Civilization (series)

The '''''Civilization'' series''' consists of [[turn-based strategy]] computer games designed largely by [[Sid Meier]] and various sequels and spinoffs. The main purpose of this wiki is to provide information about and strategies for these games.

Descriptions originally came from the [[Wikipedia]] article [[wikipedia:Civilization (series)|Civilization (series)]].

==Main series==
<onlyinclude>
{| class="article-table sortable"
|+ '''Official Series'''
!Base Game
!Game
!Abbr.
!Developer
!Release
!Descriptions
|-
| rowspan="2" |''[[Sid Meier's Civilization|Civilization]]''
|Original
|Civ
|[[MicroProse]]
|1991
|
|-
|''[[CivNet]]''
|
|[[MicroProse]]
|1995
|A remake with improved graphics and sound, local and online multiplayer modes, and support for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
|-
| rowspan="4" |''[[Civilization II]]''
|Original
|Civ2
|[[MicroProse]]
|1996
|Introduced the isometric view of the world map.
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization II]]'' -->
|[[Civilization II: Conflicts in Civilization|''Conflicts in Civilization'']]
|
|[[MicroProse]]
|1996
|
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization II]]''
 -->|[[Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds|''Fantastic Worlds '']]
|FW
|[[MicroProse]]
|1997
|
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization II]]''
 -->|[[Civilization II: Test of Time|''Test of Time'']]
|
|[[MicroProse]]
|1999
|Includes the original ''Civilization II'' plus new scenarios and improved features, including an alien landscape.
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Civilization III]]''
|Original
|Civ3
|[[Firaxis]]
|2001
|Introduced aspects of culture, including culture victories and takeovers of nearby cities
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization III]]'' -->
|[[Civilization III: Play the World|''Play the World'']]
|PTW
|[[Firaxis]]
|2002
|
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization III]]'' -->
|[[Civilization III: Conquests|''Conquests'']]
|
|[[Firaxis]]
|2003
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |''[[Civilization IV]]''
|Original
|Civ4
|[[Firaxis]]
|2005
|Introduced aspects of religion and government civics.
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization IV]]'' -->
|[[Civilization IV: Warlords|''Warlords'']]
|
|[[Firaxis]]
|2006
|
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization IV]]'' -->
|''[[Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword|Beyond the Sword]]''
|BTS
|[[Firaxis]]
|2007
|
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization IV]]'' -->
|''[[Civilization IV: Colonization|Colonization]]''<br> (Total Conversion)
|Civ4Col
|[[Firaxis]]
|2008
|Remake of ''[[Sid Meier's Colonization]]'' with ''Civilization 4'' engine.  The game is completely separate from the core ''Civilization 4'' game.
|-
|[[Civilization Revolution|''Civilization Revolution'']]
|Original
|
|[[Firaxis]]
|2008
|The first game in the series designed specifically for consoles, iOS and Windows Phone; not released for the PC or Mac.
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Civilization V]]''
|Original
|Civ5
|[[Firaxis]]
|2010
|Introduced a hex-based map instead of a square tile map used in previous titles, and "unstacked" military units, where only one unit of a kind may occupy one space. City States added. First game with DLC.
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization V]]'' -->
|''[[Civilization V: Gods & Kings|Gods & Kings]]''
|
|[[Firaxis]]
|2012
|Added religion and espionage/spies.
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization V]]'' -->
|''[[Civilization V: Brave New World|Brave New World]]''
|
|[[Firaxis]]
|2013
|Redesigned the Culture Victory using the Great Works and Tourism systems. World Congress and late game Ideologies along with new trade route caravans. 
|-
|''[[Civilization Revolution 2]]''
|Original
|
|[[Firaxis]]
|2013
|A mobile exclusive sequel to ''Civilization Revolution''.
|-
| rowspan="2" |''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth|Civilization:<br>Beyond Earth]]''
|Original
|CivBE
|[[Firaxis]]
|2014
|A spiritual successor to ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'' built atop the ''Civilization V'' engine. Takes place in a science fiction setting.
|-
<!-- |''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth]]'' -->
|''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth: Rising Tide|Rising Tide]]''
|BERT
|[[Firaxis]]
|2015
|Experiments with floating cities, and new diplomatic settings
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Civilization VI]]''
|Original
|Civ6
|[[Firaxis]]
|2016
|Introduced "unstacked" city tiles, where city improvements are placed outside the main city grid space, and a separate culture improvement tree from the technology tree.
|-
<!-- |''[[Civilization VI]]'' -->
|''[[Civilization VI: Rise and Fall|Rise and Fall]]''
|RF
|[[Firaxis]]
|2018
|Added Dark Ages and greatly expanded upon Golden Ages; and a new Loyalty system which interacts with your current age.   
|-
|''[[Civilization VI: Gathering Storm|Gathering Storm]]''
|GS
|[[Firaxis]]
|2019
|Added natural disasters, and the effects of global warming. new Future Era as well as its technolgies and civics. Canals, Rock Bands, Diplomatic Victory, World Congress, etc. 
|}
</onlyinclude>
==Spinoffs==
{| class="article-table"
|+ Spinoff Titles
|-
! scope="col" | Title
!Developer
! scope="col" | Release
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Colonization]]'' 
|[[MicroProse]]|| 1994 || Created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier while still at MicroProse. Would later be remade as ''[[Civilization IV: Colonization]]''.
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'' 
|[[Firaxis]]|| 1999 || Science fiction version of ''Civilization''
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire]]'' 
|[[Firaxis]]|| 1999 || The expansion pack to ''Alpha Centauri''
|-
| ''[[CivCity: Rome]]'' 
|[[Firefly Studios]] and [[Firaxis]]|| 2006 || A city-building strategy game inspired by the series.
|-
| ''[[Civilization World]]'' 
|[[Firaxis]]|| 2011 || A ''Civilization'' game for Facebook. The game was discontinued in 2013.
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Starships]]'' 
|[[Firaxis]]|| 2015 || A tie-in game to ''Civilization: Beyond Earth''.
|}

