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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.
Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution 1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own
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Astro Protocol February 9, 2026 – Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are
Join us as we trawl through interesting news from the world of 4X and strategy. This is not your usual news bulletin (we have plenty of that elsewhere!), more just talking about things that caught
Join us as we trawl through cool news from the world of 4X and strategy. This is not your usual news bulletin (we have plenty of that elsewhere!), more just talking about things that caught
Join us as we trawl through cool news from the world of 4X and strategy. This is not your usual news bulletin (we have plenty of that elsewhere!), more just talking about things that caught