The news that Vic Davis is abandoning computer game design to focus on board games isn’t that much of a surprise. His western card game Six Gun Saga can be easily imagined as a cardboard and plastic material object. His first game, Armageddon Empires was a deck-building hex-based wargame. And his multiplayer masterpiece, Solium Infernum […]
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New Solium Infernum Guides
March 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on New Solium Infernum Guides · Blogs, Cryptic Comet
He’s a little late to the party, but Bill Harris has written up some amazing beginners’ guides for Vic Davis’ latest masterpiece, Solium Infernum. Harris did a great job with his Armageddon Empires guides, and he’s doing well here, too. I’ll admit to having not played SI in a while. I had some MP games […]
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Vic Davis Interview
February 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Blogs, Cryptic Comet, Indie Games, Industry
Over at Game, Set, Watch Phil Cameron conducted an interview with Vic Davis, the genius behind Armageddon Empires and Solium Infernum. GSW is one of the best newsblogs on the internet, partly because it is so willing to giving space to indie games in a serious way. This is part of their IGF/Gamasutra mission, I […]
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Solium Infernum Cheat Sheets
December 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on Solium Infernum Cheat Sheets · Blogs, Cryptic Comet
Even people who love Solium Infernum complain about the lack of good introductory documentation. Thankfully, Jake Mix has decided to make things a little easier. He sent me a link to his work, nicely laid out as a bunch of flowcharts. It’s a little heavy on the icons, but should come in handy for when […]
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Solium Infernum Game Diaries
December 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Cryptic Comet
Josh Bycer has been taking a look at the mechanics of Solium Infernum on his game design blog. Three entries in his diary so far (1, 2, 3) and he has so far covered only the very early steps of the game. They are clearly written and would be helpful to many newcomers. Hopefully he […]
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Solium Infernum Review
December 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Cryptic Comet, Review
While chatting with editor Ryan Kuo about this review, he said that he liked how I worked around the fact I couldn’t describe everything even though he admitted he had no idea what I had left out. That’s one of the big problems with Solium Infernum as a design – there is just so much […]
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