==Compilations==
These bundles show compilations sold physically at stores, not digital only versions that can be changed over time.
This is not a complete list.
{| class="article-table"
|+ Compilations
!Title
!Release
!Contents
|-
| ''The Explorer'' ||1997||Civilization and the Colonization spin off.
|-
| ''Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition'' ||1998||''Civilization II'' and its two expansions: ''Conflicts in Civilization and Fantastic Worlds''
|-
| ''Civilization III: Gold Edition'' ||2003||''Civilization III'' and the first expansion, ''Play the World''.
|-
| ''Civilization III: Complete'' ||2005||''Civilization III'' and its two expansions: ''Play the World'' and ''Conquests''.
|-
| ''[[Civilization Chronicles]]'' ||2006||all the games from the main series from the first ''Civilization'' to ''Civilization IV''.
|-
| ''Civilization IV: Gold Edition'' ||2007||''Civilization IV'' and its first expansion Warlords, as well as a bonus poster illustrated by artist Greg Hildebrandt.
|-
| ''Civilization IV: Complete'' ||2007||''Civilization IV'' and its two expansions: ''Warlords'' and ''Beyond the Sword''.
|-
| ''Civilization IV: The Complete Edition'' ||2009||''Civilization IV'', its two expansions, ''Warlords'' and ''Beyond the Sword'', and ''Civilization IV: Colonization''. It does not have any DRM (copy protection).
|-
| ''Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition'' ||2011||''Civilization V'' and all DLC prior to the Korea and Wonders of the Ancient World packs released through Steam.
|-
| ''Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition'' ||2013||''Civilization V'' plus the ''Gods & Kings'' expansion with all the DLC released between them both.
|-
| ''Sid Meier's Civilization V: The Complete Edition'' ||2014||''Civilization V'' plus the ''Gods & Kings'' and ''Brave New World'' expansions with all the DLC released between them.
|}

