One of 2005’s biggest disappointments for me was Crown of Glory from Western Civilization Software by way of Matrix. The ambitious Napoleonic Wars game had too much of everything except clear documentation and feedback. It has just been patched again, but I don’t have much of a desire to load it up and see what […]

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Between finishing up an article and doing some much needed house cleaning, I found the time to learn three new board games. My friend and colleague Bruce Geryk is always introducing me to new stuff, either because he pities my mostly board game free existence or because he just likes finding new people to humiliate. […]

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My homeland has announced the nominees for the first ever Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts. Dubbed the “Elan” awards, they will honor Canadian animators and game makers for their work. Ubisoft cleans up in the nomination count, but I find it a little worrying that the only PC games they could think […]

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Not having cable, I missed Gphoria 2006. Even if I had it, I’m not sure I could have stomached much of it, if Kyle Orland’s summary is reliable – and I am confident it is. The strategy nominees were Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, Battle for Middle Earth II, Star Wars: Empire at War, and Age […]

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Slitherine Strategies has unveiled the first shots of its new World War II grand strategy game, Commander – Europe at War. Though many people would point to Paradox’s Hearts of Iron as the ultimate WW2 game, I always look back to SSI’s Clash of Steel, a thirteen year old grand strategy game with a simple […]

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It’s a big issue for a big month. School starts again (but not for me, it seems) and the console section is very thin. So there is a lot to read in the issue that interests me. My own contributions are minimal. I have a preview of Dominions 3, a review of Hearts of Iron: […]

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