The Civilization 5 "Hall Of Fame" is our everlasting collection of the highest scoring games for #Civ5. You can always submit your savegames to dethrone the current point leader, but regularly we also challenge you to play specific games. And now is the time again!

In the G-Major CLIII we challenge you to play a game as William of the Netherlands on a huge "Great Plains Plus" map on Emperor level. You need to win via a science victory, but much of the other variables are free. The deadline is March 31. For details please check here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-major-cliii.696280/

In the G-Minor CCXXVI we challenge you to play as Elizabeth of England on a standard size Frontier map on King difficulty. Here you must win via Domination, and most other parameters are free. Deadline is also March 31st. For details please check here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-minor-ccxxvi.696279/

And also for #Civ5 you are getting a new challenge from us this month: In this "Game Of The Month" you play as Boudicca of the Celts on a standard size British Isles map on Settler level (so this game is accessible for everyone). You need to win via a Science victory, and must prevent all other civs from achieving another victory at the same time. You have until April 2 to finish this challenge. For more info and the savegame please see this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tsg-264-announcement.696295/

Rare #civ #civ5 achievement, but really not hard to get IMHO
#steam #gaming

Oops - I did again #Civ5 - with Attila! - aiming for space victory!

Really like the random map so far. Solid continent which I only share with weak Denmark ;) Even if I play normally peaceful, Kaupang was razed to the ground early on.
Denmark won't be in the game by midnight.

#Gaming
#Civ
#Steam

Was my first "productive" evening in two weeks or so. Not into reading, blogging or whatever recently. Often just lazying around watching old parkrun photos or such.

New @goggames Dreamlist is here. Recommend all @civgame #Civilization fans vote for the missing Civ games ( #Civ1 #Civ2 #CTP #ToT #Civ5 #CivBE #Civ6 ) if you want them on Good old Games. Vote links in @civfanatics post below...
https://www.reddit.com/r/civfanatics/comments/1ifru59/new_gog_dreamlist_is_here_vote_for_civ1_civ2_tot/

The Hall Of Fame is an ongoing competition for the highest scores in every setting in #Civ5. You are always free to send in your highest scoring savegames, but sometimes we give you specific challenges for settings which are underrepresented.

This time we want you to do the following 2 gauntlets:

For the G-Major CLII we challenge you to play as Suleiman of the Ottomans on a small "small continents" map on Emperor level and to win via a domination victory. The deadline for this gauntlet is February 28. For more information please check this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-major-clii.694532/

For the G-Minor CCXXV we challenge you to play as Ramessess II of Egypt on a standard size continents map on quick speed with Prince difficulty. You also need to win via diplomacy. The deadline here is also February 28. For more information please check here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-minor-ccxxv-c%C2%B2x%C2%B2v.694531/

Firaxis has released another dev diary today, and they are talking about "legends & mementos". Firaxis wants to make it more fun to play through any game of civ. In #Civ5 and #Civ6 this was helped by achievements. But for #Civ7, the devs thought of more. You will be able to keep track of your whole progress over games, what things you have achieved, what things you have failed, what leaders you have played, and more. You can see if you're a master at playing one civ, but rather not-so-good at another. You want to know more about this new system? Then visit our thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civilization-vii-dev-diary-7-legends-mementos.694071/

And in the new year we also continue to task you with a new #Civ5 challenge each month with a new "Game Of The Month"!

This time the team has prepared the following: We want you to play as Washington on a standard size Fractal map on Deity difficulty. You must win this game with a culture victory, and you got as usual one month time until January 31. For more info and the savegame please check this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tsg-260-announcement.693807/

If you want to claim your place in the eternal #Civ5 "Hall Of Fame" at CivFanatics, then now you got another chance! While we always accept your best-scoring game to be listed, we also like to give you specific challenges to tackle. This time we have these 2 for you:

In the G-Major CLI we want you to play a One-City-Challange as Darius I of Persia on a duel sized map against Babylon. It must be an ice-age map on Marathon speed on Immortal level, and you must win via diplomacy. For more info, please check this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-major-cli.693879/

For the G-Minor CCXXIV we want you to play as Harald of Denmark on a tiny fractal map. The difficulty level is Chieftain, and you must win via a culture victory. For more info please check this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-minor-ccxxiv.693878/

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/

#CIV5 is running flawlessly on my old laptop with #Linux (while it was a struggle on the newer laptop with #windows)

GamesRadar has today published an article called "Civ 5 caused a commotion at a space agency its creative director used to work at".
It seems that Ed Beach had worked as a contractor for the NASA, working at the Hubble Space telescope.
It seems that the institute who's dealing with the telescope is sitting in Baltimore, where also Firaxis is, and when Hubble was added in BNW, this made quite some people happy.
Read the article here https://www.gamesradar.com/games/strategy/civ-5-caused-a-commotion-at-a-space-agency-its-creative-director-used-to-work-at/ , and discuss it with us here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/gamesradar-civ-5-caused-a-commotion-at-a-space-agency-its-creative-director-used-to-work-at.693670/ .

While the general #Civ5 Hall of Fame is an ongoing competition, we like to run time-definite competitions between updates that we call Gauntlets.

For the G-Major CL we challenge you to play as Casimir III of Poland on a tiny "large islands" map on epic speed. You also need to play on King difficulty, and win a science victory. The deadline is December 31. For more details please check here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-major-cl.693353/

For the G-Minor CCXXIII we challenge you to play as Wu Zetian on a small highlands map on quick speed. This game must be played on Warlods difficulty and must be won with a domination victory. Also here the deadline is December 31. For the details please check this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/g-minor-ccxxiii.693354/

The "Game Of The Month" is our monthly competition for a high-score in a defined setting, and we are getting you again a new one for #Civ5. This time we challenge you to play as Montezuma of the Aztecs on a standard size lakes map with raging barbarians on Deity level. You need to win via a science victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving another victory. The deadline is the 16th of December. For the starting save game and all other info please check here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tsg-257-announcement.693138/

*playing Civ 5*

Sweden: I am troubled by your proposal

Carthage: I am most troubled by your proposal

China: I am troubled by your proposal

ALL I DID WAS PROPOSE ART FUNDING GUYS

It's the start of the month, so therefore it's time for the "Game Of The Month"! In this #Civ5 GOTM you play a Darius I of Persia on a standard size pangaea map on Immortal level. You need to win via a culture victory, and you must prevent all other civs from achieving another victory. The deadline for this game is December 1. For more information please check our thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tsg-256-announcement.692894/

@pwaring well, in that case I will just trust you that you play a lot of #Civ5 ;).

You sure you did not get the skills after all these games to try one setting higher?

The #Civ5 "Game Of The Month" team has worked hard to bring you also a new game for October! This time you play as Maria I of Portugal on a standard size Terra map on King level. You must win a diplomacy victory, and prevent all civs from achieving another victory at the same time! As usual, you got 1 month time to finish this game, the deadline is November 1. Read all the info in this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tsg-254-announcement.692308/

Music that (still) gives me chills:

Civilization V OST - Harun al-Rashid Peace Theme

Namely, the tension building and breaking at ~5:13 mark. Lovely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2pSymg098