A Better Look – the man in the iron mask

The following post is in response to a writing challenge from Matthew of Normal Happenings.  The challenge was "What is a work of art...that you liked when you were younger, but enjoy even more now in the light of additional knowledge and experience?". I grew up with Ned Kelly.  He was hanging in the lounge …

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – neither cold nor hot

(The following review is also posted on The Well Red Mage) Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics reminded me of some truly great games – the elegant rebooted XCom, the engaging storytelling of Shadowrun: Dragonfall and the intricate design of 2018’s Battletech.  With each turn, I thought of those games more and more, until with one fateful turn …