Civilization

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For some reason, it's only just occurred to me to start a thread about this...

Has anyone here played any of the Civilization games, or spinoffs like Alpha Centauri? For those who don't know (wait, who doesn't know about Civ? http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/shocked.gif" alt=":o" title="Shocked" class="smiley" />), this is a series of turn-based strategy (TBS) games where you build an empire on a randomly generated map, and conquer the world or prove the worth of your civilization some other way (like building a spaceship).

Civilization IV is probably my favourite TBS (Age of Empires II has to be my favourite strategy game overall), and the one I've spent the most time on. I played Civ III and AC briefly as well, but I didn't like them all that much. And from what I've heard, Civilization V is a terrible game, so I won't be picking that up anytime soon http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/tongue.gif" alt=":P" title="Tongue" class="smiley" />