Category: Strategy
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Advanced Civilization
Designer: Jennifer Schlickbernd (co-designer)Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game CompanyRelease Year: 1991Platform: Board GameGenre: Board GameTaxonomy: Development In exploring the development of ancient civilizations from agriculture to the emergence of Rome as a power, players lead a nation of people throughout cultural, economic, and political developments. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2021, 2022 (Switch)Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Strategy SimulationTaxonomy: Development Taking place in the far dystopian future, in an alien economy based entirely around the harvest and sale of bodily organs, you must contend with the cutthroat nature of an organ market. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…
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Onsen Master
Developer: Walking Oni GamesPublisher: Whitehorn GamesRelease Year: 2022Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Simulation, StrategyTaxonomy: Development A dark cloud has sprung over the island of Izajima and its effects weigh heavily on the inhabitants. In this management sim you play as Mu, you must fill the shoes of your missing sensei, the great “Onsen Master”, by…
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Hex Gambit
Developer: One Man Left StudiosPublisher: Blowfish StudiosRelease Year: 2020Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/Win/ Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: StrategyTaxonomy: Development This is a competitive turn-based board game for 1-4 players. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel VisionRelease Year: 1998Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOSGenre: StrategyTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs, Development, politics/ideology/history You play as an enslaved person on a plantation who aims to incite a revolt, free the other enslaved people, and get revenge. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…
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We Are the Caretakers
Developer: Heart Shaped Games LLCPublisher: Heart Shaped Games LLCRelease Year: 2023Platform: Win/Xbox OneGenre: Strategy, RPGTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, politics/ ideology/ history, Narrative Themes, Mechanics We Are The Caretakers is a 3D grand strategy RPG set in a post-apocalyptic afrofuturist world. Recruit, train and manage a secret faction of high-tech protectors (“The…