Tag Archives: How-To
Civilization V: The Guide to Mods
Chris Mohon, 23 June 2013
Your Guide to Civ V Modding Madness!
I am a gamer.
Like so many of you, I started gaming at an early age, pushing cardboard pieces around on colorful maps, shooing the family cat away, and rejoicing when the alien technology plucked out of the Roswell UFO crash resulted in a brand spanking new Commodore computer on my desk. Because really, of all the wonders that a computer can bring into your life, what’s better than computer gaming? Ummmm…..well, keeping in mind that this IS a family website, anyway…..
Without a doubt, no game has stolen more hours of my life away than Sid Meier’s Civilization series. I’ve logged in over 500 hours on Civ V alone, and I’ve played every previous version at least as much. Back in the days when a new top-of-the-line computer was obsolete within a year, two at most, occasionally a game came along which drove otherwise rational gamers to upgrade their computers so they could play the darn game. Civilization II-III and Panzer General 2 were responsible for many pitiful explanations (by that I mean begging) to my wife as to exactly why I needed a new graphics card and more memory or the Holy Grail, a new machine!
Clearly, I’m not the only Civ junkie. Every new Civ is an automatic best-seller, but the most telling thing about the game is perhaps the devotion of the fans who create mods, civilizations, maps, units and scenarios for the various Civs. As thrilling as Civ has always been to me, the opportunity to add units and maps of my own preference to Civ is the icing on the cake. Dreadnaughts, air ships, helicopters, nuclear carriers and subs, panzers, giant Mechs, Celtic kings, and Southern Generals, huge maps of the real world and detailed maps of fantasy kingdoms, most of these things have found their way into proper Civ games at one time or another, with many being initially created by fans to be inserted into a very moddable Civ universe.
Origins 2013 – Frontline General Gameplay Video
Brant Guillory, 20 June 2013
Byron Collins, of Collins Epic Wargames, takes a moment out of Origins to show off how the Frontline General game works.
And don’t forget that they’ve got an Eastern Front expansion on Kickstarter, too.
Video: Tools of the Trade
by Christoper Beck, 9 December 2012
The Electronic Eremite helps newcomers to the minis world get ramped up with an overview of the essentials for painting.
Video: Painting Minis – Making a Wet Palette
By Son of Montfort, 14 November 2012
Son of Montfort makes his triumphant video return with a ‘how-to’ on painting miniatures.
