I indulge the fantasy that I'm setting long-term ambitions and attaining those ambitions through a thousand decisions. This is why Civ and I have been inseparable for so long.Ĭivilization 6 maintains and enhances the series' traditions of making me feel like the boss of everything. Power is comforting, especially when it comes with zero consequences. But at least I can grind France into oblivion. I sit in my underpants eating Kit-Kats while presiding magisterially over my rolling domains and martial hordes. Like all good friends, Civilization is nice to me, it's good fun, and it never really changes.Įach game offers the tantalizing prospect of deciding the fate of nations, cities, armies and individuals. It began 20 years ago, with the release of Sid Meier's Civilization 2 and has continued though each and every game since, right up to Civilization 6. Few of the friendships in my life have been as enduring as the one I maintain with Civilization games.