Whimsical fantasy! Not as often encountered as high- or dark-fantasy. But still, wargames of the type exist. We already covered and extensively praised Moonstone. Now, it’s our turn to do Arcworlde, 2nd edition!
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Continue reading “ArcWorlde 2E review | Fortified Niche!”When the XIV Legion mockingly left the Youngblood behind to “prove his tactics right” by pacifying the toxic world of Kuzmin’s Pendulum, Abraxus was just a Breacher sergeant. After years of spearheading attacks on insurgent strongpoints and fortresses, his heterodox praetor was promoted him to centurion. One of his first triumphs as a full officer would be the boarding of the cruiser leading the small traitor detachment came to retrieve the Death Guard forces from Pendulum short after Drop Site Massacre.
Continue reading “Centurion Abraxus Isidor, Loyalist Death Guard”“I have a confession to make,” I say youtuberishly. I have never really played Delta Force. I played some Land Warrior, the marketing vehicle for OICW, and I don’t think they got any good titles after that. But I believe that Dagger Directive demo is proof of a successor coming, one that doesn’t feature any extraction shooter features.
Continue reading “Dagger Directive demo in 7 screenshots!”Most games won’t tell you this, but military leadership isn’t about your APM and micro skills. In fact, it’s almost completely about other stuff. It’s about inspiring the weary, comforting the dying, sorting out supply and filling paperwork as well as deploying your troops in a sensible manner to defeat the challenge at hand. Burden of Command depicts this struggle in authentic and sensible detail. Take that, Garry Grigsby’s War in the East – nobody ever told me why that game needs to simulate the rate of fire for KV-1’s rearward machinegun.
Continue reading “Burden of Command review | Secret recipes for morale and such”“Movie adaptation” is a phrase that sends shivers down the spines of any booklover. Video game adaptation? Now that’s something likely not suck. But what if your favorite book spawns a miniature wargame? That’s what happened to the Forgotten Ruin series – it inspired the aptly-named Forgotten Ruin solo “adventure wargame” from Ivan Sorensen and Modiphius.
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Continue reading “Forgotten Ruin | Fortified Niche”I checked, the translation of the Chinese also means “The Patriotic War” – however, I’m scared and confused, so the title stays. But that doesn’t really matter, as the 卫国战争 The Patriotic War demo shows that we have a neat game to look forward to.
Continue reading “卫国战争 The Patriotic War demo in 7 screenshots”It was around turn 360 that my spirit to go on gave out. By that time, I had expanded Scotland to cover, directly or via vassals, the entire British isles. The Kentish kingdom, the sole remnant on England, was holed up in Scandinavia, which I was invading for the third time. Scottish possessions in the Med counted Malta, the Balearics, North Italy, parts of Libya and Egypt. The ride there had been long and fairly fun. Thanks, Field of Glory: Kingdoms.
Continue reading “Field of Glory: Kingdoms review | Medieval Better War”Of all the modern periods fit for pushing around historically-inspired toy soldiers, World War 2 has probably the most rulesets. But it’s still nice to see a new one published, especially when implements ideas that should be more mainstream. We’re talking about V for Victory, baby!
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Continue reading “V for Victory | Fortified Niche”I finally did it! I finished Cyberpunk 2077 (and the Phantom Liberty DLC). I have slain the beast! And now, years and years after the game has been released, patched into playability, memed, dissected, discussed, and modded, I can present my review!
Continue reading “Cyberpunk 2077 review | Blunt-edge”The urge to not play any of the grog-affirming games that I have is so strong, I took a cutesy lil’ city-builder/puzzle to review. And that’s what Dawnfolk is! Half city-builder, half puzzle, all game!
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