Braveland is a turn-based strategy game developed by Tortuga Team. You play as a brave farmer who attends the looting of his village and decides to take justice into his own hands by donning the armor of his father. Yes, another hero born atop the smoking ruins of a village! Unfortunately for […]
Handling loss – a journey into the Darkest Dungeon
Darkest Dungeon is a game developed by Red Hook that is still in early access (official release will be in October). It’s a dungeon crawl with a couple of new and interesting mechanics and a great gothic atmosphere. The heroes are hired by a caretaker that needs you to clean the […]
Gods Will Be Watching: managing brutal consequences
Gods Will Be Watching is an hybrid genre game, a mix of point-and-click adventure and resource management game. You play Sergeant Burden, who’s sent into a particularly morally challenging undercover mission, and must manage a series of dramatic situations to maintain galactic peace and ensure his own survival. I immediately liked the graphic style […]
Ultimate General Gettysburg: channel your inner tactician
Ultimate General: Gettysburg is a strategy game that sets you in command of the Union or Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg from 1st to 3rd July 1863. This battle is crucial in that it is believed to be the turning point of the Civil War for the Union. Tragically, this […]
Iron from Ice: Enter the Game of Thrones
Iron from Ice is the first episode of Telltale’s game based on the Game of Thrones universe created by George RR Martin. The series narrates the story of the Forrester noble House, Stark vassals who guard the precious ironwood, the hardiest wood of Westeros. After the dark events of the […]
Crusader Kings II: a strategy game for roleplayers
Crusader Kings II is a strategy game released in 2012. You play as a ruler of medieval Europe that must ensure his dynasty survives the trials and machinations of his rivals during 700 years of history. The game allows you to play a multitude of characters, from a puny count to […]
Tye: birth of a PBM and lessons learnt
Tye is our series of computer-assisted play-by-mail games. These are strategy games that oppose a dozen players on a map divided into territories, with weekly turns. By collecting resources, expanding their territory and purchasing buildings, players raise large armies to conquer the surrounding lands. The goal is to conquer a location at the center […]
Shadow of Mordor: a goulash of orcs we love to hate
With the intention of going through a 3-4 hours game session, I sat down with Shadow of Mordor. Eight hours later, after a marathon session and liters of spilled orc blood (and a little tad of human blood), I realized that it was already three in the morning. It had been a long […]
Broforce: kick-ass justice!
So, with a friend of mine we wanted to find a nice game, with hotseat mode. We found one! Okay, we admittedly were looking for a strategy game, but unless you already know the game, you easily spend an hour or two to understand the game and its rules. Additionally, hotseat games […]
A six shooter and a star, adventure for Savage Worlds
Our first R&R adventure for the Savage Worlds RPG is now available for download in pdf format in french. The english translation will be released in a couple of weeks. This adventure takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, and chronicles the adventures of a group of Texas Rangers. They rare ordered to escort a group […]