New Civ boardgame? If you're referring to Eagle Games Sid Meier's Civilization then, yes, I have played it. It's not exactly new (2 years old) and it's not exactly good either. As I mentioned in another post: luck plays too much of a role. If you start in a good location, with good resources, and get some good roles -- you'll be hard to stop. Likewise, if you get a poor start and/or poor roles, you'll be put into a military build-up you can't hope to compete with.
Bottomline: Not bad but not good either. Wholly mediocre. Visit the link in my sig -- it's like an IMDB of boardgames.
-V