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                <description>The eleventh episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the upcoming August 20th Gameplay Reveal of Civilization VII, Firaxis's Study the Past videos, the July Challenge of the Month, Live Yongle Reaction, AI Naval strategy, One Unit-per-tile vs. Stacks of Doom in Civ7, suggested Civ7 Unique Units.</description>
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                <description>The eighth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the release of Alpha Centauri on Steam, May's Chellenge of the Month, Reach for the Heavens, progressively decreasing game speed in Civs 4, 5, 6, and 7, our favorite policy cards, and little things from older games we want to see in Civilization VII.</description>
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                <description>The seventh episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the 25th Anniversary of Call to Power, whether Real Life is actually a 4X simulator, the most important Quality of Life mods for CIvilization VI, Movement Rules from Civ5 and Civ6 compared, and little things from older games we want to see in Civilization VII.</description>
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                <description>The sixth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include some feedback from Episode 428, the March Challenge of the Month, the Ides of March, and the April Challege of the Month, Three Stars Each, Civilization VI as experienced by the first Neurolink Patient, Firaxis's 2024 April Fools Day Joke, the release of Millennia, and many tangents.</description>
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                <itunes:duration>01:11:57</itunes:duration>
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                <description>The fifth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the March Challenge of the Month, the Ides of March, some information about the Civilization Mobile Game, Millennia's release date and a Developer Diary about Ages, Large-Language Model Simulations tending toward violence, Civ4 Nationality vs. Civ6 Loyalty, and group victories., the 25th Anniversary of Alpha Centauri's Release, and where and when to build Government Plazas.</description>
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                <itunes:duration>01:08:25</itunes:duration>
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                <description>The fourth episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the February Challenge of the Month, the Head of Cyrus, our experiences with the Millennia Demo, the 25th Anniversary of Alpha Centauri's Release, and where and when to build Government Plazas.</description>
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                <itunes:duration>01:05:13</itunes:duration>
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                <description>The third episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include Humankind's George Sand Update, further discussion of the Robot Revolution Challenge of the Month, the Millennia Demo Announcement and Experiences, and two Millennia Developer Diaries.</description>
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                <itunes:duration>01:01:48</itunes:duration>
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                <description>The second episode episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include an Ara: History Untold Game Overview and Developer Diary, the January Challenge of the Month, Robot Revolution, a paper about Freedom as a concept in the Civilization Games, and games to try when you need a break from Civilization.</description>
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                <description>The first episode of season 18 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the Civilization VI Symphony in Korea, the December 2023 Challenge of the Month, the Seven Seas, an Alpha Centauri open source remake project, Alpha Centauri as a self-healing tool, and the best wonders in Civilization VI.</description>
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                <itunes:duration>01:00:42</itunes:duration>
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                <description>The thirteenth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include Millennia and Ara History Untold Information, the New Civilization Mobile Game, Unwritten Rules for Playing Civ 6, the Age of Abundance Challenge of the Month, Stratcom's Video About Civ 5 and Civ 6, and a Brief Discussion of Our Recent Gaming Histories.</description>
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                <description>The twelth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the Weakness of War Weariness, Tips for the Ancient, Industrial, and Information Eras, and Ideas for Civ 7 from Previous Civ Games.</description>
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                <description>The eleventh episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the Best Civilization Music, an Apocalypse Mode Deep Dive, and an Overview of Preserve Districts.</description>
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                <description>The tenth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include allied GDR betrayal, 30 Years of Civilization, the PlayYourDamnTurn tool, Ozymandias, Combat Bonuses in Civ 5 and Civ 6, Raze and Replace, and the Godking policy.</description>
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                <description>The nineth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include Nuking London, Machine Learning in Video Games, PolyCast Meta News, Mythical and Mythological Leaders, How Civ 6 Will be Remembered, Idiots Playing Civ:BE, and the Honest Reviews Trailer of Civ 6.</description>
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                <description>The eighth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the Unannounced May 2023 Patch, a CPU priority bug in Civ 6, a Freeciv project with ChatGPT, ideas for African Civs and City-States, a possibilities for a Leader Pass 2.</description>
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                <description>The seventh episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the Kotaku Re-review of Civ 6, the Release of Age of Wonders 4, a Poll About the Leader Pass Leaders, the Fragility of AI, and our May 2023 Civ 7 wishlist.</description>
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                <description>The sixth episode of season 17 of the PolyCast.  Topics include the Rulers of England Developer Livestream, Civilization VI's addition to xBox Game Pass, Firaxis's April Fools joke, Christopher Tin at the Classic FM Hall of Fame, the patch notes for April 2023's Patch, and Atari's reaquiring of MicroProse and Infograms.</description>
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                <description>The fourth episode of season 17 of The PolyCast. Topics include the Firaxis Studio News, the Soft Announcement of CivilizatioN VII, the Civ VI Rulers of the Sahara Developer Stream and Release Notes, and a List of the 50 Favorite Strategy Games of All Time.</description>
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                <itunes:duration>01:14:47</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:47:25</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:55:13</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:00:19</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:55:07</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:59:26</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:47:48</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:09:57</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:51:04</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:04:28</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:author>thepolycast@gmail.com</itunes:author>
                <itunes:duration>01:26:29</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:author>thepolycast@gmail.com</itunes:author>
                <itunes:duration>01:04:37</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:author>thepolycast@gmail.com</itunes:author>
                <itunes:duration>01:09:02</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:16:24</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:15:04</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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                <itunes:duration>01:09:09</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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                <itunes:author>thepolycast@gmail.com</itunes:author>
                <itunes:duration>01:09:09</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:duration>01:03:45</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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                <itunes:duration>00:54:55</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:54:40</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:53:56</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:56:20</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>00:49:49</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:07:48</itunes:duration>
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                <itunes:duration>01:11:37</itunes:duration>
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                <description>The first episode of season 15 of The PolyCast. Co-hosts discuss whether pillaging should have a downside, and our thoughts on recent balance changes.</description>
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