#hexarchy

[tainbocuailnge]

How does Cu compare to top mages like Solomon, Merlin and Medea? Do you think he could be counted among the "greatest mages in human history?"

nah he doesn’t come even close cause cu isn’t a mage, he’s a magic user. it may seem like just semantics but semantics are everything in nasuverse. he uses magecraft the way a warrior would and not the way a mage would. he also only knows one style of magecraft, he just gets real creative with it.

i think cascu’s ochd deug odin is magecraft on par with some of the shit real magi from the age of gods can perform but that doesn’t mean he’s a mage on a similar level because he’s not a mage he’s a druid, but actually he’s a warrior playing at being a druid. the fundamentals are completely different

[figurineoftheday-blog]

Hey there, got any Hellsing figures?

Queued!

(｀∀´)ゝ”

[tainbocuailnge]

Fucked up how Hollow Ataraxia isn't more popular when Fragarach vs. Gae Bolg is the single coolest scene in the entire franchise

strong contender for most heartbreaking scene too 

[nerdybookahs]

Humble Choice (November 2024): Hexarchy

Hexarchy is part of November’s Humble Choice. “A fast-paced strategy game, which takes the weighty decisions of a 4X and stuffs them into an action-packed 60 minutes. Build a deck capable of founding civilizations which can develop economies, research new technologies and conquer all before you. Single-player and online multiplayer.” Hexarchy usually costs 19.50 €. IsThereAnyDeal lists the…

Humble Choice (November 2024): Hexarchy

[laurarolla]

Last of the smaller games I queued up during the last poll, and this one is pretty nice. Hexarchy is a great combination of 4X Civ-builder strategy games alongside being a deckbuilder card game. It's pretty awesome and might be a new personal go-to game for when I just want to play something reliable without worrying about time or progression or anything like that. Not bad for a game I got with Humble Choice this month alongside multiple other great games. I do actually hope that being bundled with Persona 4 Golden and Warhammer 40k Darktide will lead to more people with Choice checking this out.

[cadyrocks]

Rome has a unique card that lets it build a building for 1 gold. This card is a little bit silly in how it enables some early game shenanigans. If you rush through the tech tree with Writing (ideally your turn 1 looks something like Writing -> Library), Fishing, Astronomy, Mathematics, Education, and finally pick up the social policy of Secularism, there's the University. building that costs 8 production and gives you a whopping 3 science, 3 happiness, and 6 culture.

I was able to build the University within the first 5 turns of the game. For one gold and one production.

This is, to put it mildly, completely broken. Essentially every tech for the rest of the game was free, and I had such an overload of science by the end of the game that I ended turns with hundreds of gold. The only limiting factor was production, but with so much gold, you can just draw cards and burn cards to build whatever you want. Infrastructure gets better the further down the tech tree you get, because paying 1 production and 1 gold for a Granary is all well and good, but paying 1 production and 1 gold for

I ended up winning in dominant fashion on turn 16, having gone from 81 points to 127 points in one turn. That said, I have to give massive props to the Egypt player who managed to stack 30+ strength on a single horse archer, that thing was terrifying.

This game is fun! :D

[nerdybookahs]

Too much to play...

I have a difficult time deciding what to play in the evenings. First of all, there are fall and halloween festivals in MMOs. I am only playing Lord of the Rings Online at the moment with a bit of Guild Wars 2 on the side. But that is still two festivals! Guild Wars 2 is finally offering the Clock Tower jumping puzzle without the time-limit which is really great especially for players like me who…

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[cadyrocks]

So Hexarchy kinda slaps. It's a 4x deckbuilder where you build your deck by unlocking civics and technologies. You start with a very basic set of cards, and can burn cards at will for extra resources, so there's a ton of strategy in figuring out what needs to stay in your deck and what gets cut so you can afford just that one extra production this turn for the Pyramids.

The game's timeline runs from early agrarian to early medieval, with the tech tree capping out with Gunpowder. I'm so used to 4x games that take all weekend, and the model where a game should last roughly an hour is such a breath of fresh air. I can play against other people and also go outside in the same day! The deckbuilding element reminds me distinctly of 7 Wonders and Slay The Spire in all the best ways.

I have opinions on the balance after playing 3 games, but those opinions may or may not be worth a damn (buff Jaguar Warrior, nerf Cossacks!), given I've only played 3ish games. Certain mechanics are not super well-tutorialized (Combat probably being the worst offender), but after a few games you tend to get the hang of it. I am glad for the loading screen tip that recommends burning cards early and often; it's definitely a good strategy. That useless warrior just paid for a technology and half the production for a library (also absurdly powerful in the early game). If I had to single out my biggest gripe, it's that you can't see the scores of other player, instead only seeing their rankings relative to each other. I get the design decision (makes ragequitting a lot less likely if you can't tell if you're down by 5 or down by 30) but it doesn't make losing by one victory point any less heartbreaking.

Overall, this game is a lot of fun. Definitely gonna play more of it. It scratches some very nice itches for me, and it's nice to play a 4x that doesn't require a team of Sherpas and a week's supplies to get through. It's not a huge game, but there's a ton of replayability despite that, and it's a format almost built for expansion. Pun very much intended. 😁