A blog written from 2015-6 about the best Civilization videogame of all*, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Start at https://paeantosmac.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/introduction/ and then use the Next link to explore this in-depth ode to a game that's now 25 years old and still one of the best.
* Fight me. I am armed with String Disruptor (30)
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By the time SMAC arrived the whole idea was starting to get tired. They became complicated and hard to play. By then usable versions of FreeCiv were available.