Civilization III Play the World

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Civilization III Play the World
Developer(s)
Engine Custom
Release date(s) 2002
Genre(s) Turn-based strategy
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Media CD
Input Mouse and keyboard
A Korean civilization Hwacha when attacking.
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A Korean civilization Hwacha when attacking.

Civilization III: Play the World, released in 2002, is the first expansion pack for the award winning game Sid Meier's Civilization III. Play the World added some civilizations from the original game, a new multiplayer feature, new Wonders of the World, new units, and new game modes, including elimination, regicide, and capture the flag.

Play the World (PTW) was generally poorly received. The main feature, multiplayer, was extremely buggy and slow. Most issues were worked out in the second expansion Conquests (C3C) which led many to regard Conquests as the expansion that Play the World was supposed to have been.

Civilization III: Play the World can also be found on Civilization III: Gold which includes the original Civilization III and Play the World. Civilization III: Play the World is also found on the new Civilization III: Conquests expansion.

[edit] New civilizations in Play the World

Civilization Qualities Starting Advances Special Unit Leader Capital
Arabia Religious, Expansionist Ceremonial burial, Pottery Ansar Warrior Abu Bakr Mecca
Carthage Commercial, Industrous Alphabet, Masonry Numidian Mercenary Hannibal Barca Carthage
Celts Religious, Militaristic Ceremonial burial, Warrior code Gaul Swordsman Brennus Entremont
Korea Commercial, Scientific Alphabet, Bronze working Hwacha Wang Kon Seoul
Mongolia Militaristic, Expansionist Warrior code, Masonry Keshik Temujin Karakorum
Ottoman Empire Industrious, Scientific Masonry, Bronze working Sipahi Osman I Istanbul
Spain Religious, Commercial Ceremonial burial, Alphabet Conquistador Isabella I Madrid
Scandinavia Militaristic, Expansionist Warrior code, Pottery Berserker Ragnar Lodbrok Trondheim

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Sid Meier's Civilization

Official series:
Civilization (MicroProse, 1991)
Civilization II (MicroProse, 1996)
Civilization III (Firaxis, 2001) + Play the World (2002) + Conquests (2003)
Civilization IV (Firaxis, 2005) + Warlords (2006)


Other games:
Civilization: Call to Power (Activision, 1999)
Call to Power II (Activision, 2000)
Civilization II: Test of Time (MicroProse, 1999)
CivCity: Rome (Firefly Studios, 2006)


Related games:
Sid Meier's Colonization (MicroProse, 1994)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Firaxis, 1999) + Alien Crossfire (1999)
Freeciv (The Freeciv developers, 2006)
C-evo (Steffen Gerlach, 2006)