T told me that Civ VII is coming out next month and asked if I were interested in it. I'm still playing Civ V when I Civ. I tried Civ VI and couldn't get into it.

I've been a fan of the franchise since the first Civilization video game in 1991. I didn't play the Civ II sequel much, because it was released right before I started law school and ( Read more... )

While in the hot tub I found a short-lived podcast (only three episodes!) in which a couple friends talked about their Civ 5 game stories, playing against humans (multiplayer), which I've not done with this version and haven't done with Civ in a long time ( Read more... )

Quit my first online Civ Rev game of the day because of unrelenting bad luck.

I'll fold some laundry, then go back and try again!

If I keep losing, there's always ice cream in the freezer ...

Played two games of Civ Rev today, one before lunch, one after. It is great fun playing against other humans :-) Overall I've got a 4-4 record, which is pretty good considering four humans play in each game. An average win ratio would be 25 ( Read more... )

against other humans, as the Chinese :-)

Now my record for completed online games against strangers is 1-3. I was randomly assigned the Aztecs, and I made good use of their strengths in the early game, using my starting bonus gold to rush a warrior unit, catching the Mongol capital city undefended, and earning enough gold from conquered barbarian tribes to get my free settlers unit and ( Read more... )

I thought I'd try another online game against real humans.

My starting position is on a tiny island, all by myself, a very tiny island only big enough for one city, near the northern ice cap. I'm gonna spend a long time just building a galley so I can explore something ( Read more... )

Ouch! I got my balls crushed playing Civ Rev against a couple strangers online ( Read more... )

Two attempts at playing the online Civ Rev Game of the Week, both froze up completely and required a hard reboot of the Xbox 360. Big waste of time, since you can't save your game.

Plus, I was just starting to win the second one, I had Tanks before anybody else!

I got the final achievement this evening :-)