Good morning and happy Monday from New England! I imagine that after last week's newsletter which got pinned on top of the r/CivMC subreddit, people may not know what this is. If you're new here, welcome! This is intended to be a semi-serious and informational writeup I do each week about the Civ community on Mondays. The newsletters summarize things that not only happen on CivMC, but throughout the entire Civ community, and cover everything f...

Good morning and happy May Day from New England! I hope it's a beautiful morning for you but it was not a beautiful weekend for me considering you guys managed to throw not one, but three spits of drama this past week. There are dull moments on Civ, sure, but when there's something happening, there's something happening. Speaking of something happening, this is the 50th CivWiki Monday Newsletter! It's been quite a ride for the past few months....

Good morning and happy Monday from New England! Yeah, it's the same old week, with the exception that I'm graduating from school very soon. I'm scared to grow up, you know. But it's also another week of talking about Civ, yelling about Civ, figuring out whether Civ is stagnating as a genre (it is), trying to find ideas to improve Civ (impossible challenge), and more. Honestly everybody is talking about the same stuff over and over about it bei...

Good morning and happy Patriot's Day from New England! Fun fact, Patriots Day is actually a state holiday in Massachusetts, and pretty much nowhere else. I have the day off today! It's not just because of the Boston Marathon that happens today (Boston Strong!). It commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, taking place just outside Boston in Lexington and Concord. Speaking of battles, who's ready for some news? Featured Fea...

Good morning and happy day-after-Easter from New England! Did you know that the word 'Easter' comes from an Old English word that has absolutely nothing to do with Easter in the slightest? It comes from Ēostre, a West Germanic goddess that has basically no relation to Christianity at all. It's literally only because they used her name for the month of April so like, yeah average medieval thing. So speaking of April, are we ready for the news? ...