MicroProse Community
CivFanatics
The largest Civilization fan community on the internet, with over 400,000 registered members. Forums cover all Civilization titles from the 1991 original through Civilization VI and beyond — strategy guides, mods, scenario design, and decades of shared enthusiasm.
r/civ (Reddit)
The Civilization subreddit hosts over 1.5 million subscribers discussing all aspects of the franchise. Regular posts celebrate classic MicroProse-era Civilization and Civilization II, with retrospective analysis, strategy discussions, and the occasional “just one more turn” confession.
FreeCol Community
The open-source FreeCol project maintains an active development community and forums for the Colonization-inspired strategy game. Patches, feature requests, and modding guides are maintained on the FreeCol SourceForge and GitHub repositories.
UFOpaedia
The UFOpaedia wiki is the most comprehensive resource for X-COM: UFO Defense and related titles. Created and maintained by the X-COM community, it documents game mechanics, item statistics, alien characteristics, and the full development history of the franchise.
r/Xcom (Reddit)
The X-COM subreddit covers both the classic MicroProse-era titles and the modern Firaxis XCOM games. The community is notable for its enthusiasm for the brutal original, with detailed tactical discussions, Ironman challenge runs, and appreciation for the 1994 design’s uncompromising difficulty.
OpenXcom Community
OpenXcom is an open-source re-implementation of X-COM: UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep that runs on modern operating systems. The community creates mods — total conversions, graphical overhauls, new alien types, expanded campaigns — using OpenXcom’s modding API.
OpenXcom Mods
OpenXcom’s modding community has produced hundreds of mods ranging from bug fixes to total conversions. Notable projects include “The Final Mod Pack”, “X-COM Files” (a massive expansion), and graphical overhauls that update the game’s sprite-based visuals.
CivFanatics Modding
CivFanatics hosts thousands of mods for the Civilization series, including mods for the original 1991 game and Civilization II. The modding community creates new scenarios, civilisations, units, and total conversion mods that extend the life of the classic titles.
New MicroProse (2019–Present)
The revived MicroProse label, founded by David Lagettie in 2019, publishes new simulation and strategy games honouring the original studio’s ethos. The MicroProse official Discord is the primary community hub for fans of both classic and new MicroProse titles.