I hate letting an ancient themed wargame slip by unnoticed. HPS Simulations has just released Alexandrian Wars, the third game in their Ancient Warfare series. It’s a good series in general because it’s at the scale where the HPS engine doesn’t fall apart, though the UI is still twenty years behind the times. There’s a […]
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HPS Renaissance – No Sales Resistance
April 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · HPS
It was the Turks that got me. I mean, how many wargames let you play 16th century Ottomans? Plus, HPS Studios promised over 100 scenarios, which is strictly true, I suppose, but many of those are variants on battles. Hypothetical scenarios based on relief columns showing up or just different orders of battle. The battles […]
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Too Much To Do
November 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment · AGEOD, HPS, Me, Paradox
I spent the last week writing an article that, it seems, won’t see the light of day for another few weeks. But it consumed a lot of my time, so I haven’t had much of a chance to look around. Until now. And there is a lot to see. AgeOD released World War One: La […]
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Rod Humble is EA’s Heart
April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Electronic Arts, HPS
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a transcript of John Walker’s dinner conversation with EA Sims VP Rod Humble. Like all interesting dining chats, it covers a lot of ground. And this bit from Rod Humble shows that the Redwood City campus isn’t staffed by corporate robots. The one game that affected me, and it didn’t stop […]
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Punic Wars Scenario Update
August 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Punic Wars Scenario Update · Ancients, HPS
HPS has released a free expansion to Paul Bruffel’s very good Ancient Warfare: Punic Wars. The expansion has a lot of new historical battles to round out the war against Carthage, including Zama – a monster of a battle that has all the hallmarks of the HPS insistence that it isn’t a real battle if […]
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On Site Review: HPS Punic Wars
March 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Ancients, HPS, Wargames
Since my CGM review of this title is stuck in the limbo of publishing termination, I thought I’d pen a few of my thoughts on this game while they are still fresh in my mind. Regular readers know that I am a sucker for games with an ancient theme. I also really like the simultaneous […]
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