Slitherine has just released a new Napoleonic wargame, called Scourge of War: Warterloo. It’s a timely release, too, because on June 18, it will be the 200th anniversary of one of the most famous military battles of all time (the actual Battle of Waterloo). To tie into that, Slitherine and…
Read MoreTime’s a-tickin’, people. If you’re a fan of wargames, strategy games, historical games, war-strategy games, historical-war-strategy games, or any of those words in any combination, get yourself over to the Humble Bundle site right now. This very minute. Why such unseemly haste? It’s because the Humble Weekly bundle has been…
Read MoreIt feels like an age now, but back in 2011 I found myself mightily impressed by a space faring tactics game from a Perth (Australia)-based independent developer, Paul Turbett (who operates as Black Lab Games). That game was Star Hammer Tactics, and while it wasn’t the most visually impressive game,…
Read MoreTurn-based wargames. You know how they work, right? Move, fight, move, fight, move. But this one doesn’t stick to the template. And it’s all the better for it. As anyone who’s seen Apocalypse Now will tell you, Vietnam was an unusual kind of war. As well as the regular troops…
Read MoreSlitherine has really established itself as the premier developer/ publisher of serious strategy games on iPad. It is releasing games at a rapid rate, and from titles such as Pike & Shot and Battle Academy 2 through to the likes of Commander: The Great War and Panzer Corps, the quality…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Too many modern strategy games are focused on the World Wars or, if we’re lucky, a couple of centuries previous to that, such as the Napoleonic era. Occasionally we get a big leap backwards in time to ancient wars, but that’s becoming a rare event. How…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Under the “guidance” of THQ, the Warhammer franchise really lost its way in the world of videogames, becoming laboured with useless pew pew button masher action games that may have had “Warhammer” slapped on the box title, but really wanted to be Generic Action Game 101,…
Read MoreReview by Rob P. Battle Academy 2 is fantastic. That’s no surprise; the first Battle Academy was fantastic, and the sequel is more of the same. The latest title in the series comes with a fresh paint job, better tactical options and a brilliant skirmish mode but, not-so-deep-down, it’s still…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. To End All Wars is a strategy game you may well never hear about. In a year where the world is “celebrating” the 100 year anniversary of World War 1, we’ve seen plenty of game developers offer us their take on the conflict. We’ve got the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It was 100 years ago now when the first of two global conflicts would erupt and fundamentally change the future of humanity. A war that was directly responsible for its even more tragic successor, and a war that in many ways we’re still paying for today.…
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