Civilization/Terminology

This is a glossary of sorts for players of Civilization games.

General glossary

 * Babs - Babylonians
 * C3C - Civilization III: Conquests
 * Civ - Civilization (either the game or a civilization within it)
 * CTP - Civilization: Call to Power
 * Epic Game - A single-player random or customized map, as opposed to a scenario.
 * Goodie hut - Minor Tribe (Civ), Unity Pod (SMAC); "pod" is more common for the latter.
 * PTW - Civilization III: Play the World
 * SMAC - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
 * SMAX - Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
 * Territory - What you do not have enough of and everybody else has too much of
 * ToT - Test of Time (special edition of Civilization II)
 * Village - See "goodie hut"

Differences of terminology among games
The Civ games tend to share identical concepts, though sometimes they are referred to by different names. Differences between units will not be listed here except for very basic types common to all games. SMAC has the most different terminology, being an unofficial Civ game (although designed in part by Sid Meier) and being set in the future on another planet. For differences in terminology among the Test of Time games, consult the manual. Freeciv always uses the Civ2 term.

Warning: This may not be accurate yet, and does not include Call to Power terms.

[1] In Civ1 and Civ2, Settlers function both as city-building units and terrain-enhancing units. If we were to follow Civ1 terminology here, the word "Settler" would create ambiguity for Civ3 and SMAC players. Therefore, the Civ3 terminology for "Settlers" and "Workers" has been adopted as an exception to the general rule to use Civ1 terminology. Civ1 and Civ2 players can simply read both words as "Settlers".

[2] The word "village" is synonymous with Minor Tribe. They are invariably called "goodie huts" by fans, because they usually dispense "good" things such as free technologies or money and in most graphics sets they are represented by a hut (or small number of huts). "Goodie hut" is often abbreviated to "hut".