Civilization (series)

This article is about a video game series. For the TV series, see Civilisation (TV series). For other uses, see Civilization (disambiguation).

Civilization

Genres	Turn-based strategy
Developers	MicroProse Avalon Hill Activision Firaxis Games
Publishers	Hartland Trefoil/Avalon Hill MicroProse Activision Infogrames Entertainment, SA 2K Games
Creators	Francis Tresham, Sid Meier
First release	Civilization 1991
Latest release	Civilization: Beyond Earth October 24, 2014

Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy, 4X video games, many of them produced by Sid Meier (Sid Meier's Civilization). As of 12 March 2008, the Civilization franchise has sold more than 8 million copies.^[1]^[2] There are also several traditional Civilization games.

All titles in the series share similar gameplay, centered on building a civilization on a macro-scale from prehistory up to the near future. Each turn allows the player to move his or her units on the map, build or improve new cities and units, and initiate negotiations with the computer-controlled players. In between turns, computer players can do the same. The player will also choose technologies to research. These reflect the cultural, intellectual, and technical sophistication of the civilization, and usually allow the player to build new units or to improve their cities with new structures. In most games in the series, one may win by military conquest, achieving a certain level of culture, building an interstellar space ship, or achieving the highest score, among other means.

Over the years part of the crew involved in the developing the series became successful in producing their own strategy games, such as Bruce Shelley (Civilization I co-designer) of Age of Empires fame, Brian Reynolds (Civilization II lead designer and programmer) who went on to create Rise of Nations, and more recently Soren Johnson (Civilization III co-designer and Civilization IV lead designer and programmer) with Spore.

As of February 4, 2015, the series has reached 29 million total units shipped. ^[3]

History

Conducting negotiations with Stalin of the Russians in the original Civilization

The main game screen in Civilization II

City resources in Civilization III

In 1980, Francis Tresham designed the Civilization board game and published it through his company Hartland Trefoil, and in 1981, Avalon Hill obtained from Hartland Trefoil a license to sell the Civilization board game in the United States.^[4]

MicroProse, founded by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey, published Civilization in 1991,^[5] after licensing the right to use the name "Civilization" from Avalon Hill to avoid conflicts over similarities to the board game.^[5] Meier was also the game's designer.^[5] In 1993, MicroProse was bought by Spectrum Holobyte,^[6] but the two companies remained separate. In 1996, MicroProse released the lauded^[7] Civilization II, designed by Brian Reynolds.^[5] Also in 1996 Spectrum Holobyte consolidated the company under the name MicroProse, but, in reaction to Spectrum Holobyte's decision to fire the majority of MicroProse's staff, Reynolds, Jeff Briggs, and Meier left MicroProse and founded Firaxis.^[8]

Although Firaxis did not own the rights to the brand name "Civilization", the company still went on to design the acclaimed^[9] Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, a "space-based Civilization-style game"^[10] released in 1999.^[11] Alpha Centauri uses a game engine similar to the one used in Civilization II^[12] and its storyline continues from where the Civilization franchise ends, namely the colonization of a planet in Alpha Centauri.

Litigation over brand name

In April 1997, Activision acquired from Avalon Hill the rights to the name "Civilization" on its PC games and seven months later Avalon Hill and Activision sued MicroProse over trademark infringement because of the name "Civilization".^[4]

In response to the lawsuit, MicroProse bought Hartland Trefoil in December 1997. This move sought to establish "MicroProse as the preeminent holder of worldwide computer game and board game rights under the Civilization brand".^[13] In January 1998, Microprose counter-sued Avalon Hill and Activision for false advertising, unfair competition, trademark infringement, and unfair business practices as a result of Activision's decision to develop and publish Civilization computer games.^[14]

In July, Avalon Hill and Activision settled their case against MicroProse out of court. Under the terms of the settlement, MicroProse kept all the rights to the Civilization brand, Avalon Hill had to pay MicroProse $411,000, and Activision acquired a license from MicroProse to publish Civilization: Call to Power (released in March 1999).^[4]^[15]

Avalon Hill accepted the unfavorable settlement because Hasbro was already negotiating the acquisition of both Avalon Hill and MicroProse. Less than one month after the settlement, Hasbro finalized the purchases of both companies^[4]^[16] which consolidated the Civilization franchise under Hasbro.

