Sid Meier’s Civilization is a popular turn-based strategy video game series.  The first of this series was released in 1991 with the latest installment, Civilization VI, being released in 2016.  In these games you control the fate of a civilization as it progresses through time and competes with other civilizations for land and resources.  You start as a tribe of wandering nomads ready to find their first permanent settlement.  As your city grows you make decisions on what to build and how to manage your resources always looking to expand your borders by settling new cities.  You decide what new technologies and ideas to focus your civilization’s research on, each unlocking the ability to build new buildings and units.  To be competitive with other nations you must learn to manage the resources provided by the land you control as well as those that are produced by what you decide to build in each city.  But don’t get too focused on increasing your production and research for it is a dangerous and competitive world your people inhabit.  You must maintain an army to defend yourself from wild barbarians and other civilized nations that wish to claim your land for their own.

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