James Allen at Out of Eight Games has written what appears to be the first review of Western Civilization’s Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War. Allen has a firm 5-8 scale (it’s rare for a game to score in the 4 or lower range) and Forge scores a 7. His comments are usually worthy […]

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I’m playing Neverwinter Nights 2 for review purposes, and I’m mostly enjoying it. I’m still in the first chapter and am just about to go into the endless orc caves of despair. My paladin has a pony tail, my dwarf wants to beat people up and my mage keeps dying. Standard RPG stuff. A full […]

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The year comes to a close with a bit of a whimper, most of the big seasonal titles having already come out. There is no late flurry of releases at all. Gamespot has a single firm date for a strategy title. December 8 – State of War: Warmonger (Alten8/Cypron) Seven Kingdoms: Conquest (CDV/Enlight) and Spellforce […]

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The first Europa Universalis III Beta After Action Report has been posted at the official forum. It’s worth a look if you want to see somebody having fun with a game the rest of us won’t see for six weeks. The preview build that I have on my desk is clearly way past obsolete, since […]

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