Flash of Steel

Some Quick Notes

Troy Goodfellow — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:48:28 +0000

Not a lot to add in way of a long thought out post, but I thought I would update people on what I’ve been playing and doing. 1) God Games and Repetition: Even leaving aside the ludicrous Peter Molyneux Godus prize that was lurking inside Curiosity (which appears to have been an ARG all along), [...]

Glue-sticking It To The Man

Bruce G — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:35:44 +0000

This guest post from Bruce Geryk goes into solitaire wargaming, making things that don’t suck and some of his own preferences and tricks. I’m always happy to post his thoughts. Technology has a way of fixing problems. In gaming, it created distribution models that freed many designers from the restrictive grasp of publishers (direct download), [...]

Giving History to Historical Settings

Troy Goodfellow — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:59:13 +0000

It’s a weird thing, but the feature I am most excited about in the upcoming Civilization V: Brave New World is a relatively minor mechanic designed to plug in to the much larger changes. It’s Archaelogy. Yes, always excited about new civilizations, since I love writing about that sort of thing, and really, the archaeology [...]

So Where Do You Start?

Troy Goodfellow — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:14:16 +0000

I get a lot of email from people that want to play strategy games – that are attracted to particular strategy games because they like the subject matter or because they listen to our podcast and everything sounds so amazing that they have to get into this system cracking nutbar hobby of ours. It’s one [...]

Crusader Kings II Stream Tonight

Troy Goodfellow — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:53:45 +0000

While I fight with posts that are much longer than the number of people that will read them, I do want to keep one promise which is that I would stream a learning game of Crusader Kings II for people that are curious but afraid. So tonight, for three hours starting at 8:00 PM Eastern [...]

A Few Words on Omerta

Troy Goodfellow — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:14:14 +0000

Haemimont’s Omerta isn’t a game that will be going down as one of the triumphs of 2013, and I don’t think anyone expected it to be. A light, Prohibition-era gang sim with tactical combat elements, it is a new title from the Bulgarian studio best known for its excellent reboot of the Tropico series. I’ve [...]