City-builder/Simulation Game… Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): More demos 12 Oct 2021 After my last post about Gremlins Inc. - Card Game, I tried out a few more demos: Tavern Master, Inscryption, Who's Lila? and House Flipper City. Tavern Master This is…
Games in Development Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): Gremlins Inc. – Card Game 3 Oct 2021 Limited play time means that I need to be much pickier about which games I'm going to give a try during this week's Steam Next Festival. It started on October…
Game Design… A look at Project Gorgon (Jan 2021) 31 Jan 202131 Jan 2021 The comment by bhagpuss in my recent post about railroading in MMOs made me want to play a sandbox MMO again: "I do find it ironic that Classic WoW is…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Parkasaurus Early Access: Where is the game now? 15 Aug 2019 Parakasure went into early access on Steam in September 2018 (I wrote about my first impressions soon after). Thankfully, the game's developers are still here and they are active and…
City-builder/Simulation Game… Screenshot Saturday: Dinosaurs! 6 Apr 2019 I am still playing Tropico 6 while trying to figure out which class to play in Grim Dawn, but my Parkasaurus game had an update yesterday and I had to…
City-builder/Simulation Game… First impressions: Foundation 9 Feb 201916 Apr 2020 I admit, I didn't even know Foundation existed until I bought it. It was bookahnerk who told me about it, showed it to me and suggested that I'd take a…
Games… New game: Foundation 2 Feb 2019 I just couldn't resist... another city-builder, Foundation, has joined my Steam library. Somehow, there is always space for one more of that genre.
First Impression Review… First Impressions: Parkasaurus (Early Access!) 25 Sep 2018 Parkasaurus is a tycoon game where you get to build a dinosaur park. The game comes with cute comic graphics, but it has the depth that one would expect from…
Games… Folk Tale: Where is it now? (March 2017) 25 Mar 201716 Jul 2020 Update (2020): This game can no longer be purchased. The developer is still MIA and this game has been abandoned since 2017. Update (June 27, 2017): The developer seems to…
First Impression Review… Quick First Impressions Review: Northgard 22 Feb 201715 Apr 2017 I've promised to write down my impressions of Northgard on Twitter. The game released tonight, exactly two hours ago and since it is an early access game, you will not…
Bookahneer's Geekwatch… Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (April 2016) 17 Apr 201617 Apr 2016 Fragmented, the "little brother" of The Repopulation will officially arrive in Steam Early Access soon, on April 26. If you already own The Repopulation, you will get Fragmented for free…
First Impression Review… Sunken – First Impressions Review 31 Jan 201623 Aug 2019 In general, I really despise permadeath in games and stay away from games where I am forced to play with this feature. With my playtime being limited due to my…
First Impression Review… First Impressions Review: Gremlins Inc. 6 Jan 201623 Aug 2019 (Update: They have added the "save last session" feature with their update on January 22, 2016) Steam's Winter Sale just finished and throughout it, you could gain Steam trading cards…
First Impression Review… Valhalla Hills: First impressions 12 Sep 201523 Aug 2019 I've previously written about Valhalla Hills and my impressions from the outside, but now you can get an impression piece from me from the inside! I was the lucky winner…
Blogging Months… Valhalla Hills: Impressions from the outside (Blaugust Day 30) 28 Aug 201526 Sep 2015 Just a quick warning: I will start with Valhalla Hills and detour to Cultures in the end. :p But there is a very good reason for this: The developers of…
Blogging Months… Backing games – Blaugust Day 27 25 Aug 201523 Aug 2015 In general, I am quite cautious when it comes to backing games before they are released. Or so I thought. When preparing to write this post, I collected the games…
Blogging Months… The Repopulation – Quick first impression (Blaugust Day 24) 21 Aug 201523 Aug 2019 The Repopulation is currently on sale (until September 4) and you may be wondering whether it's worth those 14.99 € (or whatever it is for you). I bought Early Access…
Game Design… Folk Tale – Is it worth it now? 6 May 20153 Aug 2019 This week (until May 8), Folk Tale is on sale for 13,79 € on Steam and you may wonder: Is it worth that much money? For me, games that interest…
Games… Folk Tale Location Editor – The good and the bad 25 Feb 20143 Aug 2019 As I mentioned yesterday, Games Foundry added the Location Editor Preview in December and I dipped my toes into this feature. It took me a bit to get into the…
Games… Folk Tale: What has changed in the meantime? 24 Feb 20143 Aug 2019 It's been 8 months since I wrote about my first impression of Folk Tale. The game is still an Early Access game on Steam and it's still in alpha state.…
