For me it works the other way around: learning history tends to get me in the mood to play a civ game (rather then a better designed and more interesting game i

For me it works the other way around: learning history tends to get me in the mood to play a civ game (rather then a better designed and more interesting game in the genre like Endless Legend or Stellaris). Basically, the aesthic of historicity is what brings me to that game specifically, even if it is of... limited depth.