Civilization at 35: An Oral History

The legendary turn-based strategy series, * Sid Meier's Civilization, * just celebrated its 35th anniversary . Since 1991, the *Civ *development team at Firaxis games have been challenging players to build civilizations that can stand the test of time and empires that redefine the world in their image.

**"Sid's original premise was: 'Let's put all of human history in a box and make it fun." **- Ed Beach, Creative Director of the Civilization franchise

Polygon recently paid a visit to the studio to chronicle the history of Civilization, from Sid's earliest games to the massive success of Civilization VII and its upcoming expansion, * Earthrise *.

Watch their 45-minute mini-documentary above, and read the full article on Polygon .