Tag: Civilization Series

05/11/16

News! Civilization VI Announced! Squeeeee!

Check out the latest from Take Two Interactive ~

GrogHeads Newsdesk, 11 May 2016

We’ve known it was coming for a while, but the official announcement is always cause for celebration.

2K and Firaxis Games are excited to celebrate the 25thanniversary of the Civilization series by announcing that Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, the next entry in the news-civ6award-winning turn-based strategy franchise, is currently in development for PC. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI will offer players new ways to interact with their world, expand their empire across the map, advance their culture, and compete against history’s greatest leaders to build a civilization to stand the test of time.

“Sid Meier’s Civilization games hold a reputation for defining the 4X gaming genre for the past 25 years,” said Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. “We can’t think of a better way to celebrate the silver anniversary of our longest-running franchise than launching the eagerly anticipated Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, which will provide the most detailed, beautiful and complete experience ever featured in a Civilization game.”

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04/20/16

Civ5 AAR: Empires of the Smoky Skies, Part IIIIII

Going back to the Civ5 well again ~

By Brant Guillory, GrogDude

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So we’ve unified some borders, and chased around some Canadians.  We’ve upgraded our ka-chunkadas to Landships and scored ourselves a title in the process.  Moving right along…

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Colombo Goin’ Rogue
My influence is decaying.  Not sure whacking some Canadian interlopers is going to help much, but lets see.

 

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Ugh. I was afraid of that.
No current quests mean that I won’t boost my influence with these guys for rolling over that barbarian camp.

 

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04/6/16

Civ5 AAR: Empires of the Smoky Skies, Part IIIII

There’s no non-smoking section in this AAR ~

By Brant Guillory, GrogDude

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Last time, I dropped a citadel right in Pulias’s grill. Methinks that miffed he be.

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U mad, bro?
Uh, actually, England will be intimidated.  And you’ll like it.

 

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Land Ironclads?  Let’s upgrade
No more ka-chunkadas.  Time to boost the troops for what we all know is coming.

 

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03/23/16

Civ5 AAR: Empires of the Smoky Skies, Part IIII

War and peace and smoky skies ~

By Brant Guillory, GrogDude

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Last session, the war against Pulias to our north came and went.  And oh yeah, I’ve got spies that I needed to send.

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Freakin’ Canadians
I guess I’m not building a road in that direction.  And why the heck do we have archers in a steampunk scenario?

 

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Not just any engineer, a great engineer!
Yeah, it’s not any funnier when we move it out of Africa.

 

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03/9/16

Civ5 AAR: Empires of the Smoky Skies, Part III

Going back to the Civ5 well again ~

By Brant Guillory, GrogDude

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So we’ve knocked out 33% of our nearest neighbor’s potential population and production, then had him bribing us to back off. But we’ve barely explored the rock we’re on and it’s time to go looking around.

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First Naval Unit
Since we’ve got a barracks in every city, we open up with a free promotion. This is our first naval exploration unit, so we’re going with mobility. Some folks might argue for the sentry promotion to see further without having to travel as far, but I prefer to be able to close and kill folks faster if we have to.

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Prepare for blast off!
pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat

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