This site archives resources for the game Civilization, with a focus on stories of player games. These stories often link to images hosted on third-party sites, and over the years many of these image hosts have gone down, put up paywalls, or had URLs change, making the images in the stories inaccessible. Preventing further stories from being lost was the impetus for the creation of this site.
The format of the archives is as a .zip file, which contains a single HTML file, a couple CSS files, and an images folder. Open the .html file to view the story; it will open in your default web browser.
It is still very much under construction! It should be considered to be at proof-of-concept phase.
Currently, only a few stories are available; we are working on both the archiving program itself, as well as creating the archives and the website. See this thread for the latest information.
The following stories are available for download. We suggest reading the initial few posts at CivFanatics to see if you are interested, and if so, you are welcome to download the archive and use it for offline viewing or to serve as your own personal backup.
| Title | Author | Start Date | Completion Status | Description/Tags | Number of Posts | CFC Link | Download link | Download size | Download completeness | Restoration | Uploaded/Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pax Romana | Vanadorn | May 2004 | Last updated in 2017 | Can be described as the love child between the history of the Roman Empire and 'War & Peace'. | 2510 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 4.3 MB | Complete except that some images are too small due to being attachments | July 21, 2018 | |
| World War I... in 2051 A.D.!?!? | Coinich | November 2004 | Completed | Told as a story, in the context of a Civ game. | 1529 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 22.5 MB | 100% | July 22, 2018 | |
| Conquest of the World | Quintillus | April 2007 | Completed | Quintillus conquers the world as the Greeks. | 1448 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 276 MB | 96%, from 11% on the forum. Posts 1018-1020 still need manual restoration. | Yes | July 29, 2018 |
| Blood and Iron - The Conquests of the Chancellor | MTB4884 | May 2011 | Completed | MTB4884 tells a story through a Civ game. | 1297 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 1.9 MB | 100% (no images) | July 29, 2018 | |
| the celtic peacekeepers! | Daftpanzer | February 2004 | Not Completed | Huge Emperor | 921 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 6.8 MB | 92%. This compares to 82% on the original CFC thread. 14 GeoCities images remain missing. | Partial | July 22, 2018 |
| The Conquests | choxorn | June 2010 | On hiatus since 2015 | choxorn documents his journey through playing all the Conquests in order | 843 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 496 MB | 96%. Mostly ImageShack images missing. | July 21, 2018 | |
| The Sumerian Empire | Takeo | February 2006 | Completed | A Regent tech pace is combined with Deity levels of AI unit production | 617 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 33.5 MB | 71%. The end of the story is missing images due to the Great Hack. | July 23, 2018 | |
| The Triumph(?) of the Boers: Yet another AoI Story. | Hikaro Takayama | November 2008 | Not Completed | AoI 3.0, Monarch | 456 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 34 MB | 99.2%. Two ImageShack images missing. | July 23, 2018 | |
| Celtic Fury | Sparthage | March 2010 | Not Completed | 31-civ Standard Earth | 392 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 29.4 MB | 96.5%. Second half of story restored. | Yes | July 23, 2018 |
| By a Single Decision (Alternate History) | das | September 2004 | Not Completed | An alternate history story | 387 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 328 KB | No images | August 1, 2018 | |
| Hail Caesar | zeeterus | May 2002 | A Civ game as a written story | 343 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 447 KB | No images | 448 KB | August 1, 2018 | |
| Diety Game #2 - Crowded House | BasketCase | July 2005 | Completed | Tiny, Diety, 16 Civs | 317 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 9.6 MB | 100% (same as thread) | August 1, 2018 | |
| Pax Americana - the Culmination of Manifest Destiny | SonicTH (aka Taniciusfox) | June 2008 | Completed | Age of Imperialism as the USA | 301 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 28.9 MB | 100%. From 0% on the forum thread. | Yes | July 23, 2018 |
| Takeo takes on Deity | Takeo | September 2005 | Completed | Takeo plays Deity | 290 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 19.5 MB | 100% (same as forum) | August 1, 2018 | |
| Wrath of the AI | Quintillus | March 2009 | Incomplete (2015) | Each AI has a powerful bonus trait, such as significantly boosted culture, commerce, or cavalry units. | 267 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 105 MB | 99.4% | No more Photobucket watermark | January 1, 2022 |
| The Rising Sun - Japanese Power Play | tR1cKy | June 2005 | Completed | tR1cKy makes a story out of GOTM 43. | 235 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 14.8 MB | 100%. All images in both thread and archive. | July 29, 2018 | |
| Beyond Sid | Bamspeedy | October 2003 | Completed | Bamspeedy takes on an AI that can build items at 1/10th the usual cost. | 224 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 6.2 MB | 99%. One image missing, but source missing in HTML. Lost in XenForo migration? | July 22, 2018 | |