Infogrames and Firaxis

In January 2001, the French company Infogrames bought the Hasbro subsidiary Hasbro Interactive for $100 million,^[17] which included the rights to the Civilization franchise, the rights to the Atari brand,^[18] and Hasbro's Game.com handheld game console.^[18]^[19] Following the sale, Hasbro Interactive was renamed Infogrames Interactive, Inc^[20] and Civilization III (developed by Firaxis with Jeff Briggs as game designer) was released in October 2001 by the new company. In May 2003, Infogrames changed the name of Infogrames Interactive to Atari Interactive.^[21]

Take-Two

Take-Two bought the rights to the Civilization franchise from Infogrames in 2004 for $22.3 million.^[22]^[23] In October 2005, 2K Games, a Take-Two subsidiary, published Civilization IV, which was developed by Firaxis with Soren Johnson as game designer.^[24]

Take Two bought Firaxis for $26.7 million including possible performance bonuses in November 2005^[25] which resulted in Take Two owning both the developer and the publisher of the Civilization franchise. In 2010, on September 21 and November 23 respectively, the Windows and Mac OS X versions of Civilization V were released.^[26]^[27]

Civilizations and leaders represented

Throughout the various different Civilization games, nearly 50 different civilizations and almost 110 different leaders have been represented. The following tables below delineate the appearances of various civilizations and leaders.

Civilizations in Civilization

Civilization	I	II	III	IV	Rev	V	Rev 2	Capital
American	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Washington
Arab	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Mecca (III-V) Tripoli (Rev)
Assyrian	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Assur
Austrian	N	N	Y^{[nb 1]}	N	N	Y	N	Vienna
Aztec	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Tenochtitlan
Babylonian	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Babylon
Brazilian	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Rio de Janeiro
Byzantine	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Constantinople
Carthaginian	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Carthage
Celtic	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Cardiff (II) Entremont (III) Bibracte (IV) Edinburgh (V)
Chinese	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Beijing^{[nb 2]}
Danish	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Copenhagen
Dutch	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Amsterdam
Egyptian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Thebes
English	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	London
Ethiopian	N	N	N	Y	N	Y^{[nb 3]}	N	Aksum (IV) Addis Ababa (V)
French	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Paris
German	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Berlin
Greek	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Athens
Hittite	N	N	Y	N	N	Y^{[nb 4]}	N	Hattusa
Holy Roman	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Aachen
Hunnic	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Attila's Court
Inca	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Cuzco
Indian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Delhi
Indonesian	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Jakarta
Iroquois	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	Salamanca (III) Onondaga (V)
Japanese	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Kyoto
Khmer	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Yasodharapura
Korean	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Seoul
Mali	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Timbuktu
Maya	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Chichen Itza (III) Mutal (IV) Palenque (V)
Mongol	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Samarqand (I) Karakorum (II-V)
Moroccan	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Marrakech
Native American^{[nb 5]}	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Cahokia
Ottoman	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Istanbul
Persian	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Persepolis
Polish	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Warsaw
Polynesian	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Honolulu
Portuguese	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Lisbon
Roman	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Rome
Russian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moscow
Shoshone	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Moson Kahni
Siamese	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Sukhotai
Sioux	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Little Bighorn
Songhai	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Gao
Spanish	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^{[nb 3]}	Y	Madrid
Sumerian	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y^{[nb 4]}	N	Ur
Swedish	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Stockholm
Venetian	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Venice
Viking^{[nb 6]}	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Trondheim^{[nb 2]}
Zulu	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Zimbabwe (I-III, Rev) Ulundi (IV-V)

* Entries with a blue background indicate civilizations added with the first expansion pack (III: Play the World, IV: Warlords, V: Gods & Kings).
* Entries with a green background indicate civilizations added with the second expansion pack (III: Conquests, IV: Beyond the Sword, V: Brave New World).
* Entries with a yellow background indicate civilizations added through DLC (V), or game updates (Rev 2).

