eXplorminate News Network | Covering every corner of strategy gaming | August
So, our quadrennial sporting distraction is over for another 4 years, back to gaming!
eXplorminate News Network| Covering every corner of strategy gaming | June
Football World Cup versus Steam Next Fest There is a sporting event on right now, slightly bigger than 4X games. Because of that, this newsletter has been delayed. I am backing England , of course, but was impressed by Japan in their match. Possibly my back up team. The World Cup is fun (even this […]
eXamination | Elemental : Reforged
16 years in the making.
(Almost) 60 hours in the playing.
16 hours to write this review.
16 minutes for you to read it.
Just 1 question – is this game worth playing?
Who’s ASCIIng? | TUI-based Space Strategy Games
It’s a Terminal World… A Brief History. TUI‑based strategy games are the scrappy masterminds of the terminal world. The kind of titles that look you dead in the eye with a blinking cursor and say, “You don’t need graphics when you’ve got tactics.” Long before GPUs were flexing their shader cores, early strategy classics like […]
eXcursion : IXION – A Unique Space Station Builder
Welcome Aboard the Tiqqun, Administrator — Please Ignore the Screaming Alarms! IXION is what happens when a city‑builder, a survival sim, and a sci‑fi tragedy walk into a bar and decide humanity deserves one more chance… but only if you can keep a giant corporate space station from collapsing like a wet cardboard box. You’re […]
eXplorminate News Network| Covering every corner of strategy gaming
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 a new golden age whether anyone asked for it or not. Heroes is staging a royal comeback, indie devs are […]
Age of Wonders 4 Season 2 Recap: Insights & Changes
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 content coming soon, including some eXplorminate multiplayer games. AOW4 Season 2 & 2/3rds: Ways of War (WW) / Giant Kings […]
eXplorminate News Network | Covering every corner of strategy gaming
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 great DasTactic is a fan, and you can read more about it here. There is some, imho unfair, backlash against […]
eXplorminate | Explore First, Ask Questions Later
“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 Point B. Done right, off the beaten path, it unlocks great vistas and a genuine sense of escape. I consider […]
Let’s eXplore | Bonaparte
eXplorminate note: Bonjour, Jetons un œil à ce nouveau jeu, présenté comme « La Révolution française, avec des mechs » …Stop panicking guys, the rest of the article is in English haha. Also, it is worth remembering that Bonaparte is still in early access, so the thoughts below are not necessarily reflective of the final […]