Who will rule hell? No longer Vic Davis and Cryptic Comet, creator of the RPS-beloved turned-based strategy game Solium Infernum. In a post over at his blog, Davis explains that he's leaving computer game development behind in order to take his boardgamey design skills off to the land of actual board games. Why? "I’ve been selling computer games for over 7 years and it’s been…
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Indie development studio Cryptic Comet are, in some ways, the apple of RPS's eye. Seeking a return to the good old days of PC turn-based strategy, they created both Armageddon Empires and Solium Infernum, two of the best indie games of the last few years, and our write-up of a single Solium Infernum game is my favourite feature RPS has ever published.Imagine my thrill, then,…
Vic Davis, he of Armageddon Empires and Solium Infernum fame, has revealed that his latest game, a strategic cowboy cardgame called Six Gun Saga, is now available to folks who want to get in on the whole pre-order for early access sort of deal. We've just got our hands on the game and - as Kieron was quick to point out - it's one of…
When RPS' favourite indie strategy developer announces he's making a new game, our response is somewhat predictable. First, we write about it. Secondly, we hang on Vic Davis' leg mewling like sick children until he gives us an interview, revealing everything that we want to know about the aforementioned game. This is the latter. The game is Six Gun Saga, and on past form and…
Late breaking news is that Cryptic Comet, creators of Armageddon Empires and Solium Infernum, have just announced their new project. It's Six Gun Saga , a primarily single-player game which span off his continuing attempts to make an old-west Rogue-like. "It will remind you of some games like Race For the Galaxy, Dominion and of course Poker," says Vic Davis. The mention of Dominions is…