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/ Genres / Strategy / Sid Meier's Civilization / Play in browser

Sid Meier's Civilization - Play Online

DOS - 1991
Also available on: Amiga - Atari ST - Mac - SEGA Saturn - Windows 3.x

For small DOS games like Sid Meier's Civilization, you can play online immediately with your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera...). This feature is experimental, the game may not work properly.

Warning: game save should work, but you should try it early! Also, be careful to select the right game executable in the list above.

Extras

Manual Manual 4
Extra file
DOS 9 MB English English
Extra file
DOS 23 MB English English
Unofficial Manual
DOS 2 MB Chinese Chinese
Extra file
Windows 3.x 937 KB English English
Patch Patch 7
Sound update - support for OPL-3 FM and General MIDI
DOS 59 KB English English
Official Sound Patch - Adds Sound Blasters Pro & Pro Audio Spectrum Plus / 16
DOS 18 KB English English
Patch 3.0 - Version 474.03
DOS 276 KB English English
Patch 3.0 - Version 474.04
DOS 157 KB English English
Patch 5.0 - Version 474.05 beta
DOS 137 KB English English
Patch 1.2
Windows 3.x 347 KB English English
DOS tiles patch
Windows 3.x 76 KB English English
Misc Misc 5
Tech Tree
DOS 997 KB English English
Technical Addendum
DOS 3 MB English English
Technical Supplement
DOS 10 MB English English
Civilization Jukebox - Play sounds from CIV
DOS 7 KB English English
Technical Supplement
Windows 3.x 2 MB English English
Guide Guide 1
Official guide to Sid Meier's Civilization by Keith Ferrell
DOS 77 MB English English

Comments and reviews

Alex 15 Sep. 2026

Failed to download game data!
;(((((

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marco guerrero 26 Jul. 2026

Civilizacion advances chart in:

https://forums.civfanatics.com/attachments/1-tech-tree-png.461870/

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HALFFOOL 20 Nov. 2025

you've gone dark, advertisements everywhere, best guess is AI maximizing profits, I wont be back

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Halffool 03 Jul. 2025

great job with good full screen option, save storage and intuitive interface. I rigorously play Civ I, and the only con I can come up with here is that those pesky quizzes pop up questioning my authority, how dare they!. If you play the game you will know. So, thanks for making this bit of nostalgia available.

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Bopper 12 Jun. 2025

I just want to say thank you for keeping this game going through your website. It's great to have a web-based interface so I don't need to mess with DosBox myself.

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Grunions 03 Jan. 2025

The torch mouse does not work in full screen mode, but it does work when viewing it normally. Also, full screen mode makes it look pixelated, since our screens have higher resolutions than they were 30+ years ago!

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TONY 27 Dec. 2024

the "in-game" torch mouse stopped working in Chrome after dialog box comes up asking if you want to let the game take over the mouse. Seems if you say no, or dismiss box, you get stuck with no mouse. However, I was able to play in Safari browser. No pop up.

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Charles 25 Dec. 2024

Giving up on this site.

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Charles 24 Dec. 2024

Does anyone know how to get the mouse working again?

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Terry 22 Dec. 2024

zagraj na operze tam dziala prawidlowo

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Charles 22 Dec. 2024

The mouse still doesn't work. Does anyone know a better site to play this game?

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Andy 20 Dec. 2024

Please fix the blocking of the mouse, i was asked once and i am note able to use the mouse now

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Charles 19 Dec. 2024

Now the mouse doesn't work. For the first time ever, I had some box pop up and say "will you allow your mouse to be taken over" or something like that. Of course, I said no. Now the game doesn't work using the mouse.

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Sic 18 Dec. 2024

Mouse and keyboard doenst work? Cursor is frozen

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I CANT START THE GAME 07 Dec. 2024

I AM STUCK ON C:\CIV and whataver i type it brings me to the start or not work

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Diordan 25 Nov. 2024

Yes! thanks admin!
I dream of the day we have the most updated versions of CIV 1, with many bug fixes and features they added later, such as new commands shortcuts, city rename, capitalization option etc. Any chances to make available these more updated versions of civ 1?

