How Sid Meier Almost Made Civilization a Real-Time Strategy Game | War Stories | Ars Technica

In Ars Technica's War Stories series, Sid Meier tells how Civilization was nearly built as a real-time strategy game before it became turn-based. He talks through the early design decisions and prototypes behind the game.

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