Thanks. I should clarify that I bought Civilization Chronicles with has all the versions (1-4), so is just a matter of picking what version is the best to start with. Based on what little I know so far, I am leaning for Civ III, but maybe 1-2 might be a better choice to learn the concepts. What I want to avoid is picking the wrong version and find out it has a steep learning curve (great game, but hard for newbies to learn). I am sure all versions are cool, but I want to find the best version for a newbie to learn the concepts.