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SEGWAY MIKE 25 Nov. 2024

Just fixed it, thank you for reporting it! (ADMIN)

thank you for fixing it. I was in such serious withdrawal that I played 5 or 6 games of Scrabble on pogo. Other than Civ 1 I play no other games. It furnishes all of my gaming needs. 2 Cups o' coffee on me.

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Diordan 25 Nov. 2024

Jesus, how to live without it now? Pleeeeeease fix it =)

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SEGWAY MIKE 25 Nov. 2024

I hate it when Civ 1 is down, like now

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matthew d 23 Nov. 2024

can anyone point me to a site where this can still b played ?

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matthew d 23 Nov. 2024

.... who changed what ? - i'm in terrible withdrawal :( ....

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Charles 22 Nov. 2024

yea, not working now.

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tchibour 22 Nov. 2024

Seems it doesn't work at the moemnt?

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CHAD 17 Nov. 2024

Such game
Wow such fun

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Anders 26 Aug. 2024

Det her er et lorte spil

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Diordan 02 Aug. 2024

This is fantastic. Please make the upgraded versions of this game available. It had many upgrades and the lates versions are fantastic. Congratulations for the work done and thanks for letting this gem available for everyone.

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biggyjoe 25 Jun. 2024

My game keeps on crashing but otherwise great

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fiddler 15 Apr. 2024

so happy it's back! I love the original graphs.

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LIVAC 05 Apr. 2024

This game is so good i love it...i dont

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jiceel 12 Mar. 2024

hi to everybody. what happened to the screen ? did you change anything ? it's now very small on my computer, anykind of broswer i used. did someone change anything ? so sorry... :(

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BOB 19 Jan. 2024

Thanks a lot.

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Toph 10 Jan. 2024

Phew. What a lucky thing I remember the research tree and can answer the copyright protection... :-)

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PUSHING UP DASIES 22 Nov. 2023

Thank you for saving and allowing us computer illiterates to be able reminisce with our first computer games. Any way you can help us with our first girlfriends too?

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dan 10 Oct. 2023

thank you website people

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Marc! 09 Oct. 2023

After some maintenance today (monday, 9 october), the website is now again up and running, but the game fails to load.
Plz take a look at it again.

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civ I fan 03 Oct. 2023

It works, (in my Laptops has), but Crashes, Please do something about it I´d even buy it if it would work in any ways to play.
I can Maybe once a year get My space shuttle into half way done before it crashes. once i got it off and then crashed I did not mind that:))) Sometimes it crashes before year 1900.
Please, Please do something about it.

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Jeilani 15 Sep. 2023

This game works and its good

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civilization builder 22 May. 2023

Can game save work if your device is switched off as saved games are lost when device is switched off

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David Tye 04 May. 2023

This doesn't even work.

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Dennis Zeitgeist 19 Nov. 2022

I laugh at the people who think part of the game is a 'quiz'. The questions are there to check you have a legitimate copy of the game which would include the handbook - in which all the answers are given.

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ttrr 12 Aug. 2022

well really a nice game. but the quiz, similar answer options, being laughed on, oh myy what a shame:((

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Scott 23 Jun. 2022

June 23, 2022. CIV 1 has failed to load for 2 days now.

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Marco 23 Jun. 2022

Help,
the game have an "ERROR", today 22-june-2022.
I can't play... :_(

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Zaratustra 31 Jan. 2022

My best score ever: 172 % !!
The trick is to kill everyone before year 0

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Jme 18 Dec. 2021

@SALO I'm pretty sure you can skip the intro by pressing either space or enter/return ;D

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Robot Geoff 27 Nov. 2021

IMHO: if you didn't memorize the quiz/tech tree 30 years ago you don't deserve the game now.

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kaskas 08 Nov. 2021

For quiz, try this link. https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_advances_in_Civ1

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Me 30 Oct. 2021

The quiz part is shit. I don't know my history that well and I am hust to dumb. I JUST WANT TO PLAY MY CIVILIZATION.

