Weekly eXchange #247 – Glorious Notes Return!

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Civilization 6, At the Gates, Warhammer 40K Gladius: Relics of War, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Interstellar Space: Genesis, Alliance of the Sacred Suns, Thea 2: the Shattering and much much more. […]

Best "Starter" 4X Games

Rob here! I see this question asked a lot on the 4X Gaming subreddit and I’ll occasionally get asked myself, “what’s the best 4X game for someone new to the genre?” and it’s about time we really sat down and thought about it. It’s honestly a hard question to answer, as most 4X games are […]

Civilization 6: Gathering Storm Review

Gathering Storm comes as the second, and possibly final, expansion to the 2016 release of Civilizations VI (Civ 6). Historically, the second expansion for recent Civ games has done a lot of heavy lifting. These iterations often move the game from the “good” to the “great” category. Gathering Storm (GS) does a lot to improve Civ 6 […]

Weekly eXchange #243 – The War Correspondent…

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about At the Gates, Three Kingdoms: The Last Warlord, Warhammer 40K Gladius: Relics of War, Interstellar Space: Genesis, Stellar Monarch, Predestination, Fields of Glory: Empires, Thea 2: the Shattering, Stellaris, Civilization […]

Weekly eXchange #242 – "Surprise Mechanics"

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Civilization 6, Dominions 5: Warriors of the Fatih, Thea 2. the Shattering, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Xenia’s Ark, Interstellar Space: Genesis, Pax Nova and much much more. As well as continued […]

Weekly eXchange #240 – Heyoo!!!

Join Rob and Nate as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Civilization 6, At the Gates, Thea 2: the Shattering, Driftland: the Magic Revival, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, WH40K Gladius: Relics of War, Dawn of Andromeda, Stellaris, Pax Nova, Uciana, Endless […]

Weekly eXchange #236 – Shattered!

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Thea 2: the Shattering, Legendary Heroes: Fallen Enchantress, Pax Nova, Alliance of the Sacred Suns, Stellaris, Galactic Civilizations 3, 10 Crowns and much much more. As well as continued coverage for […]

Weekly eXchange #235 – **Cough, Cough**

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Thea 2: the Shattering, Driftland: the Magic Revival, Civilization 6, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Stellaris and much much more. As well as continued coverage for your other favorite 4X and strategy […]

Weekly eXchange #229 – Epic Steam BATTLE Round 2!

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Thea 2: the Shattering, Civilization 6, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Wh40K Gladius: Relics of War, Endless Space 2, Stellaris, Alliance of the Sacred Suns and much much more. As well as […]

Stellaris ReeXamination #2

When Stellaris first launched in 2016, it was marketed under the slogan “Make Space Great Again.” Lately, I’ve been campaigning for Stellaris by co-opting a different American political rallying cry: “Keep Stellaris WeirdTM.” What I mean is, as Stellaris continues to grow and change (it’s basically a living organism at this point), I believe that […]