Episode 01: An Even REDDER Sea S5

TPangolin Release Date: January 22, 2026

We're so back baby! Before the world wakes up, witness the opening chess moves of our prestigious lineup. This week features: Giant Flaming Moai, Purple Sheep, A Pope without a Cause, Scythian Hog Negotiations, and the South American urge to become a Banana - oh and conflict too! (which I assume is why we came here)

Episode 02: Planetary Pantheon Pandemonium S5

EmeraldRange Release Date: January 27, 2026

Episode 03: Gods (Of War) & Kings (Of Wrath) S5

Bulletproof Cookie Release Date: February 04, 2026

The rules of war are still being written and existential beliefs take hold of the masses in the worshipping of supernatural deities. Through these events and the need to accumulate resources, who will prosper in this increasingly connected world?

Episode 4: Putting It All On The Line S5

Strawman2000 Release Date: February 10, 2026

As civs fight to establish themselves in the pecking order, genius plays and embarrassing fumbles define the futures of nations. But which players are genius and which are embarrassing?

Episode 5: The Call Of The Land S5

Orange Release Date: February 17, 2026

The Cylinder grows ever more crowded as civs race to settle what empty space remains. But who will manage to safeguard their future and who will watch theirs get ripped away?

Episode 6: It’s Business Time or Everyone Hates Maravi S5

Nirosat Release Date: February 24, 2026

Tug of wars commence as civilizations vie for power. While many civs decide to party, one decides it’s time to get down to business.

Episode 7: Coalitions, Confusion, Conflict, Cold, and Construction S5

Boki Release Date: March 03, 2026

Multiple civs deal with coalition wars. Some wars and peace deals are just downright confusing. Armed conflicts rage across the cylinder. But events, both violent and peaceful, also happen in the coldest parts of the World. All the while, new wonders are being constructed by several civs. This is the episode of the 5 “C”s.

Episode 8: Behold, the Ashes of War S5

Rhoze Release Date: March 10, 2026

Hopes are crushed and expectations are subverted in this week’s episode of the civ battle royale. Read on!

Episode 9: Wartime Blues S5

Vijver Release Date: March 17, 2026

Wars break out all over the cylinder that could seal the fate of some civs, and everyone decides that a certain color just suuucks.

Episode 10: I Put a Spell on You S5

Lasqueto Release Date: March 24, 2026

Episode 11: Band wagons, drug wars, and an end to abominations. S5

PlatonofGlaucon4 Release Date: March 31, 2026

This episode features some pretty tasty action, as well as an enormous amount of irrelevant war declarations. Get comfy, and prepare to separate the wheat from the chaff, in more ways than one.

Episode 12: Holy Ship! S5

Shaggysnorlax Release Date: April 14, 2026

100% organic, gluten-free CBRX. Now with more boats!

Episode 13: The Empty Dream Machine S5

JDT Release Date: April 22, 2026

Noise. The whirr of the machine. A civ ends up where no ones ever gone before. A peace-deal fucks up someones aura. Endless streams of horses push the land. They dance around the bang, the bang, the lock. The pop.. Its sounding like 6 in the morning sun rising outside. Battles on the ground, better choose a side. Hail Mary hit on the ride or die. Buckle up people the time is nigh.

Episode 14: What Do You Do With A Drunken Settler? S5

Koizumi Yokumo Release Date: April 28, 2026

Eternal wars end in surprising and mysterious ways as eternal truths are similarly upended by the dawn of the Really, Really, No, Seriously, Really Big Boat

Episode 15: The Greatest Episode in CBR history S5

Poblano Release Date: May 05, 2026

Episode 16: History Doesn’t Repeat Itself S5

Semiconscious Release Date: May 12, 2026

…but it does rhyme.

Episode 17: Stalemates and Breakthroughs S5

BV Release Date: May 26, 2026

Expeditions to settle the last frontiers of the cylinder continue. Wars rage across its landscapes. Some become indecisive meatgrinders, ash covering the soil, blood pooling and corpses mounting. In others, breakthroughs occur that tip the balance. Yet breakthroughs aren’t solely limited to the field of war. Settlements offer new opportunities, while tech advancement opens new, useful knowledge.

