Caesar II (1995): Impressions Games’ Ambitious Middle Chapter
Squeezed between the original Caesar and the far more celebrated Caesar III, the 1995 sequel tends to get skipped over […]
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Caesar (1992): Where Impressions Games’ City Builders Began
Before Caesar III, There Was This Impressions Games released Caesar in 1992, casting you as a Roman governor tasked with
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The Settlers (1993): Blue Byte’s Peaceful Alternative to Conquest
An Economy Game Wearing a Strategy Game’s Clothes German developer Blue Byte released The Settlers in 1993, and its core
Syndicate Wars (1996): Bullfrog’s Destructible Cyberpunk City
Corporate War, Now With Two Sides Bullfrog Productions followed up 1993’s Syndicate with Syndicate Wars in 1996, widening the scope
X-COM: Apocalypse (1997): The Series’ Most Divisive Chapter
Narrowing the Scope to a Single City MicroProse released X-COM: Apocalypse in 1997 as the third installment in the original
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games (1996): A Standalone Expansion Done Right
More Than a Typical Expansion Pack Sir-Tech released Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games in 1996 as a standalone expansion to the
Steel Panthers (1995): Still the Gold Standard for WWII Tactics
Gary Grigsby and Keith Brors Build a Granular Wargame Steel Panthers, designed by Gary Grigsby and Keith Brors and released
Fantasy General (1996): Panzer General Trades Tanks for Dragons
Panzer General’s Formula, Reimagined SSI built Fantasy General in 1996 on the hex-based combat engine that powered its popular Panzer
Warlords II (1993): SSG’s Turn-Based Fantasy Sweet Spot
Refining a Surprise Hit The original Warlords was a surprise commercial success for the small Australian studio Strategic Studies Group,
Pool of Radiance (1988): The Game That Proved D&D Could Work on a Computer
The Game That Started the Gold Box Line Pool of Radiance, released by SSI in 1988, was the first video
Champions of Krynn (1990): Gold Box Goes to Dragonlance
Bringing Gold Box to a New World By 1990, SSI’s Gold Box engine had already proven itself in the Forgotten
Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse (1994): D&D Goes to Zakhara
A Different Corner of the D&D Map Published by Capstone and SSI in 1994, Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse set itself