Ranged units also make a return to the franchise. Unit stacking from previous games has been removed, replaced with a one military unit-per-tile system. The combat system has been completely overhauled in Civilization V. Players can win through having the highest score, capturing all enemy capitals, being the first to reach Alpha Centauri, winning the United Nations vote, or even being the most culturally affluent of all the civilizations and building the Utopia Project. Throughout the game, the player will encounter other civilizations, and can form relations and become strong allies, or crush them to smithereens.

The game usually begins in the Stone Age, although players can choose a pre-determined age to start off from, and will progress through the ages to the Future Era. In Civilization V, the player chooses a civilization and manages its cities and units, trying to achieve victory. This wikipage is reflective of the mechanics as employed in the base game. It revamps the Cultural and Diplomatic victories, and adds new trade route mechanics. The second expansion, Brave New World, was released on Jin America, and July 12 worldwide. It adds 9 new civilizations, 3 new scenarios, as well as religion and espionage in the game. Gods & Kings, an expansion pack, was released on Jin America, and Jworldwide.

Some gameplay elements from Civilization IV, like religion and espionage, have been removed, while new elements like city states and limited strategic resources were added. It makes a significant departure from the previous games in the franchise, adopting a hexagonal grid (instead of a square grid), and limiting units to one per tile. It was released on Septemon the PC, and Novemon the Mac. Civilization V is the latest game in the Civilization franchise, developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games.

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