Elven Legacy is one of those games that infuriates me. It is very traditional, which I like. It’s a hex-based fantasy wargame/RPG with elves and orcs and all that rubbish. But it is also one of the most difficult games I’ve played this year. It isn’t difficult in the sense of hard to play or […]
New Video Series on Crispy Gamer
June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Crispy Gamer
I’ve been pretty much unimpressed with a lot of gaming video content online, some of the CG content included. Sometimes things that look like a great idea aren’t. Even the still funny Zero Punctuation has kind of worn me out. But I thought I would plug two new video series over at Crispy Gamer because […]
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Theatre of War Mod Pack Available
June 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Theatre of War Mod Pack Available · Battlefront, WW2
I hope to have more to say about Theatre of War 2 soon – I think I’ve solved most of performance issues with it, and there’s a lot of good things (and some bad) to say about it. But 1C and Battlefront is now going in whole hog with the mod support for the first […]
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E3 Critics Skip Small Booths
June 16th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Awards, E3
Maybe it’s Paradox’s fault for not having a floor display but instead hiding in a tiny box to the far right of one of the halls. But there is zero reason for the E3 critics not nominating either Hearts of Iron 3 or East India Company for best strategy game of show. Especially when they […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 17 — Manuals, Documentation and You
June 16th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
This week is all about Bruce as he goes on and on about how hard it was to write the manual for Dominions 3. The panel talks about how a manual is not the same as documentation, how even good games could be better with a paper friend and lots of other commentary that only […]
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One More Map Thing
June 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on One More Map Thing · Design
Rob Zacny has written a thoughtful analysis of the map in AGEOD’s great wargame Birth of America. I’ve written about the map in Birth of America before, just not for my series, so I’m glad that Zacny has picked up the slack.
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