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Slitherine Games Contest!
Want a chance to win one of Slitherine’s fantastic games? Listen to this short podcast to learn how to earn your chance! Read more
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Review: Crusader Kings 3
Join Rob, (the!) DasTactic, Ben, and Drexy for a discussion on what they all think of Crusader Kings 3, its user interface, its potential future, and what needs some developer love. Are you playing CK3? Let us know below! Read more
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Podcast Episode #11: Of Mechs and Men
Rob is joined by Brandon Casteel, the “Wayward Strategist” from RTS game supersite, WaywardStrategy.com, as they bring you the recent strategy game news and then dive deep into thoughts on the upcoming Iron Harvest. Read more
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Podcast Bonus Episode #2: Shadow Empire Review
Exclusive to our amazing Patrons from Patreon is our second bonus episode, this time focused on Shadow Empire. Ben, DasTactic, and TortugaPower all sit down and discuss the current state of the game, the changes to logistics, how they think the Steam release will go, and much more. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-2-40877597 Read more
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Humankind Interview with Amplitude Studios
Rob was able to nail down the ever-busy Creative Director of Humankind and Studio Head at Amplitude Studios, Romain De Waubert, and ask him about the upcoming and highly-anticipated 4X game, Humankind, and also get an update on the status of Endless Space 2 and the possibility of returning to the Endless Universe down the… Read more
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Podcast Episode #10: Tactics Talk
Ben, Drexy, Shaun, and Rob sit down and discuss a variety of Tactics Games topics, including some of their favorite games, favorite mechanics, and more. Read more
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Episode #9: I’m a Mechanical Man
A full house of 4X game fans discuss their favorite game mechanics from the 4X genre and get into the details of why they were so great. Read more
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Sticky: The Future of eXplorminate
Some of eXplorminate will remain, due to popular demand! Read more
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Looking ahead into 2026 – eXplorminate
Hello!In our last podcast, we discussed the games we have enjoyed playing in 2025. In this episode we look ahead to 2026, discussing the games we are looking forward to playing.Please note, that although most of these are getting an official release in 2026, some are already in early access, and we are NOT limiting ourselves just to games with an expected 2026 release date.