Strategy gaming without shortcuts.
Hexed & Countered
Strategy gaming without shortcuts.
Wargames, sports sims, and RPGs where decisions actually matter.
No fluff. No hype. Just honest takes from the table.
Depth over hype.
No surface-level coverage here.
What you’ll find…
Wargames
Hex-and-counter, tactical, operational, and strategic. Played through, not just talked about.
Sports Sims
Classic and new tabletop and digital sims that turn stats into stories.
Digital Strategy
Deep systems, meaningful choices, and games that reward smart play.
RPGs
Campaigns, solo play, and systems where your decisions drive the story.
Latest Content
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How Empires Work (PC) — First Look & Gameplay
A first look and early/midgame play of How Empires Work, a new Steam strategy game that starts you small — taxes, bandits, and local regiments — and builds outward to empire.
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Gateway to Falaise: Caen, Normandy 1944 (VUCA Simulations) — Scenario 1 Gameplay
Scenario 1 (Operation Perch) of Gateway to Falaise, played solo from the German side as the British 7th Armoured pushes toward Villers-Bocage — the game’s learning scenario put to work.
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War Footing: Strategic Defense Management (PC) — First Look & Gameplay
A first look at War Footing: Strategic Defense Management (Strategist Den Games) — a Steam sim about defending a nation under threat with limited time, a tight budget, and tricky diplomacy.
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Road to the Rhine (Compass Games) — First Look
A first look at Road to the Rhine from Compass Games — Frank Chadwick’s operational treatment of the Allied drive across Western Europe, September 1944 to April 1945, with Market Garden and the Bulge.
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Battle Group Clash: Baltics (Sapper Studio) — First Look
A first look at Battle Group Clash: Baltics by James Buckley (Sapper Studio) — a hexless, platoon-level modern-combat game that began as a British Army officer-training tool.
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Proper Football Boss (PC) — First Look & Gameplay
A Steam Next Fest first look at Proper Football Boss — a retro soccer management sim set in 1986–87, with CRT-era style and real depth in data, scouting, and club management (taking charge of Everton).
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