Actually the most important Civ2 site is not civfanatics but the older Apolyton:
http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdisp...p?s=&forumid=3
The Great Library in the Strategy forum (
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=83988 ) has an incredible amount of information undocumented data and successful strategies. It will give an idea of the depth of Civ2 and its ongoing appeal to TBS fans who want the challenges rather than eye candy exemplified by Civ3.