When did you start?

[Ankka]

I started on Civ II when I got it for a birthday present when I was 8, I think.

Later discovred ToT and then Civ III. Great games all of them, but ToT was a bit of a worse one. Still playing Civ II and III.

 

[Ville]

I started with Civ1

 

[Frollo]

Played 'em all, and in the right (chronological) order too:

Civ I, Colonization, Civ II, SMAC, Civ III

Never played (or even seen!) Pirates though.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

My addiction started with Civilization III

 

[anarres]

All of them (including the CTP series that never gets a mention).

In the days of Civ I strategy wasn't really required, Civ III is the first in the series to offer a half-decent AI, so I have high hopes for Civ IV...

 

[Gengis Khan]

I feel like such a newbie

I started with Civ3 in May when I was over a friends house & he was playing it. I never really was a fan of computer games before that(with the exeption of Warcraft & AoE2), I liked my PS2 much more. Now my playstation is collecting dust & used only as a DVD player.

 

[Darkness]

I went from civI to civ2 to civ3...

 

[Father2Be2003]

Played Civ2 in college and recently got Civ3

Also play BF1942 & Ghost Recon

 

[mad-bax]

I started with Civ III earlier this year when I accepted the fact that I was too old and slow to play Quake and UT any more.
I'm glad I switched, though I still like to blow holes in human opponents in UT from time to time

 

[Qitai]

Started gaming in 1987. There was a game by the name of Empire back then. Sea battle was fun for that one.

 

[Krayzeenbk]

Civ1 (1999 or 2000), Civ2 and SMAC a year later (I played those both A LOT, then got Civ3 a month or so after it came out (I missed it because I stopped playing computer games 24/7 and my subscription to several game magazines ended for good - missed a whole month of goodness). I tried CTP and TOT but didn't like them, and played Colonization for a short time.

 

[Norlamand]

I was well into my addiction to Civ2 when Civ3 came along and I decided to make the jump to a harder drug. Can't wait for Conquests.........I'm getting the shakes.......need a new fix.

 

[Padma]

Just be careful, Norlamand. Conquests is like mainlining heroin ....

On topic, I started playing with Civ2, back in 96. Also played the Call To Power series, but they weren't as good. Still, they led me to Apolyton, trying to "fix" them, and from there, I arrived here!

 

[dojoboy]

Began w/ Civ2 in Jan./Feb. of 2000, then on to SMAC/X in Nov. 2001. And of course, Civ3 in Jan. 2002 (as soon as Mac version was released).

 

[baldeagle]

I started with Civ I back in 96/97 and played a few games before switching to Civ II. Continued with CtP (which wasn't very good), SMAC (which I didn't like much either) and ToT.
I didn't really like Civ III at first and just played it occasionally until last fall, when I suddenly "discovered" the game. I've been heavily into it ever since and now I'm just awaiting Conquests...

 

[Bam-Bam]

Tested my abilities to function without sleep with Civ1 back in college in 92-93. Played Civ2 but nothing but some of the scenarios and modded scenarios grabbed my interest. Took me 2 times to get hooked on Civ3.

 

[Mano3]

I started with CIV I in 1992 on a 286 PC.

 

[Chieftess]

Civ1. My uncle bought me a Creative Labs Sound Blaster system (CD-ROM, speakers), and the CD had 4 games from Microprose. One of them was Sid Meier's Civilization. That was back in the summer of 1991. Funny thing is, had my uncle not bought that CD kit, I wouldn't be at this site, or working at Absolute Quality.

 

[Paalikles]

Civ1 - on a 386- early ninetyish.....hooked
I have em all - Civ, Col, Civ2, Smac,SMAX, Civ3

 

[Rik Meleet]

Civ 1, back in 1992. I got to know Civ 2 around 1995-96. Stopped playing Civ1, started Civ2. Only stopped when I purchased Civ3 in 2001.

This week started a Civ 2 game again and it's boring compared to Civ3. No more Civ < 3 for me.