A sublime combination of fantasy board game and card game, Australian developer League of Geek’s Armello has been one of my go-to competitive strategy joints since it first hit the scene back in 2015. Now it’s on the Nintendo Switch, and while my love remains strong, my eyes can’t quite handle the tiny text of handheld mode.
Even though Humble Bundle is no longer the independent little outfit we grew up with, they're still offering bundles that donate to charity every other fortnight. And their latest bundle is worthy of some attention, because it's all Australian.
Melbourne digital and visual effects college CG Spectrum has just announced its 2017 scholarship entries, and this year is a cracker if you're a student keen on breaking into game dev or animation: there's $500,000 in placements up for grabs including internships with award-winning Aussie studio League of Geeks.
Armello is an excellent fantasy board/card game that's been on Steam since 2015. With (Fahey-approved) DLC and console versions recently released, developer League of Geeks made a curious announcement: the game's DRM-free, non-Steam PC version won't be receiving DLC.
Fantasy board/card game Armello was one of my favourite games of 2015. While it remains just as fun to play now as it was then, it's adding four new fantasy animals to play as in next week's Usurpers Hero Pack. Watch me play as Sargon, the dirtiest rat ever.
September marks the beginning of the AAA season in most years, and 2015 certainly didn't disappoint with some big finales, much-needed expansions and some odd releases.
Briefly: Fahey is live playing Armello on PC, a fantasy board game set in a magical animal kingdom. Watch it here.
Armello hit early access today. I've been playing it this afternoon and it's pretty good! Gorgeous, as expected, but be warned: as advertised, it's very much a card game, so don't go into it expecting a more video game-like RPG experience.
For fantasy buffs of a certain age, there's a series of books dearer to our hearts than Lord of the Rings or even -- dare I say it -- Harry Potter. I'm talking about Redwall, the kid-friendly epic that reads like Games of Thrones with furry little animals instead of gratuitous raunchy sex. Unlike those other series, however, Redwall has remained impervious to any sort quality adaptation. This has left Redwall lovers (like yours truly) feeling sadly jilted by the as-yet-unfulfilled promises of a true video game adaptation.
Wow. It's been nearly two years since we first saw Armello, an Australian game that I said at the time was like Game of Thrones, only with animals. Two years of development since that impressive debut trailer have led to a game that doesn't just look great, but sounds great too.