Episode 18: Gunpowder Empires S5

QuantumBotany Release Date: June 02, 2026

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Episode 19: Tippu Tip’s Tip-Top Tin Pot Pit and Other Twisted Tales S5

Aladar Release Date: June 09, 2026

Whether you aspire to see the sights, build commercial empires, lead a spiritual flock, physically conceive a literal flock, or simply survive against the odds, episode 19 is one for the dreamers.

Episode 20: For Whom the Bell Tolls; It Tolls for Thee S5

Archimedes Release Date: June 16, 2026

As we watch the machinations of gunpowder empires force their wills on the weak, more and more states seem to teeter in the balance. Do we expect to hear the final death knells of civs that have lasted centuries? Or can peace prevail in the end, despite the smoke that fills the air.

Episode 21: Last Stand of the Triremes S5

NopeCopter Release Date: June 23, 2026

Death and destruction on the high seas! As the cylinder erupts into chaos, great powers begin to get colonial while underdogs make final desperate maneuvers toward relevance.

Episode 22: Dividing the World in Twain S5

Rhoze Release Date: June 30, 2026

Today, battle lines are drawn and important choices are made all over the cylinder.

Episode 23: The Corrupt Cycle S5

ECH Release Date: July 07, 2026

That which has been is being and shall be once more and once more and once more and once m-

Episode 24: And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night S5

Orange Release Date: July 14, 2026

Beyond the seams, beyond the pale, the world is rocked with the path of the future. Yet the pain of life obscures the pleasure of progress; Ashes and gold, blood and copper.

Episode 25: Civ-Pain Pinata S5

JDT Release Date: July 22, 2026

Things fall apart, and tend to shatter

Episode 26: Mounting Modern Mayhem S5

EmeraldRange Release Date: July 28, 2026

The Royale races towards the late game, new fronts and tactics emerge and city defences reach breaking points as the race to survive gets harder for rump states.

Episode 27: Fight Now or Forever Hold Your Peace S5

Vijver Release Date: August 11, 2026

Now is the time for decisive action as the first civilization in the world unlocks Atomic Bombs. Not acting now could put your future at risk, and plenty of civs are well aware of it. Others… not so much.

Episode 28: Struggling Against the Current S5

thom148 Release Date: August 18, 2026

The heavyweights of the cylinder extend their reach ever farther as the middle-of-the-pack civs desperately attempt to stave off the inevitable.

Episode 29: Death and Destruction, Fire and Ash S5

BV Release Date: September 01, 2026

Cities burn, planes fly overhead, naval wars rage, armies grind each other down, entire civilizations collapse. Allthewhile the narrator dabbles in writing doomed yuri.

Episode 30: Consolidation and Destruction S5

astrid Release Date: September 08, 2026

Pigs get fat, and hogs get slaughtered tonight, as some civs consolidate their power, and others decide to burn it all down.

Episode 31: Ascending Atomic Anxiety S5

Emerald Release Date: September 15, 2026

The nuclear age slowly spread through the cylinder, making old rivals simmer and bold actors sit down at the thought of mass extermination. As Turn 500 and the late game approaches, every civ is running out of time to make its moves to be a contender.

Episode 32: What’s Your Plan When it Hits the Fan? S5

Convicted Melon Release Date: October 01, 2026

An episode in which some civs remember what it is they’re doing here.

Episode 33: Live and Let Die S5

ECH & Admiral Cloudberg Release Date: October 06, 2026

Pick a funeral tune, as melancholy or joyous as you feel fit, as you emotionally prepare for what eliminations this episode delivers.

Episode 34: Those Who Remain S5

Cocaloid Release Date: October 13, 2026

The world of the CBR has precious little mercy for the weak.  Today, we turn our gaze to the valiant few clinging to what they have left in the face of much greater powers.