Games Workshop have released comprehensive rules for the 40k expansion Spearhead for free on their website here. You of course will have to sign in using your login.
The Magic the Gathering application Forge has recently been updated. It features new AI, a GUI overhaul and an updated deck editor, as well as many new cards. Unfortunately it runs slower than ever. It is of course available here.
Showing posts with label Java based game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Java based game. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
One Sentence Reviews
Minecraft (Beta) [Mac OSX/Windows/Linux] - A game in which you work hard to find minerals, build amazing things, then watch as all your hard work is destroyed by Creepers. 10/10
Company of Heroes Online (Beta) [Windows] - A whole host of great new features like hero units balanced out with a host of terrible new features like having to "recharge" your hero units after you use them make this about as good as it ever was. 8/10
Company of Heroes Online (Beta) [Windows] - A whole host of great new features like hero units balanced out with a host of terrible new features like having to "recharge" your hero units after you use them make this about as good as it ever was. 8/10
Monday, December 27, 2010
A little magic
Forge and Magarena are two free java based games that allow you to play Magic the Gathering.
Forge features a range of game modes, including draft, constructed, sealed and it even has it's own quest mode. You can also build your own decks using thousands of cards that have been programmed in. Magarena on the other hand only allows you to choose from selected patterns of which colours to use and features only 450 cards. It does however have very strong AI, something that is lacking in Forge.
I can't really do a review of the two as they are both projects that are constantly under construction but I can give you an insight into which one you may wish to play. If you wish to create your own deck, play a limited game or even try out the quest mode, Forge has got you covered. Forge's AI can be strong with the right deck but in general is a pushover. It features a huge number of cards but some of these are buggy and some the AI cannot use at all.
Magarena allows you to choose the level of AI opponent you play with and the hardest difficulty is quite skilled. It really doesn't give you a lot of choice other than this though. You can give yourself and opponent more or less life and reject the set of cards you are given but you never get to choose the cards outright. The Magarena interface looks a lot more professional, however I find it harder to view the important details on the cards compared to Forge. For my money at least Magarena has an annoying way of telling you what you can do by colouring the cards green or red which obscures the detail even more.
Both games only allow matches against AI and are a great way to play an expensive card game for free.
Forge features a range of game modes, including draft, constructed, sealed and it even has it's own quest mode. You can also build your own decks using thousands of cards that have been programmed in. Magarena on the other hand only allows you to choose from selected patterns of which colours to use and features only 450 cards. It does however have very strong AI, something that is lacking in Forge.
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| Forge |
Magarena allows you to choose the level of AI opponent you play with and the hardest difficulty is quite skilled. It really doesn't give you a lot of choice other than this though. You can give yourself and opponent more or less life and reject the set of cards you are given but you never get to choose the cards outright. The Magarena interface looks a lot more professional, however I find it harder to view the important details on the cards compared to Forge. For my money at least Magarena has an annoying way of telling you what you can do by colouring the cards green or red which obscures the detail even more.
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| Magarena |
Both games only allow matches against AI and are a great way to play an expensive card game for free.
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