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Abby Chandler 09 Sep. 2021

it said mount it Furst

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Steve Hoyland 29 Jul. 2021

Works perfectly well when I play online through my PC. I had problems at first and If you are having them too, this may help. For me, the game kept reverting to a DOS screen before It was fully loaded. The screen showed C:\CIV, and It wouldn't accept any input, so I was left with a useless DOS screen. The solution will appear a bit strange, I can understand that - but It solves the problem! Trust this old git!
Whenever the opening options give you a numbered choice, choose No.1.....that's all there Is to It! It means, of course, that you have to play without sounds but, on a game of this type, It really makes no difference! (I normally listen to my fave music through my headphones when playing these kind of games, anyway, as I'm sure most retro-gamers do!). For what It's worth, I think It's the sound options which are causing the problem. Options 2 - 6 are all obsolete sound hardware & drivers, so I'm pretty sure that our PC or other hardware gets 'locked up' because they're searching for these non-existent drivers. This Is only a personal view and I may be completely wrong, but please, If you're having problems playing this game online, first try loading with "1. No Sound" and If this alone fails to work, choose the same number one for each (numbered) option. GOOD LUCK and I hope this helps! Please comment If this helps (and feel free to 'shout' at me If It doesn't)!

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Lirialys 22 Jul. 2021

Unfortunately I have a problem with the game. There is a system which asks to answer questions (I imagine that it is used to avoid illegal copies) .. I can answer correctly, then there is a message wondering where the game is in my computer and from there the game is over and I have to restart everything. An idea ?

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leao 13 Jul. 2021

it´s freezing after a (long) while for me, too.

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Salo 30 Jun. 2021

this game works perfectly for me, chrome browser, start, click, 1-1-1, click, customize world, every choice is ok, but I prefer small landmass-cold-wet-5 billion years, click, now you get the intro which can't be skipped really, I click and press space multiple times, get something to drink and when I come back choose difficulty and how many opponents, now you are ingame, then I click away the 2 messages you get about the settlers, file-options-uncheck everything except last one is for getting palace if citizens are pleased with you. Animations sometimes causes crash, thats why uncheck.
Great game takes me back a long time, windows 3.11 no internet ballmouse.

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3.14 29 Jun. 2021

Nice!

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Lol 21 May. 2021

VELDIG BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. men det er ikke bedre ne roblox

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Will 09 May. 2021

It's still crashing. Can those who say it's working, tell me what game they're playing - (ie Tribe, difficulty level etc). All the ones I've tried, freeze about an hour in.

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Marc 03 May. 2021

Thanks for fixing this! Works again fine.

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Michael 02 May. 2021

Hooray!!!! Our lives were ruined, now they're saved. It's working again

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Steve da Balls 28 Apr. 2021

Yo Yo Yo..... This game is AWESOME SAUCE!!!

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Will 25 Apr. 2021

Great nostalgia kick, sadly crashes too much.

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Akashtehlari 13 Apr. 2021

i wish it wouldnt crash in mid game and than i have to load like wayyy back :(

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buddookan 30 Mar. 2021

Best Game

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daezzzer 15 Mar. 2021

IT RUN ALMOST AS QUICK AS IT DOES ON MY COMPUTER

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Lao Mu 03 Feb. 2021

If think about the good old times....then Civilisation 1 is my second thought. So much stressless fun I never had again. :)

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Joe 30 Nov. 2020

I wish it didn't crash on city improvements.

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Steve da Balls 16 Nov. 2020

This game is awesome!!!!! Much Much better than the newer versions of Civilization! Excellent game!

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acid 08 Nov. 2020

Amazing, nice to play after 25 years...

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WAR 05 Nov. 2020

After playing Civ VI a great deal, this game is unbarebly bad

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Steve da Balls 18 Oct. 2020

This game ROCKS!!!

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LittleLeader 12 Oct. 2020

This is one of my favourite games- strategy, simple gameplay, and the satisfaction of capturing a city!

