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Liz Davidson @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the 250th episode of the podcast, @edbeach23.bsky.social came on to chat about historical board game design, designing for series, and his work on Civ. Also, if you want to know who the best Here I Stand player in the world is... this episode reveals all. youtu.be/9PyhJ7FGxEw?...

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Beyond Solitaire Podcast 250: Ed Beach on Historical Series Design

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII @civilization.2k.com · 03/09/2026

Three cheers for 3️⃣5️⃣ years 🎉 To mark our franchise anniversary, Civilization VII is FREE TO PLAY on Steam all week! Jump in now - 2kgam.es/Civ7F2P

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Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com · 11/05/2025

Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast. For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII @civilization.2k.com · 21/04/2025

Watch as the @firaxisgames.bsky.social team shares their vision behind the next update for #Civ7 releasing tomorrow, April 22! 📺 2kgam.es/3GvrNWS

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII @civilization.2k.com · 22/04/2025

Fly the flag of the fandom with this Civ community banner! To earn it for your profile, join our official Discord and follow the steps below to redeem 👇

Join our Discord to earn: MODERN AGE TRADE BANNER

1. Join the Civ Official Discord
2. Follow the instructions in the channel #earn-discord-banner to claim code to redeem in-game.
3. Redeem the code in-game for the banner!

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII @civilization.2k.com · 29/04/2025

Today’s patch for #Civ7 addresses some performance drops, brings stability improvements, and includes a handful of changes in response to your feedback. We’re also heads-down on our next update, planned for early June, which will include plenty more improvements across the game! 📰 2kgam.es/3Sc5Vm5

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII - Update 1.2.0 - Patch 1 - April 29, 2025 - Steam News

Today’s patch addresses some late-game performance drops, brings some stability improvements, and includes a handful of improvements in response to player feedback. We’re also heads-down on our next u...

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII @civilization.2k.com · 22/04/2025

Update 1.2.0 releases today in #Civ7, featuring: ⬢ One More Turn ⬢ Multiplayer Teams ⬢ Resource Updates ⬢ Food & Growth Rebalance ⬢ ...and much more! Full notes here: 2kgam.es/Civ7Updates

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII @civilization.2k.com · 08/04/2025

Hey, Civ fans! We're excited to share some of the highlights coming in the next Civilization VII update later this April, plus a look at what's further down the road. Read our full check-in here: 2kgam.es/43PZkFb

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Starting now if you want to tune in Live. Or check out the VOD later. Lots of cool items in tomorrow's update to show off.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

i wanna talk about the civ 7 theme for the Mauryan Empire for a second, because it's cool as hell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DAp...

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Maurya India - Antiquity Civ Theme | Civilization VII Original Soundtrack

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 01/03/2025

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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It Was an Ambush

Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Check out the upcoming plans for Civ VII...

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Matthew Arcilla, editorial mercenary @experimentego.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Very glad to see @nellraban.com featured today on Rappler Gaming to discuss her experiences and contributions to the latest installment of Sid Meier's Civilization! I'm a dyed in the wool series fan so when I learned she was on the dev team, I was very excited to suggest our editor talk to her.

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Q&A: Filipina 'Civ VII' game designer Nell Raban on creating narrative, Rizal as leader

Firaxis Games' Nell Raban says, 'The Philippines has no shortage of national heroes, but Rizal was always the first and only choice. Given his lasting impact on the Philippines and its people, it’s di...

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I posted pix here two weeks ago about our trip to Oklahoma to visit with the Shawnee. Today's video does a great job explaining what that was all about youtu.be/l17v2Y8ZKFM?...

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Historic Partnership with the Shawnee & Firaxis Games | 2K Foundations

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Launch Day Livestream starting in 15 minutes on the Firaxis Twitch channel. Join us!

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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Here I Stand rule, Human vs Machine test. Human on BGG who answered got the rule correct: "The very earliest you can ever ask for a divorce is diplomacy of Turn 3, since you can't play the home card to advance the marker to the "Ask for Divorce" box on the track until Turn 2.” Google AI, wrong!

Erroneous Google AI answer saying (again incorrectly) that In the board game "Here I Stand", Henry can ask the Pope for a divorce as early as the first round of diplomacy when he moves his marital status marker to the "Ask for a Divorce" space on the Wives Track; this is typically done by playing the "Six Wives" card during setup.
Key points about asking for a divorce in "Here I Stand":
Early access:
The "Ask for a Divorce" space is accessible from the beginning of the game.
Card requirement:
To initiate the divorce request, Henry usually needs to play the "Six Wives" card.
Pope's decision:
Once on the "Ask for a Divorce" space, Henry can then attempt to negotiate with the Pope to grant him an annulment.

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

NY Times article taking a detailed look at Civ VII's new Crisis system

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Looking forward to seeing how this goes. Enjoy!

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Final post on Firaxis' partnership with the Shawnee. Here is our voice actor, Dylan, who played Tecumseh for Civilization VII. First in the studio reciting Shawnee winter poetry. Then with our Art Director Jason Johnson who brought him a life-sized Tecumseh print.

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

More on Firaxis' partnership with the Shawnee. Here are the three Firaxians posing in front of the studio, first with George Blanchard, one of the remaining fluent Shawnee speakers. The new studio is named in his honor. And then again with Chief Barnes. With @dennisofthenorth.bsky.social

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Protestant Reformation trivia quiz for today. Which major figure of the Protestant Reformation is buried under a parking spot number 23?

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A happy morning in Baltimore today...

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

So impressive. Could watch this all day.

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

When you take a picture of a living history actor playing the Marquis de Lafayette knowing he is going to be revealed as a Civ VII leader much later (44 months in this case) youtu.be/_j1RFQzRWCM?...

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A great article highlighting the contributions from our team historians.

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nell @nellraban.com · 13/12/2024

i’m so lucky and honored to have done the voiceover writing for civ vii’s opening cinematic — hard to top working with gwendolyn christie!! youtu.be/gV0waX2uPLg?...

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII - "Rediscover Hope" Opening Cinematic

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Jon Jones @jonjones.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Thrilled that the Civ 7 opening cinematic is out now! This team has been working so hard for so long, and I'm thrilled that their efforts will finally see the light of day very soon. I'm proud to support the teams here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV0w...

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII - "Rediscover Hope" Opening Cinematic

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Emma Kidwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

CIV VII ORCHESTRA i teared up lmfaoooo

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I expect like everyone else to be largely disappointed by The Game Awards tonight BUT I am nevertheless still really excited for Christopher Tin debuting a live orchestral version of our Civ VII theme.

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Ed Beach @edbeach23.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Definitely fun to get to talk about our new Civ game at a significant historical site like Fort McHenry. And that was the day before I found out how well it did in the "most anticipated" rankings. youtu.be/I5IFbAmsGGQ?...

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII - Developer Interview | PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2024

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Excited to announce our talk “Built in Layers: (Re)Creating History with the Narrative System in Civilization VII” at the Narrative Summit at GDC! Looking forward to diving into the workings of our narrative system with some brilliant people ✨

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Game Narrative Summit: Built in Layers: (Re)Creating History with the Narrative System in 'Civilization VII' | 2025 Schedule | Game Developers Conference (GDC)

Attend 750 sessions for game designers, programmers, artists, producers, audio, business, and marketing professionals over 5 days at GDC.

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