| The First(and hopefully only) Reich | SonicTH (aka Taniciusfox) | March 2008 | Completed | With slightly customized rules, SonicTH plays as Germany on TETurkhan's Test of Time. | 219 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 135 MB | 100%; from 0% on the forum. | Yes | July 27, 2018 |
| The Second Reich - Germany's Hegemony | SonicTH (aka TaniciusFox) | March 2009 | Not Completed | Age of Imperialism as Germany. | 164 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 15.0 MB | 100%. From 0% in forum thread. | Yes | July 28, 2018 |
| Chieftain to Monarch: Game Two | CommandoBob | September 2005 | Completed | CommandoBob plays his second Monarch game. PTW. Huge Map. | 161 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 21.3 MB | 100%. From 0% in forum thread. | Yes | July 24, 2018 |
| The Space Race | Quintillus | March 2008 | Completed | Quintillus plays Space Race and starts in the Ancient Age, while everyone else starts in the Middle Ages. | 153 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 78.0 MB | 99.3%, from almost 0% in the thread | Yes | July 29, 2018 |
| GOTM 41 Reloaded - Persian Double Challenge | tR1cKy | April 2005 | Not Completed | tR1cKy plays GOTM 41 twice, with two different victory goals | 130 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 9.2 MB | 100% | July 29, 2018 | |
| The Rise of Moraie | Sashie VII | April 2007 | Not Completed | Sashie VII plays a 5CC with his own civ. | 129 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 6.9 MB | 100%. From 0% in forum thread. | Yes | July 28, 2018 |
| Demi-God Madness II | Vind2 | December 2006 | Incomplete | Vind2 attempts Demigod for the second time as the Maya. | 118 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 14.2 MB | 99%. | 137 Photobucket images restored. | February 5, 2021 |
| The Republicans go to War | Lanzelot | March 2015 | Completed | Always War, Monarch, Republic. | 75 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 69 MB | 100% | July 21, 2018 | |
| Schweitzes Reich: The Swiss Empire (MeM) | Hikaro Takayama | February 2010 | Not Completed | Customized version of Medieval Europe Mod. | 62 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 6.8 MB | 100%, from 0% in forum thread. | Yes | July 28, 2018 |
| Chronicles of the Philosopher Kings VI: The Final Battle | Helmling | January 2005 | Completed | Huge Emperor | 41 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 4.2 MB | 100% | July 22, 2018 |
We're adding some succession games too! These will initially be on-request as the top-level Stories and Tales backlog is tackled.
| Title | Participants | Start Date | Completion Status | Description/Tags | Number of Posts | CFC Link | Download link | Download size | Download completeness | Restoration | Uploaded/Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gma02: "First Come, First Severed" - Training Day Game | gmaharriet, Greygamer, Bede, Desertsnow, Aabraxan, Kickbooti | May 2007 | Completed | An Emperor level Training Game feature Non-Oscillating War mechanics. | 1360 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 5.8 MB | 17%. | Photobucket images restored, but most were VillagePhotos or CFC Uploads, which are not archived. | February 5, 2021 |
| Who-5_ Tom Tom Club builds a party lounge training game | Whomp, Bucephalus, CommandoBob, goodsmell, Ansar the king frog, Vind2, Smart, Theryman | May 2006 | Completed | Whomp organizes a training game on Emperor for Chieftain to Monarch players. | 1127 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 13.6 MB | 84%. Up from 22% on the forum. | Partial. Missing old ImageShack, CFC Uploads images primarily. | February 5, 2021 |
| Handy 19 Grumpy Old Men try AWD standard map | Handy, ThERat, Greebly, Bede, M60A3TTS, Obormot, Sir Bugsy | August 2005 | Completed | Always War Deity, Standard Map, Continents | 297 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 9.7 MB | 93%. Up from 61% on the forum. | Yes | July 24, 2018 |
| Handy 21 Regular Pangaea AWD again | Handy, ThERat, Greebly, M60A3TTS, Obormot, Sir Bugsy | October 2005 | Completed | Always War Deity, Standard Map, Panaea | 189 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 6.5 MB | 85%. Up from 77% on the forum. Also includes major formatting fixes. | Partial | July 27, 2018 |
Some HOF Threads are also available for download. The initial focus is on those that can be read as a story, are historic games, or which discuss innovative strategies.
| Title | Author | Start Date | Completion Status | Description/Tags | Number of Posts | CFC Link | Download link | Download size | Download completeness | Restoration | Uploaded/Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayan Mayhem: A Huge Deity Histographic | Spoonwood | December 2009 | Completed | Huge Deity Histographic | 352 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 64.2 MB | 100%. All 255 images were missing, but are now restored. | Yes | July 23, 2018 |
| SirPleb, Going for Sid | SirPleb | March 2004 | Completed | SirPleb gets the first Huge Sid Histographic win in the Hall of Fame | 276 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 3.4 MB | 98% | August 7, 2018 | |
| Superslug-A pacifist attempt at the HOF | superslug | January 2004 | Completed | superslug plays a pacifist milkrun game. | 116 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 2.8 MB | 100% | August 7, 2018 | |
| SirPleb deity, with Palace rank exploit | SirPleb | May 2004 | Completed | Milkrun. Quite a bit of strategy discussion. | 41 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 647 KB | 100% | July 22, 2018 | |
| LulThyme's 0 point Histograph | Methos | March 2005 | Completed | The discussion of LulThyme's 0-point Histographic win | 13 | CFC Link | Downloadable link | 60 KB | 100% | August 7, 2018 |