The Latest Gaming Semi-Craze
Steampunk is a bit of a rage right now. The first issue of our Yaah! Magazine splashed the Steampunk-rooted Rivet Wars on the cover. It’s a simple, fun game that provides deep strategy, even wargaming-type strategy, but eschews all that reality stuff that scares away the buyers that work for Barnes and Noble.But Rivet Wars is only the tip of the iceberg. As this article by Andrew Knighton describes, there are a bunch of Steampunk titles out there. It’s a strong article. Although many of these are worker placement games, they provide lots of atmosphere for Steampunkers. And Warmachine? Well that’s about as close to wargaming as you can get without slapping a Maltese cross on your minis. Here’s the article, give it a read.
Till next time.
Mark H. Walker served 23 years in the United States Navy, most of them as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal diver. He is the owner of Flying Pig Games, the designer of the aliens-invade-Earth game Night of Man, the author of Desert Moon, an exciting mecha, military science fiction novel with a twist, with plenty of damn science fiction in it despite what any reviewer says, as well as World at War: Revelation, a creepy, military action, with a love story, alternate history, World War Three novel thing, Everyone Dies in the End, and numerous short stories. All the books and stories are available from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing right here. Give them a try. I mean, what the hell? The games? Well that's Flying Pig Games.
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