As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’m not in a position where I can honestly and legitimately do an end of year awards post. A shame, because Shogun 2 and Unity of Command need more love in a year dominated by RPGs – Skyrim, Witcher 2, Rift, Dungeons of Dredmor, etc.

So I have turned the blog over to friends so they can write about things they observed or played in 2011, from a business perspective or critical approach or just plain “I learned something today”.

Now not all of these posts will have a holiday summary feel. There will be some cross-posting and familiar opinions. Also some new stuff, of course, from people I like and respect. But in a year where I leaned very heavily on my friends and colleagues, there is no better way to end 2011 than leaning on them one more time.

After all, if I had more money and fewer brains, I’d turn FoS into a sort of strategy game writing hub. This won’t be that. Just content from friends.

First post goes up this afternoon.