Thanks to the success and popularity of the recent Fallout TV show many fallout players are returning to their favourite Fallout game. However what if you wanted to play a #4X turn based strategy game set in the #Fallout universe? Well fear not, CivFanatics and the #Civilization series has you covered! :)

While there are no Fallout mods for #Civ2 per se, there are plenty of similar Apocalyptic wasteland scenarios that many of which can be found here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/scenario-hunt.657278/

However the best ones are for good old #Civ3 where Thorgrimm created the truly remarkable Fallout The Rebirth of Civilization total conversion scenario based on the earlier Fallout games. Then Sudo007 took Thorgrimm's work and created a Fallout Liberty scenario based on Fallout 3. Both suffered some frustrating bugs however in 2024 Fallible_Fiend patched both scenarios with bug fixes and new features.

Fallout Rebirth: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/fallout-the-rebirth-of-civilization.199196/
Fallout Liberty: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/fallout-liberty.540161/

Give them a try!

spiele jetzt erstmal #civ7 bin total hyped tbh liebe die spielserie einfach so zum abschalten und gemütlichen zocken mit friends seit jahrzehnten. #civ3 war auch mein erstes lieblingsstrategiespiel als junges kiddo-mari und rundenstrategie war schon immer meins :3

* Toot sobre videojuegos, haga scroll quien no le interese.

Hay un foro que solía frecuentar hace años y dedicado en exclusiva a la saga #Civilization, al que me asomo de cuando en cuando para ver a qué se dedica esa buena gente.

Yo me quedé en el #Civ3 (el 4 lo probé y no me encontré cómodo, el 5 no iba muy bien en mi equipo, y el 6 no puedo ni soñar con él), así que solo leo en el subforo del 3 y no tengo ni idea de lo que se cuece en los demás.

Pues en torno al 3 hay cosillas interesantes además de los mods: unos foreros llevan tiempo trabajando en una especie de clon del juego corregido y aumentado, que será open source y multiplataforma, y que va teniendo buena pinta, aunque le debe faltar bastante tiempo para ser una opción.

Otros están desarrollando un parche para el Civ3, mediante el que se corrigen numerosos problemas del juego original y se añaden nuevas funcionalidades, y ese ya funciona (aunque sigan trabajando en él y expandiéndolo, pero se puede usar ya y más tarde actualizarlo, sin problema). Y si el proyecto de crear un juego o cualquier otro programa es interesantísimo, este otro de modificar mediante ingeniería inversa un juego cuyo código es un misterio me parece fascinante también. Y uno de los problemas que resuelve este parche es el que impedía ejecutar correctamente el juego en #Linux, cosa que acabo de descubrir (debe ser una modificación reciente) y acabo de probar: funciona.

If you're looking for a challenge for #Civ3, then don't go further, and look here! The new "Game Of The Month" is available, you can try to tackle the following to savegames:

In the GOTM #197 for the addon "Play The World" you will play as Carthage on a normal sized wet and warm pangaea map on regent difficulty with restless barbarians. You have until March 31st to tackle this challenge. For more info please check here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/gotm-197-carthage-regent.693682/

In the GOTM #170 for the addon "Conquests" you play as Germany on a normal size continents map with sedentary barbarians on Deity level. Also here the deadline is March 31st, and you can find the savegame and further info in this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/cotm170-germany-deity.693655/

The Baltimore Banner has just before Christmas ran a title called "How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies".
As many of you know, Baltimore is the home to our most important gaming studio, Firaxis, but not only that. Its predecessor, Microprose, was also situated in Baltimore, and more recently also many things have happened there. Firaxis personnel has spawnd other studios like "Big Huge Games", which were responsible for "Rise of Nations", and very recently Oxide Games, which has developed "Ara: History Untold". And we don't know yet what games will come from 2 other studious founded by Firaxis employees, Bit Reactor and Midsummer Studios.
If you want to read a bit more, then check out the article here https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/article/baltimore-county-video-game-developers-A7WWMHUXM5D2VDQG7ZOSCUVFQQ/ , and discuss it with us here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-baltimore-banner-how-baltimore-county-became-a-hidden-world-of-video-game-companies.693772/

It’s sales times on Steam, and there is a great selection to choose from!

