just learned that the...

Aspyr has provided CivFanatics with several keys for Civ6 on the iPad. We have the codes for 17 copies of the full game, plus three copies each of the Poland and Viking DLCs.. If you would like to claim a key, please post in his thread. Specify which key you would like. We just learned that the...

Two new smilies are now available: :hug: (hug), and :grouphug: (group hug),

The Civilization Gaming Network is now completely gone. It was primarily devoted to SMACX. ETA: I briefly tried to use the Internet Wayback machine to access the CGN pages but couldn't find any valid links.

A couple of days ago I changed one of our member's name and (I thought) sent him a message about the change. After I hit the Send button I saw (to my horror) that the message was being sent to 100 000 or so members. I tried to cancel the message but some went through. I apologize for the...

Thanks and congratulations to Browd and CamiKaze for agreeing to be promoted to Admins. They will be helping to provide the transition to XenForo.

This article makes a strong argument for the Civilization series being the best PC game of them all. Very well-written and informative.

Today, Stardock and Mohawk Games released Offworld Trading Company, the economic strategy game from Civilization IV lead designer Soren Johnson. Set in the future, humanity has begun to colonize on Mars to try and seek new fortunes. Players take on the role of an investor trying to take control...

2K and Firaxis Games today revealed a host of new information for the upcoming launch of Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide, scheduled for October 9, 2015. In celebration, they've released a third video featurette that explores hybrid affinities, introduced the fourth and...

Those who use Avast anti-virus software might be getting messages about revoked certificates. We're looking into the matter and you may disregard these messages. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Has anyone gotten SMAC or SMAX to run on Windows 10? If so, please post here and describe which version of SMAC or SMAX you used (original release, Planetary Pack, Laptop collection, Sold-out Software, GOG or something else) and which, if any unofficial patches (scient, Yitzi, Kyrub, something...

CivFanatics is back online after our migration to a new server. Please see this thread for more information. Thanks to everyone who helped with the migration.

Our current server host, Atomic Gamer, is shutting down. We have a new server provider and are moving our site there. As part of this migration, we will close CivFanatics today (Friday, July 24) at 10 PM Eastern time (2am on the 25th GMT). We expect our site to be unavailable for most of the...

Use this site to insert chess diagrams into your post. Follow the instructions on that page and then enclose the resulting URL with tags. For example:

We've had a problem with the PM that is sent to those who have been infracted. The PM was supposed to provide a link to the instructions about how to appeal an infraction, but the link didn't display properly. It read, in part: I changed the formatting so it should now appear as I tested...