This game may be over ten years old now, but if you ask me, it still holds up brilliantly today. Easy(ish!) to learn, difficult to master. Peppered with the best in-game encyclopedia this side of Mass Effect, a fantastic selection of community-created content, and you get to live out history pretty much exactly the way you want to. What's not to like? :) Before Civ 3, strategy games were boring. Well, hold onto your hats, because this re-writes the whole damn rule book. Enjoy!

This game may be over ten years old now, but if you ask me, it still holds up brilliantly today. Easy(ish!) to learn, difficult to master. Peppered with the best in-game encyclopedia this side of Mass Effect, a fantastic selection of community-created content, and you get to live out history pretty much exactly the way you want to. What's not to like? :) Before Civ 3, strategy games were boring. Well, hold onto your hats, because this re-writes the whole damn rule book. Enjoy!