One good reason to keep visiting the Corner while Roman and myself are pretending to be game developers is you might stumble on a competition like this one. January has been pretty eventful for MicroProse Mk II. Last week, sword-and-sandal wargame…
A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with…
V is for Vernal vanguard. For many, the highlight of Steam’s week-long ‘Wargaming Fest’ is sure to be the release of the Strategos demo. Trialists get the chance to road-test three quite different factions – the versatile Late Carthaginians, the…
A lot of water has flowed under the Ponte Tally-Ho since I first swapped emails with Gabe, the AI specialist behind promising swords-and-sandals wargame, Strategos. Keen to catch-up, I recently quizzed him about a range of topics including project progress,…
If you’re a regular wearer of cargo pants you’ll know the importance of a thorough pre-laundry garment frisk. This morning while searching the numerous pockets of my battle breeches in preparation for a forty degree Easy Care cycle, I came…
Task Force Admiral, Burden of Command, Armored Brigade II, Sea Power, Strategos. I’ve just re-jigged the upper echelons of my ‘Upcoming PC Wargames I’m Most Excited About’ list, and the following interview with the creator of Strategos, a turnless Ancients…