Sid Meier's Civilization III 2001

Released: October 30, 2001
Anniversary: Turned 25 on October 30
Genres: Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC · Mac
Developers: Westlake Interactive · Firaxis Games
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: GOG Steam
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Is it still worth playing?

Jeff Briggs and Soren Johnson's 2001 turn based strategy game, in which you build an empire from 4,000 BC to just beyond the modern day. You found and improve cities, train military and civilian units, improve terrain, research technologies and build Wonders of the World. The map is the core of it. It is made of square tiles, each holding a city, an improvement or any number of units, and cities have to be at least one tile apart. Each city works the twenty tiles around it, one city to a tile, and no more tiles than its population, which food grows. An empire built a tile at a time still makes a long game worth starting today.