Tag Archives: Genres

Gaming for the Rest of Us: Making games

Posted on 14 November 2019 by dlhitzeman

One of my long-time passions has been tabletop and role-playing games. I’ve played various games since at least high school, and continue to play to this day. One of the exciting things I’ve been involved with is the development of the Purgatory game and No-Class gaming system by my friends over at Broomstick Fighters (Facebook … Continue reading Making games Continue reading →

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Gaming for the Rest of Us: Games I’ve been playing

Posted on 7 November 2019 by dlhitzeman

My gaming has gone mostly mobile and casual these days. I don’t have the time to invest in sitting for hours playing PC games, and my attention span at the moment doesn’t support PC gaming anyway. That said, I do have a bevy of mobile games I’m playing on my iPad. Of course, the ever-present … Continue reading Games I’ve been playing Continue reading →

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Gaming for the Rest of Us: First Impression- Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

Posted on 9 February 2018 by dlhitzeman

Before I can review the first expansion for Civilization VI, let’s get something out of the way. There have been a lot of complaints about Civ VI, and Civ V before it, and I think they all boil down to two basic problems. First, starting with Civ V, the team at Firaxis tried to incorporate … Continue reading First Impression- Civilization VI: Rise and Fall Continue reading →

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Gaming for the Rest of Us: Field Report: Banished

Posted on 28 April 2017 by dlhitzeman

Banished is a real-time strategy building game in a similar vein to games like the Anno series, The Settlers series, or the Tropico series. I got Banished through Steam via a Humble Bundle. I found the game to be easy to pick up and play without too much of a learning curve for the interface. … Continue reading Field Report: Banished Continue reading →

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