The PolyCast.Net

PolyCast

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PolyCast is made up of a bi-weekly, monthly, two bi-monthly and a recurring Civilization podcast. PolyCast with co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Makahlua, TheMeInTeam and MegaBearsFan cover game strategy. Entertaining and informing Civ.

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Latest episode

Feb 27, 2026

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Episodes

PolyCast 441: A Guest 27.02.2026

The fifteenth episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the new Challenge of the Month, the September 12 Developer Livestream, the First Developer Diary for Civ VII, and the First Looks at Hatshepsut and Augustus

PolyCast 426: Abundance 20.02.2026

The thirteenth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include Millennia and Ara History Untold Information, the New Civilization Mobile Game, Unwritten Rules for Playing Civ 6, the Age of Abundance Challenge of the Month, Stratcom's Video About Civ 5 and Civ 6, and a Brief Discussion of Our Recent Gaming Histories.

PolyCast 425: Era Studies and Rants 13.02.2026

The twelth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Weakness of War Weariness, Tips for the Ancient, Industrial, and Information Eras, and Ideas for Civ 7 from Previous Civ Games.

PolyCast 424: Musical Highlights 06.02.2026

The eleventh episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Best Civilization Music, an Apocalypse Mode Deep Dive, and an Overview of Preserve Districts.

PolyCast 423: Formula 1 is Responsible for This 30.01.2026

The tenth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include allied GDR betrayal, 30 Years of Civilization, the PlayYourDamnTurn tool, Ozymandias, Combat Bonuses in Civ 5 and Civ 6, Raze and Replace, and the Godking policy.

PolyCast 422: Four Americans Talking About Europe 23.01.2026

The nineth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include Nuking London, Machine Learning in Video Games, PolyCast Meta News, Mythical and Mythological Leaders, How Civ 6 Will be Remembered, Idiots Playing Civ:BE, and the Honest Reviews Trailer of Civ 6.

PolyCast 421: Unannounced? Why? 16.01.2026

The eighth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Unannounced May 2023 Patch, a CPU priority bug in Civ 6, a Freeciv project with ChatGPT, ideas for African Civs and City-States, a possibilities for a Leader Pass 2.

PolyCast 420: We Like Boats, and We Cannot Lie 09.01.2026

The seventh episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Kotaku Re-review of Civ 6, the Release of Age of Wonders 4, a Poll About the Leader Pass Leaders, the Fragility of AI, and our May 2023 Civ 7 wishlist.

PolyCast 440: PAX and Direct 30.09.2024

The fourteenth episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Nintendo Direct Trailer for Civ VII, the PAX West Developer Panel, Announcements for upcoming streams and events, the Denuvo Controversy, and the potential for Villainous AI Leaders.

PolyCast 439: Something to Believe In - Part 2 04.09.2024

The thirteenth episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the second half of our coverage of the gameplay reveal of Civilization VII, including its Civilizations, Cities, Army Commanders, Units, and Terrain.

PolyCast 438: Something to Believe In - Part 1 29.08.2024

The twelfth episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the death of the 2K Launcher, the August Challengle of the Month, Rotating Redux, and the gameplay reveal of Civilization VII, including its Ages, Crises, Leaders, Civics, Civic and Tech Trees, Governments, and Diplomacy Mechanics.

PolyCast 437: Starting to Get Rolling 17.08.2024

The eleventh episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the upcoming August 20th Gameplay Reveal of Civilization VII, Firaxis's Study the Past videos, the July Challenge of the Month, Live Yongle Reaction, AI Naval strategy, One Unit-per-tile vs. Stacks of Doom in Civ7, suggested Civ7 Unique Units.

PolyCast 436: They Say Strategy is Dying 08.08.2024

The tenth episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include Firaxis's Study the Past videos, Old World's new Behind the Throne DLC, a study gamers about interest in strategy games, the June Challenge of the Month, Terra Incognita, and things we don't want to see in Civilization VII.

PolyCast 435: So It Shall Be 31.07.2024

The ninth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Announcement of Civilization VII, Sales, Release Date Speculation, and the May Challenge of the Month, Reach for the Heavens.

PolyCast 434: Zip! Give It To Me! 18.07.2024

The eighth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the release of Alpha Centauri on Steam, May's Chellenge of the Month, Reach for the Heavens, progressively decreasing game speed in Civs 4, 5, 6, and 7, our favorite policy cards, and little things from older games we want to see in Civilization VII.

PolyCast 433: Fringe Theories 10.07.2024

The seventh episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the 25th Anniversary of Call to Power, whether Real Life is actually a 4X simulator, the most important Quality of Life mods for CIvilization VI, Movement Rules from Civ5 and Civ6 compared, and little things from older games we want to see in Civilization VII.

PolyCast 432: The Relation is Tangential 08.05.2024

The sixth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include some feedback from Episode 428, the March Challenge of the Month, the Ides of March, and the April Challege of the Month, Three Stars Each, Civilization VI as experienced by the first Neurolink Patient, Firaxis's 2024 April Fools Day Joke, the release of Millennia, and many tangents.

PolyCast 431: Daylight Savings 23.03.2024

The fifth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the March Challenge of the Month, the Ides of March, some information about the Civilization Mobile Game, Millennia's release date and a Developer Diary about Ages, Large-Language Model Simulations tending toward violence, Civ4 Nationality vs. Civ6 Loyalty, and group victories., the 25th Anniversary of Alpha Centauri's Release,...

PolyCast 430: Historical Anecdotes 27.02.2024

The fourth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the February Challenge of the Month, the Head of Cyrus, our experiences with the Millennia Demo, the 25th Anniversary of Alpha Centauri's Release, and where and when to build Government Plazas.

PolyCast 429: The Show Where We Talk about Millennia 20.02.2024

The third episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include Humankind's George Sand Update, further discussion of the Robot Revolution Challenge of the Month, the Millennia Demo Announcement and Experiences, and two Millennia Developer Diaries.

PolyCast 428: Freedom? 13.02.2024

The second episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include an Ara: History Untold Game Overview and Developer Diary, the January Challenge of the Month, Robot Revolution, a paper about Freedom as a concept in the Civilization Games, and games to try when you need a break from Civilization.

PolyCast 427: First SMAC of the Year 06.02.2024

The first episode of season 18 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Civilization VI Symphony in Korea, the December 2023 Challenge of the Month, the Seven Seas, an Alpha Centauri open source remake project, Alpha Centauri as a self-healing tool, and the best wonders in Civilization VI.

PolyCast 419: News, News, and More News 05.08.2023

The sixth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Rulers of England Developer Livestream, Civilization VI's addition to xBox Game Pass, Firaxis's April Fools joke, Christopher Tin at the Classic FM Hall of Fame, the patch notes for April 2023's Patch, and Atari's reaquiring of MicroProse and Infograms.

PolyCast 418: We Really Said Something! 15.07.2023

The fifth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast. Topics include the Great Builder Pack's release, the Rulers of England Pack preview, another discussion on whether Civilzation is a history simulator or a board game, the Korean playerbase's reaction to Sejong, and which leaders need a nerf according to GameRant.

PolyCast 417: Strategy Game Nostalgia 11.06.2023

The fourth episode of season 17 of The PolyCast. Topics include the Firaxis Studio News, the Soft Announcement of CivilizatioN VII, the Civ VI Rulers of the Sahara Developer Stream and Release Notes, and a List of the 50 Favorite Strategy Games of All Time.

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