Notes

↑ Austria was a "hidden" civilization in Civ III, meaning their files were available, but the player had to add them manually into the game at the expense of another civilization.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Civ I uses the romanization of Peking for Beijing, and Civ IV uses the historical name of Nidaros for Trondheim.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Spain was also included with the Gods & Kings expansion pack, and Ethiopia with the Brave New World expansion pack.
↑ 4.0 4.1 The Hittites and Sumer are playable in the "Wonders of the Ancient World" scenario, but are otherwise unavailable to use in the core game.
↑ Most Civ games include specific Native American tribes, such as the Sioux, Iroquois, or Shoshone, instead of an amalgamated Native American empire.
↑ The Viking civilization is called Scandinavia in Civ III: Play the World; however, the adjective remains "Viking". In Civ V, Denmark replaces the Viking civilization, retaining features such as the berserker unit and a leader from the Viking era.

Leaders in Civilization

Name	Civ	I	II	III	IV	IV: Col	Rev	V	Rev 2
Abu Bakr	Arab	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
John Adams	English^{[nb 1]}	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Agüeybaná	Arawak	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Ahmad al-Mansur	Moroccan	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Amaterasu^{[nb 2]}	Japanese	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Alexander the Great	Greek	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Ashurbanipal	Assyrian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Askia Mohammad	Songhai	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Ashoka	Indian	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Attila	Hunnic	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Augustus Caesar	Roman	N	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Otto von Bismarck	German	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Simón Bolívar	Spanish	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Napoleon Bonaparte	French	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Börte^{[nb 2]}	Mongol	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Boudica	Celtic	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Brennus	Celtic	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Cnut the Great	Viking	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Casimir III the Great	Polish	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Catherine the Great	Russian	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Samuel de Champlain	French	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Charlemagne	Holy Roman	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Charles V	Austrian (III) Spanish (IV: Col)	N	N	Y^{[nb 3]}	N	Y	N	N	N
Winston Churchill	English	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
Cleopatra	Egyptian	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y
Cunhambebe	Tupi	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Cunobeline	Celtic	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Cyrus II	Persian	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Enrico Dandolo	Venetian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Darius I	Persian	N	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Dido	Carthaginian	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Adriaen van der Donck	Dutch	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Elizabeth I	English	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Friedrich Barbarossa	German	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Frederick the Great	German	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Louis de Frontenac	French	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Gajah Mada	Indonesian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Indira Gandhi	Indian	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Mohandas Gandhi	Indian	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Charles de Gaulle	French	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
Genghis Khan (Temujin)	Mongol	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
George III	English	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Gilgamesh	Sumerian	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	Y^{[nb 4]}	N
Gunnhild^{[nb 2]}	Viking	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Gustav II Adolph	Swedish	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Haile Selassie	Ethiopian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y^{[nb 5]}	N
Hammurabi	Babylonian	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Hannibal	Carthaginian	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Harald Bluetooth	Danish	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Harun al-Rashid	Arab	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Hatshepsut	Egyptian	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Henry the Navigator	Portuguese	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Henry VIII	English	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Hiawatha	Iroquois	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	N
Hippolyta^{[nb 2]}	Greek	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Huayna Capac	Inca	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
Isabella	Spanish	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y^{[nb 5]}	Y
Ishtar^{[nb 2]}	Babylonian	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Jeanne d'Arc	French	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
João II	Portuguese	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Julius Caesar	Roman	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y
Justinian I	Byzantine	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Kamehameha	Polynesian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
John F. Kennedy	American	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Kublai Khan	Mongol	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Vladimir Lenin	Russian	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Abraham Lincoln	American (I-IV, Rev, Rev 2)	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y^{[nb 6]}	Y
Livia^{[nb 2]}	Roman	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Ragnar Lodbrok	Viking	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Logan	Iroquois	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Louis XIV	French	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
Mangas Coloradas	Apache	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Mao Zedong^{[nb 7]}	Chinese	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y
Mansa Musa	Mali	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Maria I	Portuguese	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Maria Theresa	German (II) Austrian (V: G&K)	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Mehmed II	Ottoman	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Montezuma I	Aztec	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Montezuma II	Aztec	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Mursili I	Hittite	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Muwatallis	Hittite	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y^{[nb 4]}	N
Nazca^{[nb 2]}	Aztec	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Nebuchadnezzar II	Babylonian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Oconostota	Cherokee	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Oda Nobunaga	Japanese	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Osman I	Ottoman	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Pacal II	Maya	N	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Pachacuti	Inca	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	N
Pedro II	Brazilian	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Pericles	Greek	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Peter the Great	Russian	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Philip II	Spanish	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Pocatello	Shoshone	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Qin Shi Huang	Chinese	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Ramesses II	Egyptian	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Ramkhamhaeng	Siamese	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Eleanor Roosevelt^{[nb 2]}	American	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Franklin Roosevelt	American	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Sacagawea^{[nb 2]}	Sioux	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Saladin	Arab	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y
José de San Martín	Spanish	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Scheherazade^{[nb 2]}	Persian	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Sejong the Great	Korean	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y
Shaka	Zulu	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y
Shakala^{[nb 2]}	Zulu	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Sitting Bull	Sioux (II, IV: Col) Native American (IV)	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
Smoke-Jaguar	Maya	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Joseph Stalin	Russian	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Peter Stuyvesant	Dutch	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N
Suleiman	Ottoman	N	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Suryavarman II	Khmer	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Taizong of Tang^{[nb 7]}	Chinese	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y
Theodora	Byzantine	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	N
Tokugawa Ieyasu	Japanese	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y
Victoria	English	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Wang Kon	Korean	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
George Washington	American (IV, V) English (IV: Col)^{[nb 1]}	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N
Willem van Oranje	Dutch	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N
Wu Zetian^{[nb 8]}	Chinese	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Xerxes	Persian	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Zara Yaqob	Ethiopian	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N

