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All civs from MK I

Kierran Petersen summing up the madness of the CBR. "Texas is at war with Canada and Mexico. The Nazis just converted to Judaism. And a little while ago, Steve Jobs conquered the city of Chichen Itza  which was a huge blow to the Mayans."

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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest Civilization V AI game ever created, featuring no less than 61 civilizations from the base game and various mods.

The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder TPangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization V is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through albums on the official website with screenshots, known simply as "parts".

The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems it had to be abandoned after 19 parts. The its sequel, commonly referred to as "Mark II" featured 61 civilization on an even larger map. After three years and many installment gaps, MK II recently concluded with one civilization capturing all 61 capitals. The next iteration (called "CBRX"), features 61 different civilizations and recently started in June 2019.

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To give you an idea of the scale of these games, one turn roughly took 96 hours to process by the end of Mark II.

The Battle Royale is also notorious for its small but very dedicated fanbase, which has created everything from fanart ◊ , to fake newspapers ◊ commenting on the state of the world to a stock market where fans can invest in their favorite civilizations. If you want to try to dive in, you can start with the first megathread .

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