Monday night was a twofold attempt to figure out games and being stymied. On the computer end, it was Paradox France’s Pride of Nations; it’s not that it’s complicated as much as it is that I just didn’t have the patience last night to sit through five tutorials that mostly amounted to me scrolling through […]
Entries from May 31st, 2011
Losing at Civilization
May 30th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Firaxis
So I finally lost a game of Civilization 5 in a humiliating way on a difficulty level that I have easily managed and it was my own doing. I’m a builder more than a warrior in Civ and had planned to go for a cultural victory. My Songhai empire was blessed to be surrounded by […]
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Putting it Together
May 29th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Me
After three months in my new home, I finally secured a small bookshelf. As someone who has lived most of his life surrounded by books, this was later than I thought it would be, but there are all kinds of things that get in the way of doing what you want to do. Make no […]
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Turning Points
May 26th, 2011 · 14 Comments · Design, Me
Though I love RPGs, one reason I can’t really get into a lot of the current story/action genres that top the charts is narrative related. I love a well-told story with well-realized characters as much as the next guy raised on library cards and soap operas. But so few game stories are able to walk […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 118 – This Fully Operational Art of War
May 26th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Ralph Trickey takes a break from updating and improving The Operational Art of War III to talk about the series with Rob, Troy, and Bruce. They discuss how the game is changing through patches, and then debate whether TOAW is a game so much as it is a set of tools. They also talk about […]
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Systems Shock
May 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Design, Me
One of the great things about working at home is that if I want to take an hour in the middle of the day to run errands or play a game, then I can do that with a clear conscience if I can make up the hour later in the day or on the weekend. […]
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