Hearts of Iron 4 Review
Detailed grand strategy games on World War II are few and far between. Most present either a high level of abstraction or switch to an operational or tactical scale to…
Europa Universalis IV: The Art of War Review
War. War never changes. That is, unless you pick up The Art of War expansion to Europa Universalis IV, in which case war has just changed a great deal. Paradox…
Alea Jacta Est Review
The recent couple of years have seen a glut of Roman themed strategy games. Total War: Rome 2, Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar and others have given us our…
Crusader Kings 2: Charlemagne Review
Crusader Kings 2 was released nearly three years ago. In the era of modern game, this is normally when you see a game put well to pasture. If it were…
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations Review
Europa Universalis IV is on the shortlist for top strategy game ever made. Its first major DLC, Conquest of Paradise, fundamentally altered exploration and expansion in the game, and is…
Crusader Kings 2: Rajas of India review
Crusader Kings 2 launched two years ago to massive critical acclaim and was eaten up by fans of the genre- we could not get enough. Since, we’ve gotten expansions focusing…
Europa Universalis IV Review
My dad used a series of spreadsheets, a bunch of historical data, and a book called Numbers, Predictions & War to develop a mathematical simulation of the entirety of World…
Releases – Week of August 13th, 2013
Don gives his thoughts on some of this weeks releases, including Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, Europa Universalis IV, and more.
Civilization V: Brave New World Review
Civilization is about more than conquest. I’d like to think so, anyway. If all humanity has to offer is war and death, we might as well give up the ghost…
Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods Review
Paradox’s Crusader Kings 2 has allowed me to be a French Duke. I have wandered the deserts of Araby as a Muslim Sultan. I have traded goods as a Venetian…