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Revision as of 04:13, 16 June 2021
The Civilization series has many terms related to it. This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Currently, there is no standard for what terms belong on this page, but that may change depending on how this page evolves.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Alpha Centarui game cover
- Alpha Centauri
- The closest star system to the Solar System. This is the destination of the Starship of most Civilization games, the science Victory. It is also the setting to the a spinoff of the Civilization series, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
- Apolyton
- A popular Civilization forum site [1]
B
Christopher Tin - Baba Yetu (Official Music Video)
Official "Baba Yetu" music video
- Baba Yetu
- The award winning Civilization IV song created by Christopher Tin. The whole song is the Lord's Prayer in Swahili. "Baba Yetu" translates as "Our Father" in Swahili.
- Barbarian or Barb
- Non-playable "civilization" that cannot win but instead go on rampages trying to destroy other civilizations
- Beakers
- The name of the science yield in some Civilization games.
C
- Civilization Fanatics' Center or Civfanatics
- Another popular Civilization news and forum site [2]
- Civilization or Civ
- A faction in the Civilization game series. Also refers to the game series.
- Culture Bomb
- A game mechanic that allows the player to gain several tiles from an opponent. The tactic originated in Civilization IV where Great Artists can be used to bring a large amount of culture to a city greatly expanding the land a city claimed into territory originally claimed by opposing civilizations.[1]
D
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Domination Victory Icon in Civ5
- Deity
- The highest difficulty level in many Civilization games. The term is often used as an adjective meaning very difficult by when used by Civilization fans[2]
- Domination
- The military victory condition in most Civilization games. In standard English, it means "God".
F
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Future Tech discovered in the original Civilization
- Firaxis
- The current developer of the Civilization series. This fictional resource Firaxite in Beyond Earth was named after the company.
- Founding Fathers
- A mechanic in the Colonization game series which provide benefits to a player. Unlike wonders, players recruit founding fathers using liberty bells, and multiple factions can recruit the same Founding Father.
- Future Tech or Future Technology
- The final technology that can be researched in Civilization games representing the continuing advance of science. This tech can be researched multiple times providing extra victory points for the player.
G
- Goody hut
- A game mechanic which encourages players to explore the map. Goody huts are randomly distributed on different tiles throughout the map. The player that is able to move a unit onto the Goody hut usually lead to positive rewards, but occasionally, these can lead to barbarian attacks. The Civilization series does not have a consistent name for goody huts calling them Minor Tribes, Tribal Villages, Ancient Ruins, or native villages. The Beyond Earth game calls them resource pods while the Colonization games call them Lost City Rumors.
M
MicroProse Logo
- MicroProse
- The original publisher of the Civilization series
N
Nuclear Gandhi Meme
- Nuclear Gandhi
- An in game joke said to be based off a bug found in the original series which made the Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi historically known for his use of nonviolent resistance, threaten a players with nuclear warfare in the late game. See the well written Wikipedia article on the topic.
O
Welcome to CivAnon
Civilization ad spoofing Civilization addiction
- One More Turn
- A phrase often used to describe the addictive nature of the video games.[3] While this phrase may be used in reference to many games, the Civilization developers use it in marketing materials as an unofficial motto of the series.[4]
S
Sid Meier
- Sid Meier
- The creator of the Civilization series. His name a brand in itself, and is a part of the full title of the main Civilization and Colonization series games along a large number of non civilizations games that he has produced.
- Shields
- The name of production yields in some Civilization games.
- Stack of Doom
- A strategy used in civilization games up to Civ4 in which players would place a large number of units on a single tile. [5] This strategy is not available in Civilization V and beyond due to due to the one unit per tile game mechanic. A similar "Carpet of Doom" term has been coined for a large mass of units these newer games.[6]
T
- Tall (play style)
- Strategy where a player builds a small number of cities, but build them up as much as possible. A quality over quantity strategy. See Wide.
W
- Wide (play style)
- Strategy where a player expands as quickly as possible, at the expense of improving their existing cities. A quantity over quality strategy. See Tall.
- Wonders
- Specialized one of a kind buildings that can only be built once per Civilization and can confer great benefits to whoever owns them. This is also a mechanic in the Starships series.
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/c93rh7/what_do_culture_bombs_do_exactly/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/hzjh9r/deity_tips_for_civ_6/
- ↑ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=One%20More%20Turn%20Syndrome
- ↑ https://civilization.com/news/entries/en-take-one-more-turn-in-civilization-v/
- ↑ https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/stacks-of-doom.567706/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/3i1qg9/deity_how_do_you_deal_with_the_never_ending/