Civ has been one of my consistent loves over the years. Civ 2 is probably the best of the lot, bu tCiv IV is really damn close, especially with the expansion... I've also recently gotten ahol dof Civ Revolutions and I'm having a ton of fun with it. In fact I have to share my last great game, and it was with Revolutions.
Just gettign the hang of the game and I did a random leader and got Napoleon. He's basically built for Domination victories with every single ages power giving you some offensive unit bonus. And I end up on a chain of islands away from everyone else... fuck. So I am doing my best feeling my way through trying to decide If I'm going for Culture or Tech victory. I ended up pissing off most of the other civs by not bowing to demands and throughout a large chunk of this game I'm constantly being bombarded by ships and troops, but managing to stave them off. Suddenly, that fucker Ghandi announces he's building the UN for the Culture victory. Everyone is now at war with Ghandi, trying their damnedest to wear him down, but he's got a massive production going on and his navy and airforce just can't be stopped. After a few turns I finish researching Atomic Theory and start building The Manhatten Project. Capitol building it with all workers doing production and I finish the Project within just a few turns of them finishing the UN. I try to fire off the missile and Congress tell me no, because I'm a democracy at this point. So I have a coupe, send the nation into anarchy and the rebel forces* march into the war room and launch the issle. The Indian city that is building the UN is wiped out and there's just a smoking crater left (In revolution the nuke actually destroys a city). What i also noticed is this got rid of several of his wonders, and great people, so he's fucked. Anarchy is over and I reinstate Democracy after the threat to the free world has been negated. I happily take the title of "Right Bastard". I then launch my ship to Alpha Centauri and win a few turns later.
God I love Civ.