Field of Glory: Kingdoms

[omzh]

Slytherine announced this today, curious if there are any fans of the FoG grand strategy games? I never played Empires myself, but I know there are some fans.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985050/Field_of_Glory_Kingdoms/

[ESonix]

Thanks for the heads up, definitely going on my wishlist. FoG Empires was a fantastic game, a few "indie" rough edges here and there, but for the most part quite good.

[pavig]

Yup, empires was an interesting take on grand strategy. Lots of unusual takes on traditional grand strategy systems, and elegantly simplified some of the stuff which usually gets too spreadsheety in such games. Looking forward to seeing how they refine it second time around.

[ESonix]

Originally posted by pavig:

Yup, empires was an interesting take on grand strategy. Lots of unusual takes on traditional grand strategy systems, and elegantly simplified some of the stuff which usually gets too spreadsheety in such games. Looking forward to seeing how they refine it second time around.

Your description is spot on. The elegant simplification of the spreadsheety stuff is one of the reasons I like it so much.

[pavig]

Yeah it's like they figured out where pc style simulation would get too abstract/opaque, and built easy to read boardgame type mechanics to replace them.

[Martok]

I'm definitely pumped for this. I liked FoG:E, even if never spent as much time with it as I'd have liked. I've long hoped AGEOD would make a similar game in the medieval period, and with additional refinements & improvements. Looks like my wish is coming true!

[BATTLEMODE]

Empires was one of the most innovative Grand Strategy games I'd played when it was released. It's still a superb game, let's hope Kingdoms is as good!

[ashbery76]

I have Empires.I really need to sit down and play it.

[Martok]

^ I should sit down and play more of it...

[Vuyek]

So I only recently got down and REALLY played FOGE.

EVERY thing done in this game is innovative, nothing is done as in any other grand strategy game.

[BATTLEMODE]

I really need to play Empires again... it's one of those games I had so much fun with that got swept away by other stuff way quicker than I'd have liked.

[Vuyek]

Field of Glory Empires...

Underrated lil classic. Everything is thought thru and streamlined for faster playing, but
many decisions need to be taken each turn by the player. Meaningful decisions.

I am getting sicker and sicker of "pay $20 to be able to press a button, sometimes" Paradox.

[Igigi]

Nice! Looking forward to this one. Pocus know what he's doing.

[ashbery76]

I picked this up for £13 with the 50% Xmas Matrix voucher on their site.Not bad.

[Martok]

Nice! I grabbed Kingdoms with my anniversary coupon a couple months ago, but have not gotten around to diving into it yet. It's high up on my list, though.