I will check those out, dunno if it's exactly my style though
I will check those out, dunno if it's exactly my style though
You can first sample the Newgrounds versions of Kingdom and Rebuild 1/2 for free before you decide to spend money on them.
You already know some of the old FF books of Stave Jackson and Ian Livingstone IIRC, so with Sorcery! you should have a rough idea what you get into.
You can first sample the Newgrounds versions of Kingdom and Rebuild 1/2 for free before you decide to spend money on them.
You already know some of the old FF books of Stave Jackson and Ian Livingstone IIRC, so with Sorcery! you should have a rough idea what you get into.
My recommendations:
Kingdom: Classic - -70% (4,49€)
1-Button sidescroller strategy, where at daylight you build up your kingdom by (literally) throwing money at problems, and at night huddle behind the barricades to await the nightly onslaught of the Greedlings from the dark woods beyond the wall. I got it because I liked the original version at Newgrounds, and the upgraded Steam version has been a great boon for graphics, sound, gameplay and depth.
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadville - -40% (7,19€ / 12,59€)
Zombie-Apocalypse-4XS.
If you loved the original two Rebuild flash games, you are bound to like the 3rd installment on Steam too.
As a purist who prefers the simple Rebuild 1 I find the micromanagement and details a bit much mechanically, but such additions as other human factions you can interact diplomatically with or actual plot-lines unrelated to the winning conditions are very welcome.
Steve Jackson's Sorcery! Complete - 40-60% (14,97€)
The legendary Fighting Fantasy CYOA 4-part campaign, in a package that leaves enough intact to keep it recognizable and shakes up enough to make it fresh if you know the original books from the 80s, at a price that during the Steam sale is actually cheaper than the original books. If you know the old books, you know what you get into and buy it blindly. If you don't know them, you are in for a treat that feels very much like playing a pen&paper mini-campaign under a well-prepared GM.
The major weakness is that it was obviously built for mobile first with PC as an afterthought, and the production value (as with the free music cobbled together from online sources) is sometimes low, but as a grognard that didn't bother me compared to the superb writing, story and the world-building.