* Entries with a pink background indicate included non-playable leaders (IV: Col).
* Entries with a blue background indicate leaders added with the first expansion pack (III: Play the World, IV: Warlords, V: Gods & Kings).
* Entries with a green background indicate leaders added with the second expansion pack (III: Conquests, IV: Beyond the Sword, V: Brave New World).
* Entries with a yellow background indicate leaders added through DLC (V), or game updates (Rev 2).

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Due to the nature of Civ IV: Colonization, Washington and Adams are playable leaders for (New) England, not America.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 Some female leaders in Civilization II are either non-leaders (e.g. Livia, Börte, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sacagawea), goddesses (Amaterasu, Ishtar), taken from legends (Scherezade, Gunnhild, Hippolyta) or fictitious characters created by the developers (Nazca, Shakala).
↑ Charles' civilization was a "hidden" one in Civ III, meaning their files were available, but the player had to add them manually into the game at the expense of another civilization.
↑ 4.0 4.1 Gilgamesh and Muwatallis appear in the "Wonders of the Ancient World" scenario as the leaders of Sumer and the Hittites respectively. They are, however, unavailable to use in the core game.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Isabella of Spain was also included with the Gods & Kings expansion pack, and Haile Selassie of Ethiopia with the Brave New World expansion pack.
↑ Abraham Lincoln appears as the leader of the Union in the "American Civil War" scenario. He is, however, unavailable to use in the core game.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Mao Zedong is replaced by Taizong of Tang in the Chinese release of Civ III-IV.
↑ In Civilization V, the name Wu Zetian is used instead of her personal name Wu Zhao.

Chronology

Titles in the main *Civilization* Series
Title	Release	Notes
Civilization	1991	The game was ported to the Super Nintendo in 1995 making it the first console release of the series.
— CivNet	1995	A remake with improved graphics and sound, and support for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
Civilization II	1996	The game was ported to the PlayStation in 1999.
— Civilization II: Conflicts in Civilization	1996	The first expansion pack for Civilization II.
— Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds	1997	The second expansion pack for Civilization II.
— Civilization II: Test of Time	1999	Includes the original Civilization II plus new scenarios and improved features, including an alien landscape.
Civilization III	2001
— Civilization III: Play the World	2002	The first expansion pack for Civilization III.
— Civilization III: Conquests	2003	The second and final expansion for Civilization III.
Civilization IV	2005
— Civilization IV: Warlords	2006	The first expansion pack for Civilization IV.
— Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword	2007	The second expansion pack for Civilization IV.
— Civilization IV: Colonization	2008	A spin-off based on Sid Meier's 1994 game, Colonization.
Civilization Revolution	2008	The third console release, but the first game in the series designed specifically for consoles, iOS and Windows Phone; not released for the PC or Mac.
Civilization World	2011	A full Civilization game for Facebook. The game was discontinued in 2013.
Civilization V	2010	The current flagship version of the PC-based Civilization series.
— Civilization V: Gods & Kings	2012	The first expansion for Civilization V.
— Civilization V: Brave New World	2013	The second expansion for Civilization V.
Civilization Revolution 2	2014	A sequel to Civilization Revolution.
Civilization: Beyond Earth	2014	A spiritual successor to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri built atop the Civilization V engine.

