As we wrote in the previous article of this series, it’s been almost ten years since we designed War of the Ring. Now, we finally have the chance to follow a dream we’ve had for a long time: to create a strategy game based on “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien. There is not a lot of military action in that book… but as you know, there …
As we wrote in the previous article, in Galaxy Defenders Operation Strikeback expansion the Agents will fly to the Moon, and they have new tech and new abilities ready to fight on the new battlefield. Yet, the alien invader will not sit idly on old glories: they will muster new aliens – with new abilities – to face the heroes from Earth. Many of the new …
Galaxy Defenders: Operation Strikeback is the first of two new expansions for Galaxy Defenders to be launched with a Kickstarter campaign, starting on May 28th. In Galaxy Defenders – Operation Strikeback, the Agency prepares to counterattack the Alien invaders. With new technologies and new weapons, agents launch a strike against the alien base on the dark side of the Moon with the help of genetically modified …
“The Battle of Five Armies” is the upcoming new game from Ares Games, the first entirely stand-alone new game in the “War of the Ring” line, and created by the same design team – Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello. This is the first article in a series of Designer’s Notes, where the authors tell us about the development of the game. We designed …
An important reminder to Sails of Glory players: the deadline for submitting your scenario to the the first Sails of Glory Scenario Contest is May 10th, next saturday. The authors of the best scenario in each category – Historical and Fictional – will be awarded with a complete series of the second wave Sails of Glory Ship Packs – 12 new ship models! The scenarios must …
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