Civilisation V is in most peoples opinion, the best turn based strategy game ever invented. The object is to settle new lands, find rare resources and conquer your opponents either through science, culture or military might and conquest. If you have never played civilisation games before, then put a full weekend or so to one side for this purpose. It is advised that you select the tutorials or you WILL restart the game when you discover an easier way to play it after say a week or so. The worlds can either be generated by the computer, or in the advanced setup mode, you can fiddle with land types, water height, vegetation, climate, ...  Read the complete review

What can you say about Sid Meyer's Civilization series? Simply the best strategy game ever made? For those of you that are too young or simply have never come across Civilization let me quickly summarise what the game is about. It is a turn based strategy game where the idea is to start off with a small group of settlers in a very primitive and hostile world and to eventually out compete your enemies both militarily and economically, to grow a civilization built to stand the test of time over a span of thousands of years. The ultimate achievement is to advance so far that you are the first to explore space and set up a colony among the stars. The way to ...  Read the complete review