Looks like its one tile and it probably has to do with the revamped bombardment system. I bet more units can bombard than previously and unlike in 4, you can actually choose where to bombard. I guess there was one feature I disliked about 4 as compared to 3. Ships lost the ability to bombard random tiles, only cities.

Yo, this is fucking ridiculous. I'm looking at all the games I want to play this year, and it just isn't happening. I can't get through all this - the PC alone will bog down most of my time.

I'm amazed the announcement comes just 6 months after the game, not quite used to that.

Seems like this is the best year for games in a long time, for me, anyway. A new Starcraft / Civ / WoW expac, an insane Wii lineup, Bungie's last Halo, other long-time promised games finally coming (GT5, GoW3, FFXIII), then others like Last Guardian, DQIX, Golden Sun. And another game from The Behemoth!

Shit.

I NEED IT!!!

Yeah I feel ya cord.

I have

PC:
Civ5, Battlefield BC2 (maybe BF3)
Wii:
SMGalaxy2, MetroidOM, Monster Hunter 3, (slew of other games I'm not even thinking of)
PS3:
Assassin's Creed II, GoW 1-3, Heavy Rain, GT5, (slew of other games I'm not even thinking of)

I can't possible play all of these with the limited free time I have. :(

I did not see that coming. I will now have to split my time evenly between Starcraft 2 and Civ 5. This will be such a glorious year. Definitely better than any console.

The last civilisation game I played was Civ2 - I loved it, but never got round to getting the 3rd one so lost interest.

have I missed much since, other than improved graphics?

They added religion in Civ4.

As well as larger maps, more civics, more techs, more resources, better diplomacy, better tech tree, better control over how $ is spent, ...

Simply put civ3 and 4 greatly improve an already solid experience. I expect civ5 to continue this trend.

Strangely, I don't think I ever played this series. I had a lot of fun with Settlers II though.

since there are a ton of civ fans in here maybe someone can answer this question that I really don't want to create a new thread for.

Can I buy the UK import version of an expansion pack and have it work on the US version of the game? I ask because I can get it for $5 compared to $15 for the US version.