There was big talk about non playable minor (ala Imperialism) civs back in the day and what I remembered, some confirmation that they'd be in the game.
This was a while back though. Are they still going to be in the game? Were they ever going to be in the first place?
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I don't think they are going to be in the game nor where they ever confirmed that I recall. Too bad. Minor civs were a good idea, but may be Firaxis had the same problem as we found that minor civs were just quickly eaten up by larger more powerful ones.