Strategy Games

I received the announcement of a new DLC with joy and a big smile on my face. Now, while this new DLC is very much worth playing and worth the asking price, it's a fundamentally different experience from what one got with the base game. Let's dive into it.

The Battle Brothers makers have done it again, this time with a platoon-scale wargame.

Widelands is a free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, and their developers appear to be setting a firm stance against any AI generated contributions.

Make way for a "4X-style" simulation that'll last an estimated 90-175 hours, in which you play an AI trying to conquer civilisation from the inside.

Battlestar Galactica is one of the best space sci-fi series around, and now you have a chance to explore more in Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes.

We interview Mark Healy, Kareem Ettouney, Iain Wright, Russell Shaw and Peter Molyneux about Masters of Albion, the last game they'll make together

Crusader Kings 3's next major update will a big stack of spreadsheets called The Ledger. produced in collaboration between Paradox and a modder.

Behold the very first Total War: Warhammer 3 character pack, a Grand Cathay add-on which is full of stealthy, spell-casting tiger warriors.

Sonnenwende is a small game simulating the transition to a solar-powered economy. You can build solar panels, batteries, hydrogen storage and sell your generated electricity at market prices. Electricity demand, pricing, and weather conditions are based on realistic models for Germany.

Hey I've been working on this abstract strategy board game on and off for more than 10 years. I've picked up the project again trying to get a digital version up and running in the browser that is playable.

It's still under development, but you can check out the repository here: https://github.com/GreenAnts/Amalgam_Webgame/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file. (There are links on the main page for rules, and etc)

Rulebook: https://github.com/GreenAnts/Amalgam_Webgame/tree/main/assets/Rulebook

Video tutorial: https://youtu.be/LZD5h4siXVM

Play against a (dumb) bot/AI: https://greenants.github.io/Amalgam_Webgame/ (this is the under development game, and a has a lot of placeholder text - but once you enter the bot game, it should actually work.

The game is a bit niche, and I'm assuming probably won't fit the bill for most people in this instance, but I'm hoping someone might be interested and help us grow this project. The game is open source and creative commons licensed, so I'm hoping the game will become community created.

Anyways, if you check it out, I'd greatly appreciate it!

A Very Long Goodbye:

"When the game comes out on the 22nd of April, I'm not going to be walking out of the office and into the sunset," Molyneux says. "I'm going to be absolutely fascinated with what people do and the way they play the game, and we're going to continue to enhance it - we've got a plan for three main chapters of this game. This is the first chapter. And I'll be involved in that. So if anything, it's going to be a very long goodbye."

An in-depth interview on War in Spain, exploring its engine, logistics-first design, AI, scale, and how it portrays the Spanish Civil War.

Mixing tower defence and mining, ITER-8 is as compelling a game as it is a stylish one.

Winter is coming.

PC Strategy Games - Crimson Publishing, 2000–2001