@redshawks523, the Mod Selection page in the game provide a lot of mods with new civilizations and epochs. Tower Defence game Aristea Bronziron - Ancient World with Egyptians, Assiryans, Jews and so on.  Milllenium A.D. - European civs (Anglo Saxons, Byzantines, Carolingians, Norse, Rus, Ummayads) XIII Century AD - Middle Ages: Eastern and Western Europeans, and Steppe people (something like Mongols).  Delenda Est - overhaul mod with many different nations and new game mechanics. Recently I have checked it sucessfully on last 0.28.0 release. You can enjoyed it.   

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I have installed the latest bug fix mod available in the game and can say that civilians are still unavailable in the Ptolemaic Military Colony...  

Hi @redshawks523. As far as i know they were like 33% done on update 0.29 but, do not worry ! Thanks to its Open Source nature, you can start contributing to the game so the release comes faster !  Dont forget nobody get paid, the game evolves as fast as the contributors can work., the more the faster.

looking at all the updates in past years.... seems LIKE 1.5 OR 2 UPDATES every year. are we close to another update? biorix is old news and i need some new civs. none of the mod civs will work for me. thanks