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Civilization has the widest scope of any strategy game up to this point. Your eventual goal is to become the dominant civilization in the world, either by wiping out everybody else, or being the first to get a space ship to Alpha Centauri.
The first step is to find a site for your first city - ideally, find a combination of grassland, hills and rivers. Once you have this you can develop military units and buildings. In every turn you are taking in taxes, which can be turned into scientific research or luxuries to keep the people happy, or stored as money. Initially you will only be able to build simple things like Chariots an
Civilization has the widest scope of any strategy game up to this point. Your eventual goal is to become the dominant civilization in the world, either by wiping out everybody else, or being the first to get a space ship to Alpha Centauri.
The first step is to find a site for your first city - ideally, find a combination of grassland, hills and rivers. Once you have this you can develop military units and buildings. In every turn you are taking in taxes, which can be turned into scientific research or luxuries to keep the people happy, or stored as money. Initially you will only be able to build simple things like Chariots and Granaries, but as the game progresses you can create advanced scientific institutions, factories, and air and sea units.
When you meet with other races, you can trade knowledge with them, or simply fight to the death. Conquering other people's cities is a profitable goal.
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Release date: 31 December 1991
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