==Related games==

Due to licensing disputes between [[Avalon Hill]] and [[MicroProse]], the ''Civilization: Call to Power'' series was developed by [[Activision]] instead of MicroProse. However, the series was consolidated into the ''Civilization'' franchise when Hasbro purchased Avalon Hill and Activision in 1999. Additional games, such as Freeciv and FreeCol, have taken inspiration from games within the ''Civilization'' franchise, but were developed by third parties unrelated to [[2K Games]] or [[Firaxis Games|Firaxis]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Related Titles
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Release
!Developer
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| ''[[Freeciv]]'' || 1996
|The Freeciv developers|| A free and open source clone of ''Civilization''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pcgamesn.com/did-you-know-you-can-now-play-freeciv-your-browser | title = Did you know: you can now play FreeCiv in your browser | first = Jeremy | last = Peel | date = May 9, 2013 |accessdate = September 28, 2016 | work = [[PC Games N]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Imperialism (game)|''Imperialism'']]
|1997
|[[Frog City Software]]
|
|-
| ''[[Civilization: Call to Power]]'' || 1999
|[[Activision]], license from Hasbro Interactive
| Not worked on by Sid Meier
|-
| ''[[C-evo]]'' || ??
|Steffen Gerlach|| A freeware game loosely based on ''Civilization II'', created by Steffen Gerlach<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/priceless-victories-article | title = Priceless Victories | first = Oliver | last = Claire | date = January 29, 2007 | accessdate = September 28, 2016 | work = [[Eurogamer]] }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Call to Power II]]'' || 2000
|[[Activision]], license from Hasbro Interactive
| Sequel to ''Civilization: Call to Power''. Due to licensing issues, ''Civilization'' not in the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/call-to-power-ii/|title=Call to Power II Review |author=Bruce Geryk|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=2000-11-20|accessdate=2014-01-21}}</ref>
|-
|''[[FreeCol]]'' || 2003
|The FreeCol developers|| An open source clone of ''[[Sid Meier's Colonization]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/06/09/sid-meier-returns-to-colonization | title = Sid Meier Returns to Colonization | first = Jason | last = Ocampo | date = June 9, 2008 | accessdate = September 28, 2016 | work = [[IGN]] }}</ref>
|-
|''[[NewCol]]''
|2007-2011
|Frederic Vernier and associates
|
|-
| ''[[CivilizationEDU]]'' || 2017
|GlassLab
| A modified version of ''Civilization V'' aimed to be used in the classroom as an education tool to examine the interaction between military, technology, political and socioeconomic issues. Development is in partnership with GlassLab.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/275717/Firaxis_partners_with_GlassLab_for_educational_version_of_Civilization_V.php  | title = Firaxis partners with GlassLab for educational version of Civilization V  | first = Bryant | last = Francis | date = June 23, 2016 | accessdate = June 23, 2016 | work = [[Gamasutra]] }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Humankind]]''
|2021
|Amplitude Studios 
|A 4X strategy game, called a "challenger to the Civ 4X throne"
|}

===Board and card games===

{| class="article-table"
|+Board and Card Games
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Release
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame (2002)|Civilization: The Boardgame]]''
| 2002
| An officially licensed board game published by Eagle Games and based on ''Civilization III''.
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: The Card Game|Civilization: The Card Game]]''
| 2006
| A card game designed by ''Civilization IV'' lead designer [[Soren Johnson]] and based on ''Civilization IV''.
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game (2010)|Civilization: The Board Game]]''
| 2010
| An officially licensed board game published by Fantasy Flight Games and based on ''Civilization IV''.
|-
|''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game – Fame and Fortune (2011)|Civilization: Fame and Fortune]]''
| 2011
| The first expansion to the 2010 ''Civilization'' based board game.
|-
|''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game – Wisdom and Warfare (2013)|Civilization: Wisdom and Warfare]]''
| 2013
| The second expansion to the 2010 ''Civilization'' based board game.
|-
| ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn|Civilization: A New Dawn]]''
| 2017
| A board game published by Fantasy Flight Games and based on ''Civilization VI''.
|}

==DLC==
*[[DLC (Civ5)]]
*[[DLC (Civ6)]]

== Platforms ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
Platform
!
I
!
II*
!
III
!IV
!V
!VI
!Rev
!RevII
!BE
|-
! colspan="10" |Personal Computers
|-
|DOS
|✓
|
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|
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|
|
|
|-
|Windows**
|✓
|✓
|✓
|✓
|✓
|✓
|
|
|✓
|-
|Mac / OSX*
|✓
|✓
|✓
|✓
|✓
|✓
|
|
|✓
|-
|Linux
|
|
|
|
|✓
|✓
|
|
|✓
|-
|Amiga
|✓
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="10" |Consoles
|-
|Atari ST
|✓
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Sega Saturn
|✓
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
|Super NES
|✓
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Nintendo Switch
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|
|-
|PlayStation
|✓
|✓
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|PlayStation III
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|
|-
|Xbox 360
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|
|-
! colspan="10" |Mobile Consoles
|-
|Nintendo DS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|
|-
|PlayStation Vita
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|-
! colspan="10" |Mobile
|-
|iOS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|✓
|
|-
|Android
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|-
|Windows Phone
|
|
|
|
|
|
|✓
|
|
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Expansions of Civ II aren't necessarily on all platforms
<br><nowiki>**</nowiki> There are multiple versions of Windows
<br><nowiki>***</nowiki> Civ 1-3 are on the original mac operating system. The rest are on the OSX operating system.

==External Links==
*[http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Category:Civilization StrategyWiki, which now has what was on WikiBooks]
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/civilization-series Moby Games - Civilization Series]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7GkX4h-TP8 Civilization - Then Vs. Now  The Evolution of Sid Meier's Civilization Series] 11/1/2017
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJ9DYo2cQ8 Gamespot: The Story of Civilization VI Part 1: A 25-Year Evolution] 10/20/2016
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omj5Mci4wRU Gamespot: The Story of Civilization Part 2: How Firaxis Shaped the Strategy Genre] 10/21/2016

==References==
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[[es:Civilization (saga)]]