In July 2018 German newspaper ZEIT published an article listing 40 Alternative Travel Destinations. Topic of the issue was over-tourism and how many very popular places are being overrun by hordes of tourists. On the other hand there’s still hidden gems all over the world which very well can compete with these iconic places. Problem…
Conquest of the New World – Iroquois Strategy (Deity) The League of Extraordinary Hoyanehs of course is again a clever mix of pop-cultural and historical references. Hinting at The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and referencing the Hoyaneh, chieftains of Iroquois tribes. Hoyaneh are “Caretakers of the Peace” in Iroquois culture and are appointed (!) by…
Conquest of the New World – Aztecs Strategy (Deity) Researching for this post I realized how linear Mexican history is and how well the “Aztecs” preserved much of their heritage. Huitzilopochtli’s Arrow is a nice reference to that fact: Huitzilopochtli was the national god of the Mexicas. The Mexicas were the Nahuatl tribe in the…
We’ve had the problem of having shitloads of newspapers piling up on our kitchen table. The underlying problem was that within those piles nobody could tell: What have I read and what do I still want to read. We were desperate for some way to organize our reading setup. What better reason to DIY (or…
Conquest of the New World – Inca Strategy The Inca Empire existed for not much more than a century. Yet over this period of time the Incan rulers managed to create one of the biggest empires in human history. The two best known leaders, Pachacuti (for whom Machu Picchu was built most likely) and Huayna Capac…
Just after Ixalan got released we played yet another Magic The Gathering Draft Tournament — and I won! Having really great synergies, I won 7/8 matches. Most importantly the one against David McNeill, since he also won almost all of his matches. Here’s our Ixalan Magic Draft’s ranking: 9 people, 8 matches per player, 3…
Conquest of the New World – Spain Strategy (Deity) Initially I thought Siglo de Oro was a “Seal of Gold”. I was wrong: It translates to “Golden Age”, “Golden Century”. A Golden Age it was indeed: The Spanish colonization of the Americas was by far the most extensive and impressive and given its head start…
Conquest of the New World – Shoshone Strategy (Deity) Playing the Conquest of the New World Scenario as one of the Native American civilizations on Deity difficulty is the hardest things I’ve tried in this game since going for the Praise the Victories Steam Achievement in the Scramble for Africa. All the stars need to…
How to win Conquest of the New World playing a Native American civilization First of all: The Native American strategies in this guide apply to playing on Deity difficulty. This means you’ll have a much easier time winning this scenario on lower levels of difficulty. I didn’t play on any difficulty other than Deity, so…
Normally I play Civilization V Scenarios and almost only that. Recently though I can’t make screenshots of the games anymore, which makes “playing these scenarios” and “preparing for blog posts” utterly difficult. Luckily Steam offers a wide range of solutions. Namely other games. So I distracted myself with SpaceChem, a nice chemistry puzzle game. NO…