The Official RPG Reload Club Thread

I'll keep writing Reloads as long as you guys will put up with me. Just make sure to spread the word with people you think would enjoy the columns so we can keep TA's pet pteranodon fed and happy. A happy pteranodon is 43% less likely to eat freelancers.

Is there a Fabled Lands 1 on iOS? I only see the second one. Either way, I'll add it to The List. As for Bard's Tale 2, I remember loving it. We'll see if I still feel that way in a year or so when I replay it. And thanks for that bundle heads-up! Amazingly good value there.

 

To be honest, at least for the next several months, it's unlikely that my picks are going to include any 4X games. I think they have enough RPG elements that if you guys vote for one, I'll write about it, but they don't really fall into what I personally think of when I think 'RPG'.

Vote counted, though! And thanks for the support!

 

I consider 4X games to be pretty squarely in the pure strategy game end of things. I guess, and these are just personal definitions of course, the spectrum would have pure RPGs like Ultima and Final Fantasy, pure strategy like Civilization and Simcity, and hybrids sitting in between like Final Fantasy Tactics. The gray zones are huge here, but I feel like 4X games like Ascendancy are sitting very close to the Civ/Simcity end of that spectrum, so they're not immediately springing to mind when I'm personally seeking out stuff for an RPG column.

 

I would love love LOVE them to bring more Gurk games to iOS. That game really caught me by surprise. As for Undercroft, it's on the list, so even if you guys don't vote for it, yadda yadda...

Please choose one for your vote, though! Can't have people electing two games !

 

Oh, pretty much anything. I know so far it's been two turn-based JRPGs and two turn-based WRPGs, but looking at the September schedule, we've got one turn-based game, one roguelike, and one action RPG. I have at least one strategy RPG on the schedule for the next few months, along with a few other hybrids. I'm trying to do one "big" Japanese game, one "big" western game, and one less well-known title each month as my balance.

 

If someone would release them on the App Store, I would, in a heartbeat. Like, clear all the stuff off my desk and do it right away. Alas, I'm not hopeful about those. Seems like a lot of licensing gunk to sort through.

 

I think that ended up being Lords of Waterdeep. By the looks of things, Ubisoft owns the the rights to the Gold Box games, but they'd have to get a D&D license from WotC. Not impossible, I suppose, just very unlikely.

 

Haha, well, that's our Baldur's Gate problem sorted, then. Don't think we can hope for the same from Spiderweb's stuff, but still, pretty awesome to have iPhone support for BG. Feel free to vote for it now if you want.