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Terra Nil Paints a Hopeful Picture for the Future

 Development studio Free Lives doesn't shy away from the fact that its upcoming title, Terra Nil, is a "reverse city builder." While that is an interesting concept for a game to explore, it's the…

February 23, 2023 | 11:00 EST

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Mahokenshi's Misaki Brings The Fire

Recently, we here at TechRaptor managed to get an early look at Mahokenshi, a deckbuilding strategy game set in a world inspired by Japanese myth. You play as four heroes empowered by the divine…

November 30, 2022 | 03:11 EST

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Taking a Deep Dive into the Origins of Ocean Drive Studio

If you're a strategy RPG fan, chances are you twiddle your thumbs and wait for the next Fire Emblem to release. Wanting to scratch that itch I deeply needed, I checked out Lost Eidolons last…

November 22, 2022 | 11:00 EST

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Mahokenshi's Sota Showcases Ninja Tactics

Coming early next year is Mahokenshi, a deckbuilding game set in a fantasy world inspired by Japanese myth. In Mahokenshi, you play as four unique heroes as you navigate a map and complete quests all…

October 31, 2022 | 09:00 EDT

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How to Play Cult of the Lamb Knucklebones in Real Life

Cult of the Lamb released last week and has become a popular game across social media. In it you take up the lead to run a cult as the last Sacrificial Lamb. You get to name a cult, defeat demonic…

August 30, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Dune: Spice Wars Is the Pinnacle of the Dune RTS Legacy

It's been over 50 years since Dune was published, but its universe has hit a new peak. With the 2021 film taking home six Oscars and the latest game Dune: Spice Wars having been released in early…

May 17, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Behind the Early Advance Wars Copy: An Interview With Rachael Adamson

Celebrity can come fast, especially when it is through random chance. That is the case for Rachael Adamson, a young woman living in the United Kingdom who found herself an instant celebrity because…

April 16, 2022 | 02:42 EDT

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The Best Civilization VI Mods

Civilization VI has a lot of great mods that have emerged over the years, designed for players to be able to expand and change up the game. Perhaps not up to the level seen in Civ IV (there is no…

July 16, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Going Medieval's Save System is One of the Best I've Ever Seen

Video games have had the ability to save your progress for decades with various systems. There are all sorts of ways to save a player's data, but Going Medieval's save system might be the best…

June 9, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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What is The Elder Scrolls: Legends? A Look at Bethesda's E3 Oddity

When someone mentions The Elder Scrolls series, what do you think of? Most people would probably say that it's an open world high fantasy RPG where you can wander around ye olde towns and castles,…

October 27, 2019 | 04:06 EDT

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Off The Shelf / On The Tabletop - BattleTech

This week, the On The Tabletop team take a look at Catalyst Game Labs' (CGL) new BattleTech Starter Sets. BattleTech as a franchise is huge. There is a whole host of tabletop and video games to meet…

July 23, 2019 | 01:00 EDT

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10 Best Mount and Blade Warband Mods To Check Out While Waiting For Bannerlord

Since the wait for Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord seems to be taking until the heat death of the universe, it is up to us to find our own Mount and Blade fixes. But, what about when the base game is…

July 8, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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What's New In Total War: Three Kingdoms?

The Total War series has been going strong since the year 2000, and since then has accrued at least 13 titles in the main series alone. In a few days, the upcoming entry in the series, Total War:…

May 20, 2019 | 05:10 EDT

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X-COM 25th Anniversary - Franchise List

2019 marks the 25th anniversary of X-COM—25 years of tactically slaying aliens and stealing their tech. The beloved strategy series has had major highs and deflating lows. It's seen a lot of…

March 25, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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6 Wargroove Maps You Need to Check Out

Wargroove's creative options are extremely robust. This strategy title by Chucklefish includes a map maker, a cutscene maker, and a campaign maker. That means that once you're done making maps, you…

February 17, 2019 | 01:00 EST

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How Chucklefish Designed Wargroove's Factions

In Wargroove, four different factions become embroiled in a conflict that could threaten their world as they know it. These factions are at the heart of Wargroove. While most of their differences are…

January 31, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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From Inspiration to Innovation: Chucklefish on Creating Wargroove

Wargroove takes inspiration from the gameplay and aesthetic of legendary strategy games like Advance Wars. This studio went about designing it by taking what worked from the previous Advance Wars…

January 29, 2019 | 02:00 EST

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How 11 Bit Studios Created Society Survival Simulator Frostpunk

When a game releases, we only see the latest version of it coming out. Sometimes, we’ll see that evolve through patches that can radically change a game over the years—compare World of Warcraft 2017…

April 23, 2018 | 09:00 EDT

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Frostpunk and Gameplay as the Language of Games

Storytelling is something that appears to be intrinsic to the human race. No one is sure when we first told stories, though at this point it’s believed to be somewhere past 10 000 BC using a series…

April 22, 2018 | 02:00 EDT

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An Introduction to BattleTech

On the April 24, 2018, Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive will release BattleTech on Windows, Linux, and OS X. What some of you may not know is that the BattleTech series has a 34-year…

April 22, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Witcher Adventure Board Game - Digital Version Review

Today we are looking at the digital version of the Witcher Adventure Board game by CD Projekt Red and Can Explode. The Witcher Adventure Game is a board game for 1-4 players with local hot-seat mode…

January 4, 2015 | 09:00 EST

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Gen Con 2014: Surviving The Witcher Adventure Game

Once in a long while, we get introduced to something special. A board game so magnificent, so daring, so eloquent in execution that we can only fall to our knees and weep at the beauty laid before us…

August 20, 2014 | 03:30 EDT