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civ CIV
English
Alternative forms
en Civi
Etymology
en.
Proper noun
en video games slang Civilization (video game) Civilization, a turn-based strategy video game from 1991 (and various sequels) in which the player attempts to build and maintain an empire throughout history.
en 1997 Rick Barba; Michael Knight; Rod Harten CD-ROM Classics: Cheats and Hints to Your Favorite Games 2 If you have played Civ before then, you already know what I am talking about. If you haven't, then what are you waiting for?
en 2008 Tracy Fullerton Game Design Workshop I'd worked almost exclusively on the Wizardry series, so I knew everything about it like the back of my hand. So when I played Civ, I became fascinated with how it did that.
en board games slang Civilization (1980 board game) Civilization, a turn-based strategy board game from 1980.
en 21 February 1996 Gary J. Robinson How SERIOUSLY do you play Civilization? rec.games.board https://web.archive.org/web/20260113190538/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.board/c/ncF-73jyuKM/m/a0dk8MQLTxQJ Everyone I have ever played Civ with would laugh out loud at that statement. I guess we're all doing something wrong. Then again, considering that this is the one card everyone seems to hate, and many people count cards to avoid, perhaps you're the one who's wrong.
en 18 February 2003 DaveO DaveO's Auction #1:K,K,&K(Shrinkwrapped), Black Vienna(SW), Adv Civ (SW), San Marco, Hopfen and Malz, Gnadenlos, Drahtseilakt, and more!!! rec.games.board.marketplace https://web.archive.org/web/20260113190815/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.board.marketplace/c/wFMjOosCK9g/m/FlJ13XTvVP8J The expansion to the classic game of Civilization, still in the SHRINKWRAP! Brand new copy that some say you can't play Civ without, and some say you can't play with; I'll let you be the judge.
en 19 August 2003 Matthew McCleary Caclulator for Civilization rec.games.board https://web.archive.org/web/20260113190843/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.board/c/YXk-a0rVGcw/m/1ZLcq1v5hogJ Greetings to those who play Civ (the board game): I've written a program in C to calculate Civilization cards on the fly as you play the game.
Related terms
en GalCiv
Translations
the Civilization games, or one of the games in this series
Russian: ru Ци́ва
Ukrainian: uk Ци́ва
Noun
en video games slang A civilization, any of various empires in the Civilization games.
en faction
en 20 July 1998 Pinochet Civ2 map scale alt.games.civ2 https://web.archive.org/web/20260113191350/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.civ2/c/AJuKzBfVYT0/m/15gUN3vm3U8J Is it really good to have so many Civs close together?
Related terms
en civ
See also
en cultural victory
Anagrams
en civ IVC Vic ICV vic vic. VIC Vic. CVI
en Nicknames