The Best Strategy/Tactics RPGs of 2024

Tactics RPGs have been a favorite of mine since Final Fantasy Tactics. These are the best strategy/tactics RPGs I played in 2024.

January 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1076 words · Tipa

Malifaux-ing in Massachusetts

To celebrate Halloween, Kasul and I traveled to Webways in Marlborough, Massachusetts for a Carver Day tournament. Carver Day?

November 4, 2024 · 8 min · 1600 words · Tipa

Those Who Rule: new demo!

Those crazy kids and their ruling! Story driven tactical RPG that punches well above its weight, you wouldn’t know this was the work of a single developer.

October 1, 2024 · 3 min · 456 words · Tipa

Malifaux: The Scrappy Underdog

It was my final league game ahead of the tournament. I’ve learned a few lessons that may help me the day of.

September 25, 2024 · 3 min · 534 words · Tipa

Malifaux: League champion?

Building on Saturday’s Malifaux tournament, yesterday was the start of the 2024 Fall Malifaux league and I came the closest yet to actually winning a match.

August 20, 2024 · 3 min · 504 words · Tipa

Retro World Find: Othello World

This Othello game for the Super Famicom is funny and surprisingly challenging.

September 4, 2023 · 5 min · 1019 words · Tipa

Dive into the world of Tactics Ogre with this remake of a classic

The original Tactics Ogre returns, updated and improved for a new generation. Any fan of tactical strategy games like Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics should really take a look at the game that inspired them all.

November 21, 2022 · 7 min · 1405 words · Tipa

Three Frow: A deep, tactical basketball RPG

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 3rd: “Three Frow”. In this tactical strategy sports game, you must recruit and play the best basketball players from around the world in order to win the NBA championship. Cheering crowds will be your constant companion on your rise to the top. These aren’t your ordinary crowds, though — if you make a bad play, expect the fans to boo you mercilessly, or even throw things at you. Make a great play or a stunning assist, though, and the fans may just carry you off the court on their shoulders. ...

August 3, 2022 · 4 min · 852 words · Tipa