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Sid Meier

A designer's name on the box

Strategy games sold under one designer's name since Sid Meier's Pirates! in 1987, from MicroProse classics to Firaxis and the long-running Civilization line.

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1987
First game: 1
Series: Sid Meier
Creator

In the frameSid Meier's Civilization VI

One world. Many eras.

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MicroProse. Pirates! made Meier's name a selling point at MicroProse. Railroad Tycoon and Civilization then set out the strategy design he would be known for.

Start with Sid Meier's Civilization II

Your next late night

The essentials

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Firaxis Games2016

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Firaxis Games1999

Chapters

Series (1)

Just one more turnCivilizationThe turn-based strategy series that began at MicroProse in 1991, asking you to steer a people from early settlements to the space age.

A legacy worth revisiting

The name is the genre.

MicroProse put Sid Meier's name on Pirates! in 1987, and it became a mark of smart, systems-led design. Railroad Tycoon and Civilization followed. Meier co-founded Firaxis in 1996, and the label has since covered Civil War battles, golf and space colonies.