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After releasing my first article, 2024X: A Golden Age of 4X (eXplorminate link), I soon realized I was missing much of what will make 2024X a great year outside of new releases. Quite frankly, some of the best parts of 2024X will be the continued support some already great games will be getting this year.
When Solium Infernum was first announced, I confess to being excited without being particularly informed. I didn’t read any of the coverage, and consequently, I imagined a traditional 4X set in Hell. The prospect of interesting factions, units, and mechanics captured my imagination, and I jumped at the chance to review the game.
HoMM Olden Era, Stellaris Season 10 and What’s In Store For Warhammer? If 2026 has a theme, it’s this: PC strategy games have collectively decided to kick down the door, flip the table, and declare
In his sporadically coherent The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot yearned for the seasonal cycle of death and rebirth to apply to human society, not just the natural world. As it turns out, that also pretty
eXplorminate Note: Join Boho, our resident expert in all things Age of Wonders, for this excellent recap of what has happened in Season 2, Age of Wonders 4. There is more Age of Wonders 4
Two notable full releases, and three expansion packs! Game Releases and Updates Shadow Empire, legendary for it’s depth, and almost as well known for it’s skill floor, releases a new expansion today, called Republica. The
“What’s over this hill?” That question — simple, instinctive, irresistible — is where everything begins. I often go hiking, map and compass in hand, starting at Point A and figuring out how to get to
