Unity of Command

You'll ocassionally find someone on the internet sounding off about how the strategy genre is dead. If you see such a person in the future, send them this list of the best strategy games ever made.

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, AI War: Fleet Command, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, BattleTech, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Crusader Kings II, Darkest Dungeon, Dawn of Man, Defcon, Distant Worlds: Universe, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest, Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis, Endless Legend, Endless Space 2, Europa Universalis IV: Art of War, Frozen Synapse, Hearts of Iron IV, Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising, Imperator: Rome, Into the Breach, Invisible Inc, King of Dragon Pass, Master of Magic, Men Of War, Neptune's Pride, Northgard, Offworld Trading Company, Panzer Corps, Sacrifice, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Sid Meier's Colonization, StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty, Stellaris, supreme commander 2, Surviving Mars, Surviving Mars: Green Planet, The Banner Saga, The Settlers, Total Annihilation, Total War: Shogun 2, Total War: Warhammer, Total War: Warhammer II, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Unity of Command, Warcraft III, Warhammer 40000: Mechanicus, XCOM 2.

Game Swap is a new series in which one person recommends another a game they might like. This week, Graham suggests Pip play turn-based wargame Unity of Command [official site]. Graham: Pretty much everyone who has ever written about Unity of Command, myself included, has described it as a gateway into the normally inaccessible historical strategy genre. That's because it has simple, clean artwork and…

Tagged with 2x2 Games, feature, game swap, Unity of Command.

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Proving that sometimes the simplest games are the most effect, Unity of Command distilled the wargamer's love of hexes and history to create and Eastern front game that is all about the cold number of war. Strange, then, that it should be one…

Tagged with Have You Played, Unity of Command.

Knickers. I've just drawn Reader #3232 in the RPS Secret Santa draw. This year I'm buying for a chap who scribbles scores on his two-year-old son's art, described Papers, Please as “adequate”, and last smiled in 1998*. Perhaps something in his reader file will trigger a gift idea. Hmm. It appears he “tolerates wasps” and has a “grudging respect for the work of 19th Century…

Tagged with Just Trains, RailWorks, Standard 4MT, The Flare Path, Train Simulator, Unity of Command: Black Turn, Unity of Command.

We spent the morning prodding it with anti-tank rifle rounds and DP bursts, and the afternoon nudging it with mortar bombs and rifle grenades. Nothing worked. The sun was disappearing into a hole in the museum roof when Persikov turned up with the captured flamethrower. “The trouble with you city boys is you don't know no zoology! Give me covering fire and I'll show you…

Tagged with Battle of Stalingrad, IL-2, Red Turn, Rise of Flight, The Flare Path, Unity of Command.

The Flare Path turns one this week. Here in the UK that means it can legally get its navel pierced, buy wine gums, point at clouds, and read Knut Hamsun on public transport. To commemorate the occasion there'll be no game newscasts or inscrutable intros today. The entire column will be given over to quizzes. Dozing adorably beyond the jump are five bushy-tailed Foxers, each…

Tagged with Combat Mission, RailWorks, Simulation, The Flare Path, wargame, Command Ops, OMSI, Unity of Command.

RPS likes to give the impression that it's one big happy family, but believe me, behind the scenes you can't move without tripping over a feud, a grudge, or a hefty hunk of personal enmity. Just this morning I pulled into the office car park and found the 'the team' bickering like battlefield vultures. It seems Mr. Grayson had parked his Ferdinand in the spot…

Tagged with 2x2Games, interview, KitSim, Road to Berlin, The Flare Path, Unity of Command.

I'm a shit Nazi, me.

Tagged with feature, review, wot i think, Unity of Command.

The Flare Path has a bust of Napoleon on his mantelpiece, and a bust of Wellington on his piano. Sometimes, when he comes into the room unexpectedly, he finds these busts side-by-side on the sofa puffing on clay pipes, or stretched-out on the carpet poring over old maps. Last night he came downstairs in the small hours and discovered the pair riding around the room…

Tagged with 2x2, AGEOD, feature, Napoleon's Campaigns 2, Paradox, Simulation, The Flare Path, Vehicle Simulator, wargame, Unity of Command.

Most years I celebrate Trafalgar Day by getting tanked-up on Nelson's blood then nipping down to Warsash and chucking lit matches through Ian Brennan's workshop window. This year I thought I'd try something different. I thought I'd stay in and relay news of The Hunter, Unity of Command, rFactor 2, Automation and Kart Racing Pro, with the aid of my trusty Mackenzie Mk. IV electro-semaphore machine.

Tagged with Automation, demo, Kart Racing Pro, rFactor 2, Rigs-of-Rods, Simulation, The Flare Path, The Hunter, wargame, Unity of Command.

In the game development playground, wargame and sim devs are easy to spot. They're the ones sitting on their own in quiet corners with noses in history books. They're the ones transfixed by warring ant colonies, feathery vapour trails, and distant trains. This conspicuousness and level of distraction makes them soft targets for playground predators. This week's Flare Path commences with a tale of despicable bullying.

Tagged with Battle Academy, Battlefield Academy, Bus & Cable Car Simulator San Francisco, Electronic Arts, free games, Simulation, The Flare Path, wargame, Unity of Command.