From the civ franchise we got:

- 95% off on #Civ6, for 2.99 for the base game, with slightly less good discounts for the platinum and anthology edition https://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/sid_meiers_civilization_vi/
- 75% off on #CivBE, for 9.99 https://store.steampowered.com/app/65980/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_Beyond_Earth/
- 80% off on #Civ4, for 3.99 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3900/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_IV/
- 80% off on #civ3 for 0.99 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_III_Complete/

Other interesting games are also on sale, and include:

- 75% off on #OldWorld for 9.99 https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/Old_World/
- 75% off on #Humankind, for 12.49 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/HUMANKIND/
- 50% off on #Millennia, for 19.99 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268590/Millennia/
- 40% off on #Ara, for 35.99 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2021880/Ara_History_Untold/
- 71% off on a bundle with #Victoria3 and #Anno1800, for 31.98 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/48090/Anno_1800__Victoria_3

Save some money for #Civ7 though ;).

The #Civ3 Civilization III Hall of Fame has been lively this year. After years with 30 games submitted and 41 games submitted in 2022 and 2023, 104 games have been submitted so far this year, including 10 in the most recent Black Friday update.

Highest Firaxis Score:

Congratulations to Spoonwood for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard Sid Histographic game for 35199 points. This is also the highest Firaxis score of the year so far.

Most Active Player:

BlackBetsy was the most active player during this update, submitting 5 games.
Sid-Level Games

Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Sid this update. Spoonwood submitted a 2050 AD Standard Sid Histographic game for 35199 points. This is the sixth Sid-level game submitted to the Hall of Fame this year.

The Humble Bundle has again the Sid Meier collection on sale.
This includes obviously our beloved Civ titles, from #Civ3 to #Civ6 (including DLCs and addons), with also Civ:BE (including Starships), followed by Sid Meier's Pirates, Railroads, Ace Patrol and Pacific Sky.
To ge the whole bundle with all the titles you only need to pay 16.62, which is a steal for the time you get out of it.

Click here to buy the bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/2k-presents-sid-meier-collection?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=sidmeiernov24 and here to discuss with us https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/mega-sid-meier-humble-bundle-again-available.693030/

I was zoning out and watching a video about #civ3 when suddenly at 3:25, when the guy is describing unit balance, I saw an image with Spearman vs. Tank.

I MADE THAT!!! That's from a flash animation I made in 2005. I had no idea anyone ever saw it, ever, nevermind remember it it 2024, nevermind include it in a YouTube video.

Wtf! So cool!

https://youtu.be/IOvWgfZiHGo?si=QXWrxaO28Tm9PE-D

The #Civ3 "Game Of The Month" team has come up with new challenges for you for the quarterly Civ3 GOTM!

In the GOTM for "Play The World", you play as Tokugawa of the Japanese on a normal size continents map with a cool climate and sedentary barbarians. The difficulty level is deity. There are some custom rules in this game, as you e.g. start with an extra worker. You get until December 31 to finish this challenge. You can find the download and all other info here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/gotm-196-japan-deity.692264/

The #Civ3 Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. 12 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to BlackBetsy for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Large Deity Cultural 100k game for 12696 points.

Spoonwood was the most active player during this update, submitting 9 games.

Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Sid this update. Bartleby submitted a 1735 AD Large Sid Diplomatic game for 5748 points.

The whole overview:
- https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/august-1-2024-hof-iii-update.691079/

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For the long summer months you also get 2 new GOTMs for #Civ3!

For the addon “Play The World” you get the "Game Of The Month" 195: You play as Persia on a customized normal size Archipelago map with 8 opponents and roaming barbarians. Gallery are available earlier, to allow an earlier expansion. The deadline for this game is September 30. For more information please check this thread:
- https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-gotm-195-persia-emperor.690512/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4FaPBZsg6A

The official Civ Twitter account has published a 3rd video in the retrospective series, this time about #Civ3. They highlight it's new culture mechanics, strategic resources, refined Civiliopedia and reactive borders.

Some CivFanatics have also created some truly amazing mods, based on #Starwars, #Fallout, #HeroesOfMight&Magic, #StarTrek, #Colonization, #MasterOfMagic and more!

Our video discussion: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/study-the-past-a-series-retrospective.690326/

Our Civ3 mods: https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/categories/civilization-iii-downloads.13/