In the original Ace Patrol you’ll fly World War I fighter planes on a hex tiled battlefield. Dozens of maneuvers, nice little effects and some challenging missions make Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol quite a fun game. Although none of the Steam achievements is too hard, altogether you’ll want to make them in the most efficient…
The Samurai Invasion of Korea – Playing China (Deity) China – this ancient nation retained the most important aspects of it’s culture over the span of thousands of years. Unity of the Chinese heartland is a constant given for about one thousand years by now. In 960 the Song dynasty (re-)united China after a short…
The Samurai Invasion of Korea – Playing Manchuria (Deity) Fu Manchu does not have any relation to Far-eastern culture. Unlike other Steam achievements, Emperor Fu Manchu does not do an as good job combining historical facts with pop culture. As a quantum of solace 😉 here’s yet another thrilling chapter of Chinese and Far-eastern history:…
The Samurai Invasion of Korea – Playing Japan (Deity) First of all: I had to laugh really hard figuring out where the name of the achievement Samurai Delicatessen originates from. It’s an old Saturday Night Live sketch, featuring John Belushi as Samurai Futaba. Hilarious!!! For Civilization 5s Samurai Delicatessen you’ll have to beat the Samurai…
The Samurai Invasion of Korea – Playing Korea (Deity) In this scenario you’ll be playing Joseon Korea to get the Fear the Turtle Steam Achievement. Historically those invasions (yes, there were two!) took place between 1592 and 1598. The Japanese invasion army counted 158.000 troops and during the war they mustered 320.000!!! Meanwhile Korea only…
The Samurai Invasion of Korea Steam Achievements The Samurai Invasion of Korea Scenario for Civilization 5 comes with 4 playable civilizations (Japan, Korea, China and the Manchu) and 9 Steam Achievements. On this page I’ll write about the Samurai Invasion of Korea strategy for all achievements, but will also talk about the 2 Korea-specific Steam…
Samurai Invasion of Korea Map Thanks to several adjustments the Civilization 5 Scenario “Samurai Invasion of Korea” is a great scenario. There’s no science and the major players Japan, Korea and China start with all cities built. Only the Manchu, merely emerging as a people at that time, can “still” (and have to) build cities.…
Spains way into the Renaissance was a long and challenging one. By the end of the 10th century, muladíes – Muslims of ethnic Iberian origin) had been the biggest group among the population of the Iberian Peninsula. In the 11th century the Muslim realm fractured into smaller independent kingdoms. This allowed the formerly small Christian…
Frances way into the renaissance was mainly a struggle with England as both kingdoms were just emerging. Familiar bonds had been strong, but disputes over power, lineage and land drove them apart. If there was to be one major defining period in French history of that time it certainly was the Hundred Years’ War in…
Who knows me also knows about my idealism that comes with a certain stubbornness NOT to accept bullshit. Having worked for Each & Other, an incredibly cool UX agency in Dublin, Ireland, my standards are pretty high, when it comes to website usability. Now there are different categories of NOT meeting my standards: 3. being…
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