It originally sounded like a good joke: why not mix a Euro steampunk Euro strategy game with the world of My Little Pony? But then someone turned it into a print and play game. And later this August, you'll be able to buy a physical copy of My Little Scythe, where you can stock up on pie, get into pie fights and increase your friendship.
One look at the mech models from the board game Scythe and it's hard not to think "I'd love a strategy video game based on these beautiful bastards". Well, this exact wish was granted late last year when developer King Art Games announced Iron Harvest. Now, not only do we have a couple of new screenshots, but a healthy chunk of gameplay in video form.
Scythe is one of my favourite board games of the last few years, and having missed its first expansion I was super excited to drop back into the game to test out its second, the airship-based Wind Gambit.
Already a good use of a couple of hours, the very excellent Scythe is coming to mobiles and PC.
If you haven't played it already, Scythe is an extremely good board game that blends strategy with massive mechs and the 1920's. And now there's a game set in the same universe.
Polish aritst Jakub Rozalski is known for his series of illustrations where he depicts an alternate 1920s, where the peasants of Europe are towered over by giant mechs. They helped inspire one of the year's best board games, and are now getting not one, but two video games to go along with them.
Modern board games can cost a lot, and the Scythe is no exception. It cost me $170 a few weeks back to take the crowdfunded strategy game home, and since then it's been worth every single dollar.
It's not every day you get to rampage through the 1920s countryside in control of a fleet of giant mechs.
Normally, a concept artist's job is to work on a game that already exists. In this case, a concept artist's personal work has proven so popular that it's inspired its own video game.
