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From that one tile you grow outward — exploring the fogged map, founding cities on river and coast squares, and working each tile for food, production, and trade — in a turn-based 4X loop that runs from 4000 BCE to a space-age finish. Freeciv-web is the browser port of Freeciv, the long-running open-source heir to Sid Meier's Civilization, and it runs the same GPL-licensed C server the desktop client has used since 1996, behind an AGPL HTML5 client with an optional Three.js WebGL 3D view maintained by Andreas Røsdal. You can play single-player against AI nations, join live multiplayer servers, or run hotseat and play-by-email matches. What separates it from lighter web strategy fare is depth, not styling: hundreds of units, buildings, and wonders, a research tree spanning Bronze Working to Superconductors, switchable governments, and full diplomacy with trade and alliances. It rewards the kind of player who plans an irrigation grid three cities ahead and treats one early research choice as a thousand-year bet.",[50,59,61],{"id":60},"how-to-play","How to Play",[55,63,64,65,69,70,73,74,77,78,81,82,85,86,89,90,89,93,96,97,100],{},"The goal is to steer your nation to a victory the ruleset defines — launch a spaceship to Alpha Centauri, conquer every rival civilization, win an allied diplomatic victory, or simply hold the highest score when the turn counter expires. Click a unit to select it, then click a tile to move or attack; click a city to open its production and citizen dialog; right-click re-centers the map and drag pans. The keyboard is faster: arrow keys or the numpad nudge the active unit in eight directions, ",[66,67,68],"em",{},"B"," founds a city with a settler, ",[66,71,72],{},"G"," sets a goto path, ",[66,75,76],{},"F"," fortifies, ",[66,79,80],{},"S"," sentries, ",[66,83,84],{},"A"," hands a settler to the AI, and ",[66,87,88],{},"R",", ",[66,91,92],{},"I",[66,94,95],{},"M"," build road, irrigation, and mine. Push ",[66,98,99],{},"Shift+Enter"," or the on-screen Turn Done button to advance to the next turn once every unit has orders.",[50,102,104],{"id":103},"tips-strategy","Tips & Strategy",[55,106,107],{},"Found the capital on a river or coast tile with a bonus resource, because the early food and trade pay for every later decision. Train a second settler quickly and plant a second city fast — two cities research noticeably faster than one, and the expansion window slams shut once rivals fill the continent. Keep a defender in every city before pushing settlers outward; an undefended city is a free gift to the first neighboring AI that wanders past. Push the science rate to its ceiling in the opening and bulb toward Literacy and Republic so you can switch governments early and lift your trade income. Lay the critical road network by hand before enabling auto-workers, since the AI automating settlers prioritizes slowly and will leave your empire disconnected. Watch the tech tree rather than just your army: reaching a decisive military advance such as Chivalry or Gunpowder one turn before a neighbor is worth more than twice the standing army.",{"title":109,"searchDepth":110,"depth":110,"links":111},"",2,[112,113,114],{"id":52,"depth":110,"text":53},{"id":60,"depth":110,"text":61},{"id":103,"depth":110,"text":104},"md",null,"2026-07-09",{},true,"\u002Fgames\u002Ffreeciv-web",{"description":6},"games\u002Ffreeciv-web","AUCp_sxXQR4YKVmrPclPSxQ7hbzNihBM0791mqd7SGQ",1783575111366]