ISS Simulator, a fetching freebie made by a Japanese outfit called SpaceData, is one brainstorming session and a few weeks of coding away from being one of Steam’s most unusual hidden object games.
THC is lucky enough to have an ex-KCL Wargame Studies lecturer amongst its guest contributors. Today, Arrigo Velicogna sings the praises of a solitaire board wargame that’s chock-a-block with Churchill tanks, chary Jerries, and chancy counterattacks.
The day is barely six hours old and I’ve already experienced one “crippling defeat”. If November 5 continues in this fashion, I’ll be bankrupt by sun-up, homeless by lunchtime, and dead by nightfall.
On balance I’d say Turn 11 was more punishing for Team France’s fans than its warriors, but both spectators and soldiery were made to suffer.
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
While I can’t tell you whether Pure Rock Crawling’s depiction of rock crawling is superior to BeamNG.drive’s and Expeditions’, I’m hoping at least one THC reader has the necessary expertise and time to answer this question via a comment. What I can say is that my first few hours with Maciej Kuzianik’s £10 (until November 11) boulder bothering sim have flown by and I’ve enjoyed every minute so far.
I don’t know anyone better equipped to assay Unity of Command 2’s last expansion pack than THC’s man in Lithuania. As Martynas Klimas has spent around 220 hours cheek by jowl with 2×2’s hexy masterpiece, his take on this “fitting endnote for the series” is worth its weight in Nazi gold. Over to you, Martynas.
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a whizz at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not lend a hand.