We have just selected the winners of the Old World random draw and competition.
We were very happy that we got 108 entries from the forum and Twitter, and that we could select among the ones whom we liked best!
The winner for the best entry is @Deggial
I liked the very personal note of this entry, and 2 out of 3 other members of the jury agreed there too.
We also liked a couple of other entries, mostly the longer ones e.g. by Angst or Ghengis Cat, but we had to select one one, sorry
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The winner for the best joke entry is @Dadais
Here we also liked the effort put into the entry, and to give this very special civ also a civ-spin.
The other entries, like The Shire from PiR, or the beans-and-water-exporting Englishman from North Korean Liberation Front on Twitter were also liked, but again we could only select one
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The 3 winners of the random draw are @8housesofelixir, @cairnsy44 and @Das Capitolin
Congratulations to all the winners. We will send you the key via PM.
Thanks everyone for contributing
, it was nice to see what the community here thinks.
For reproducibility, the link of the random draw: https://randraw.com/r/1529-cRmjS1sSxr50b5JIBSqqKtTThyMEYj
Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, and will be availabe from May 19 also at GOG and Steam.
We were very happy that we got 108 entries from the forum and Twitter, and that we could select among the ones whom we liked best!
The winner for the best entry is @Deggial
I have only visited a limited assortment of „old world civs“ in my life: Etrusc, Rome, Mycenae, Greece and Egypt.
All of their antiquity site are awesome!
Egypt, however, granted me one of the most impressive experiences in my life:
On my Egypt trip, we had one excess day all of a sudden. We decided to visit one of the lesser frequented sites, the Bent Pyramid in Dahshur. As only a few tourists visit this place, our group was the only one at this time.
It is (was?) possible to enter this pyramid and we climbed down into its central chamber. This was fascinating in itself.
But when we left, I stayed just a little bit longer, finally being alone down there.
The silence.
The smell of stone.
The feeling of weight of thousands of tons of stone and the centuries passed.
I will never forget this moment in my life and I am incredible thankful I was able to experience it.
Therefore - for entirely silly personal reasons - I choose Egypt.
I liked the very personal note of this entry, and 2 out of 3 other members of the jury agreed there too.
We also liked a couple of other entries, mostly the longer ones e.g. by Angst or Ghengis Cat, but we had to select one one, sorry

The winner for the best joke entry is @Dadais
Let's go for the coriosolites.
Influenced by the celtic culture they are part of, they hold deep respect for their druid Getafix and great tolerance towards their bard Cacofonix.
While agricultural activities are common to most celtic tribes, the coriosolites are rather opposite to these vegan hobbies, having Unhygienix fishing at sea (or so he says...) and its hunters, their best beeing Asterisk, Obelisk and Dogmatix, hunting for wild boars.
Various sources are implying the coriosolites displayed an invicible weapon, yet couldn't agree on its nature. Superstitious ones talked about a magic potion, while pragmatics figured a "Lambig" liquid gifted to its hostiles neighbors. Few also found trace of a revered name in these neighbors literacy : "Panacea, whom no soldier could harm", which arouse strong doubts about their pacifist reputation.
The story of this civilisation is narrated in many books, and their feat is the most incredible :
Their ruler Impedimenta (and her spokesman Vitalstatistix) resisted again and again against Ceasar's imperial rule !
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Here we also liked the effort put into the entry, and to give this very special civ also a civ-spin.
The other entries, like The Shire from PiR, or the beans-and-water-exporting Englishman from North Korean Liberation Front on Twitter were also liked, but again we could only select one

The 3 winners of the random draw are @8housesofelixir, @cairnsy44 and @Das Capitolin
Congratulations to all the winners. We will send you the key via PM.
Thanks everyone for contributing

For reproducibility, the link of the random draw: https://randraw.com/r/1529-cRmjS1sSxr50b5JIBSqqKtTThyMEYj
Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, and will be availabe from May 19 also at GOG and Steam.
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