Compilations

The Explorer (1997), includes Civilization and the Colonization spin off.
Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition (1998), includes Civilization II and its two expansions: Conflicts in Civilization and Fantastic Worlds.
Civilization III: Gold Edition (2003), includes Civilization III and the first expansion, Play the World.
Civilization III: Complete (2005), includes Civilization III and its two expansions: Play the World and Conquests.
Civilization Chronicles (2006), includes all the games from the main series from the first Civilization to Civilization IV.
Civilization IV: Gold Edition (2007), includes Civilization IV and its first expansion Warlords, as well as a bonus poster illustrated by artist Greg Hildebrandt.
Civilization IV: Complete (2007), includes Civilization IV and its two expansions: Warlords and Beyond the Sword.
Civilization IV: The Complete Edition (2009), includes Civilization IV, its two expansions, Warlords and Beyond the Sword, and Civilization IV: Colonization. It does not feature any DRM (copy protection).
Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition (2011) includes 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) included the original plus the Gods & Kings expansion with all the DLC released between them both.
Sid Meier's Civilization V: The Complete Edition (2014) includes the original plus the Gods & Kings and Brave New World expansions with all the DLC released between them.

Titles in the *Civilization* Series
Title	Release	Notes
Sid Meier's Colonization	1994	created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier while still at MicroProse.
Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization	1995	the computer version of the Advanced Civilization board game.
Freeciv	1996	latest release 2015 announced on the freeciv wiki^[28]
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri	1999	created by Sid Meier's team at Firaxis Games.
Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire	1999	an expansion pack to Alpha Centauri.
Civilization: Call to Power	1999	created by Activision.
C-evo	1999	latest release 2013, created by Steffen Gerlach^[29]
Call to Power II	2000	sequel to Civilization: Call to Power. Due to licensing issues, Civilization could not be in the title.^[30]
FreeCol	2003	a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization, latest release 2015.^[31]
CivCity: Rome	2006	a city-building strategy game inspired by the series.
Civilization Revolution 2	2014	a mobile exclusive sequel to Civilization Revolution
Sid Meier's Starships	2015

Board and card games

Titles in the *Civilization* Series
Title	Release	Notes
Civilization	1980	board game by Francis Tresham, published by Avalon Hill in the US (1981).^[32]
Advanced Civilization	1991	an expansion of the original board game published by Avalon Hill.
Civilization: The Boardgame	2002	an officially licensed board game published by Eagle Games and based on Civilization III.
Civilization: The Card Game	2006	a card game designed by Civilization IV lead designer Soren Johnson and based on Civilization IV.
Civilization: The Board Game	2010	an officially licensed board game published by Fantasy Flight Games and based on Civilization IV.
Civilization: Fame and Fortune	2011	the first expansion to the 2010 Civilization based board game.
Civilization: Wisdom and Warfare	2013	the second expansion to the 2010 Civilization based board game.

Influence

Scottish science fiction and mainstream author Iain Banks has noted that he spent much time playing the game (appearing to refer to the first version) and that it was one of the inspirations for the concept of the 'Outside Context Problem' central to his Excession novel - the appearance of invaders or travelers who are so advanced that they are totally outside the society's frame of reference. In an interview, Banks specifically compares this to having a Civilization battleship arrive while the player is still using wooden sailing ships.^[33] One of the two viewpoint characters in his novel Complicity plays Civilization compulsively.

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External links

Civilization.com website
Civilization and Freeciv wikis
Civilization series at MobyGames
Playing the Game: Civilization , a list of academic texts about the series
GamaSutra history of Civilization

Civilization series

Video games	Civilization II Test of Time III Play the World Conquests IV Warlords Beyond the Sword Colonization Revolution V Gods & Kings Brave New World World Revolution 2 Beyond Earth

Board and card games	The Boardgame The Card Game The Board Game Fame and Fortune Wisdom and Warfare

Predecessor games	Civilization (board game) Advanced Civilization Incunabula Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization

Related games	Sid Meier's Colonization Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Call to Power II CivCity: Rome Sid Meier's Starships

Fan games	Freeciv C-evo FreeCol Rhye's and Fall of Civilization

Miscellaneous	Music in Civilization "Baba Yetu"