Podcast: “Legacies of Ancient Persia” with Leyla Johnson
The Pourdavoud Institute for the studies of ancient Persia is running a podcast called “Legacies of Ancient Persia”. In their latest episode they have interviewed Leyla Johnson, and talk about her middle Eastern background and obviously Old World. Leyla tells how she loves history (and to talk with Soren about it), how the interviewer got her 84 years old father… Read More »
Millennia Developer Diary – Economy Part Two
We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!This time the diary is again about how the economy works. Overall this works comparable to Civ, in the sense that you have a city where you build buildings which give bonuses in certain areas, and in the surrounding you build improvements. The improvements produce distinct goods though… Read More »
Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month” #193+166
And also in the new year 2024 Civ3 stays eternal, and the team is ready to provide you a new quarterly challenge! In the Civ3 GOTM for “Play The World” you play as China on a normal size Pangaea map with restless barbarians on Regent level. Other details about the map are unknown, but you get 2 additional… Read More »
New indie game release: Rising Lords
Another game got released, which just right fits to our taste: Rising Lords.This game is a medieval turn-based strategy game, where you build up cities, recruit armies, and fight against other lords.The art style is cute, and system requirements are very low.A free demo is available, and the full game is currently discounted from 19.99 to 16.99. Check… Read More »
Top 10 Turn-Based Strategy Games Of 2023
TurnBasedLovers has released another article called “Top 10 Turn-Based Strategy Games Of 2023”.The list includes obvious candidates like Galactic Civilizations 4 and the latest entry in the Spellforce series, but also more hidden games like Revival: Recolonization, Victoria 3 or Masters of Magic. And it features Battle Of Wesnoth, one of the best open source games out there.… Read More »
Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 15 – Insider Program
And we are now at the 15th dev diary for Ara: History Untold.This time the devs talk about gaming history, mostly of 4X. Apparently Oxide sits close to MicroProse, who developed the first Civ games, and many of their employees also once worked there! They also talk about that the term 4X is itself from 1993, coming from… Read More »
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #237
And we also get a Civ5 GOTM in this new year! We start with one of the easier games, on Prince level. You play as Oda Nobunaga on a large tiny islands map, and you need to win via a science victory. You have until the day after Valentine’s day, February 15, to finish this game. For all… Read More »