Hooded Horse and Mohawk Games have announced a new Empires of the Indus expansion for their historical 4X strategy game Old World.

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    2 days ago

    super excited for this, it’s one of my favorite games! haven’t been this hyped for a DLC in a long time

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      14 hours ago

      What do you like about Old World compared to other historical 4X games.

      Tot his day I still play Civ IV / V (and their extensive library of mods, with my favourite being the Dune total conversion for Civ IV).

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        16 hours ago

        compared to other historical 4X games, I particularly like the orders system, which minimizes micro-management and late-game slog, and the characters/families/events, which keeps you on your toes as things are always changing both internally and externally.

        it’s been a while since i played Civ 4 or 5 but i loved them too when i used to play them!

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          14 hours ago

          and the characters/families/events

          I actually haven’t heard about this.

          I don’t mind the late game micro and giant list of task assignments. I play late game Civ as a management game.

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            14 hours ago

            just to clarify: there’s still a ton to do each turn in Old World, you just have a limited number of “Orders” you can issue each turn, so you usually can’t move every single unit and worker every turn, which forces the player to prioritize and creates a fun extra layer of strategy