Octopi Games has developed an interesting little hybrid game. Intrinsically a card based strategy game, Pox Nora takes the RPG “levelling up” mechanic seriously and allows your cards to accumulate experience with which to buy new skills. You and an opponent square off on a grid map and fight a turn based contest to eliminate […]

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As I sort through two years of posts, trying to organize them into categories that make sense, I thought I’d go through the logs of Portico and see what brought people to my corner of the internet to begin with. You can learn a lot about people from what they search, if those leaked AOL […]

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The last of the year’s Roman city builders is on its way. The demo is available at the Caesar IV homepage. I’ll have fuller commentary on all three games once I’ve played the full version of Tilted Mill’s ant farm game. I’ve been misled by demos before. Who hasn’t? But the Caesar IV demo is […]

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Paradox has just added a new development diary for Europa Universalis III and I’m getting a little antsy. First the positive. The game is looking much better and there will be extended political events that may put the player in a difficult position. The screenshot of a Succession War means that sometimes you will be […]

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A new era has opened in my efforts at self-promotion and punditry. Welcome to the new home of the rambling opinions of Troy Goodfellow (that’s me). What new stuff is in store for the new home? Striving to make this place both more professional and more welcoming, I will be having three or four regular […]

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