Smudge Marks & Engel Werks Inside GMT Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsThis was originally going to be a completely different essay, but I’ve realized it’s past time to tighten up my definitions some, so I’m not continuing having to stop and figure out/explain pieces of my foundation just so I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Medieval-style fantasy has long had a strong hold on the imagination. It didn’t take long for fantasy to become a popular genre in computer games either. As various board wargame-derivative designs evolved during the ’80s, a fairly distinct genre that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An approximate pattern for 4X games in general is to start out with a single base/settlement, move out, find valuable terrain and claim it with further bases, solidify borders to keep others away from the valuable bits you’ve found, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been playing a fair amount of the old city-builder game Pharoah: Gold recently. (Bought it on sale at GoG at the beginning of the month.) And I’ve been pondering why. I have played SimCity. I have a copy of SimCity[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…