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jim 07 Oct. 2020

It's brilliant! I just wish it didn't crash when the game gets to an advanced stage - I'm having my best game ever and it crashes every few turns :(

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Khan 23 Aug. 2020

Web version worked great! Played a full game through colonization of alpha centauri without issue. Thanks!!

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82 05 Jul. 2020

Veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,slow!

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Salibard 15 Jun. 2020

The game fail to load.

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Evebo 15 Jun. 2020

Failed to load game file....

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Cade 25 Apr. 2020

Great game. Except the emulator craps out usually around the year 1400-1500 due to data overflow/locking up. Save often, so otherwise you don't lose your progress. And yes, you can save on here.

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Terrortula 20 Apr. 2020

Hello Paul, Thanks. But I mean Sid Meiers Civilisation II. Where can I find the answers on the cicilisation quizes of CIV 2?

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Paul 20 Apr. 2020

Hey Terro.. just type CIV 1 Manual into Google you can see all the techs & how you get them & will Abe able to answer the question easily.

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Terrortula 19 Apr. 2020

I hate the Civilisation Quiz. If you are wrong, you lose al your elements. Is there a way to ignore this, or is there a page with al the sollutions?

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El_Cid 15 Apr. 2020

I cannot get this to download (read install) properly on a windows system. Any advice from anyone?

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bobby 27 Feb. 2020

amazing game, always has been. but oh my the battleship getting smashed by a phalanx ..... just boils the blood. the ai gets so many artificial advantages

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pete 09 Feb. 2020

the strongest get rext with the weakest im almost done no im not stupid guys trying to kill me eh wait until I one shot them all HA PIG BRIAN

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rimpopo 20 Dec. 2019

Browser cookies. Clear history, or play in private mode -and the next time your saved game is not there.

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Joe 08 Nov. 2019

Where does it save?

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e 19 Aug. 2019

KZKLIVPS

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Emma 01 May. 2019

Uncheck in the option: Instant advice, Autosave and Animations. After this I can finally enjoy the game without freeze.

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jim 28 Mar. 2019

good game

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Dave Smith 28 Mar. 2019

To fix the game freeze during production, go to Options and uncheck the advice option when you start the game.

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Old Fart 14 Mar. 2019

Sometimes when you go to change production the game freezes when the military adviser suggest a production. You cannot unfreeze the game and have to restart. VERY frustrating.

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Joe 21 Dec. 2018

Is there anyway to retrieve the saved game I was playing online and use it for the downloaded version?

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NIKHOMON 21 Aug. 2018

The game cursor did not work on my computer either, until I found these settings, for perfect results:
- Game only works in FULLSCREEN mode (blue menu on top of the screen)
- only works with the MOUSE (not a stylus)
- I block the SHIFT key, to allow shortcut with the keyboard (ie: B for build a new city, R for build road, F for fortify, etc.)
- At the beginning of the game (yellow letters on black background), press 1, 1, 1 for each question.

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Dyagser 12 May. 2018

Seria possible poder juegar en el ipad?

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Paleologos The Great 10 May. 2018

Ready to fight for world domination

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tov 09 Mar. 2018

the best game

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heyo 05 Mar. 2018

Game is sooo much fun, i am terrible at picking government types though :P

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kavik 24 Feb. 2018

top game worth playing accept theres no save so you cant leave game and come back later real shame i would love to play this game after 20 years a real nostragia was addicted in its day have played civ till 3 or 4 cant remember till life got in the way.

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Dirk 30 Jan. 2018

great game works on chrome book if you select mouse and keyboard and you can slightly adjust the mouse to click on cites and you use alt+one of the leters that opens up the sub menu to access stuff like Game and Orders.

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8997 31 Oct. 2017

this game is awesome

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lawlesslars 28 Oct. 2017

wrote this comment somewhere else probably before I hit play browser game Have a Samsung Chromebook and can't get cursor to work. Tried keyboard only nd cannot find keyboard command to let me get into my city to change or buy what it is working on so I keep spewing out militia until 1500AD and my city is reduced and so the program goe in on its own

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Holyshit 19 Oct. 2017

Its awesome!

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