#hexarchy

nah he doesn’t come even close cause cu isn’t a mage, he’s a magic user. it may seem like just semantics but semantics are everything in nasuverse. he uses magecraft the way a warrior would and not the way a mage would. he also only knows one style of magecraft, he just gets real creative with it.

Queued!

strong contender for most heartbreaking scene too 

Hexarchy is part of November’s Humble Choice. “A fast-paced strategy game, which takes the weighty decisions of a 4X and stuffs them into an action-packed 60 minutes. Build a deck capable of founding civilizations which can develop economies, research new technologies and conquer all before you. Single-player and online multiplayer.” Hexarchy usually costs 19.50 €. IsThereAnyDeal lists the…

I was able to build the University within the first 5 turns of the game. For one gold and one production.

This is, to put it mildly, completely broken. Essentially every tech for the rest of the game was free, and I had such an overload of science by the end of the game that I ended turns with hundreds of gold. The only limiting factor was production, but with so much gold, you can just draw cards and burn cards to build whatever you want. Infrastructure gets better the further down the tech tree you get, because paying 1 production and 1 gold for a Granary is all well and good, but paying 1 production and 1 gold for

I ended up winning in dominant fashion on turn 16, having gone from 81 points to 127 points in one turn. That said, I have to give massive props to the Egypt player who managed to stack 30+ strength on a single horse archer, that thing was terrifying.

I have a difficult time deciding what to play in the evenings. First of all, there are fall and halloween festivals in MMOs. I am only playing Lord of the Rings Online at the moment with a bit of Guild Wars 2 on the side. But that is still two festivals! Guild Wars 2 is finally offering the Clock Tower jumping puzzle without the time-limit which is really great especially for players like me who…

The game's timeline runs from early agrarian to early medieval, with the tech tree capping out with Gunpowder. I'm so used to 4x games that take all weekend, and the model where a game should last roughly an hour is such a breath of fresh air. I can play against other people and also go outside in the same day! The deckbuilding element reminds me distinctly of 7 Wonders and Slay The Spire in all the best ways.

I have opinions on the balance after playing 3 games, but those opinions may or may not be worth a damn (buff Jaguar Warrior, nerf Cossacks!), given I've only played 3ish games. Certain mechanics are not super well-tutorialized (Combat probably being the worst offender), but after a few games you tend to get the hang of it. I am glad for the loading screen tip that recommends burning cards early and often; it's definitely a good strategy. That useless warrior just paid for a technology and half the production for a library (also absurdly powerful in the early game). If I had to single out my biggest gripe, it's that you can't see the scores of other player, instead only seeing their rankings relative to each other. I get the design decision (makes ragequitting a lot less likely if you can't tell if you're down by 5 or down by 30) but it doesn't make losing by one victory point any less heartbreaking.