The occasion of the 30th anniversary of groundbreaking game Civilization provides a perfect lens to understand the impact of genre defining strategy games on the wargaming community.[1] Civilization is an expansive world-building strategy game that presses the player to make critical decisions about the future of their civilization and its progress. Lessons from the nature of the game itself and the memoir of its creator, Sid Meier, provide key waypoints for emerging wargame designers.[2]
