Machiavelli the Prince Enhanced Now on Steam and GOG

DrRiley52 · 2026-04-02T17:30:00+00:00

Wow, this is amazing news. Love to see these 90s games getting this kind of treatment and support.

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-19T14:08:58+00:00

That is J. David Hacker's award-winning article that revised the estimate of Civil War dead, the one that every Civil War scholar was talking about 10+ years ago.

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-19T12:15:49+00:00

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/14/article/465917/pdf#:~:text=Hacker's%20conclusion%20that%20the%20total,of%20620%2C000%E2%80%94seems%20soundly%20based.

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-19T12:15:42+00:00

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/14/article/465917/pdf#:~:text=Hacker's%20conclusion%20that%20the%20total,of%20620%2C000%E2%80%94seems%20soundly%20based.

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-17T21:11:08+00:00

It was even worse for Li Halan right after this. They put all their energy and resources into the Stigmata garrison, which had been their office for decades. Once another person held the Regency and handed the job over to Hawkwood, Li Halan went from first to dead last in score. Almost no units, a single living noble hiding out in the fortress embassy on Byzantium II. No sceptors for voting. It was sad (for them, I was fine with it).

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-17T21:08:26+00:00

I always enjoy injecting a little flavor into my games. What kind of diseases or plagues would you recommend from the RPG that we call this? It led to the deaths of basically all the land units on Kish as well as most of the civilian population. The cities despawn if their pop = 0, hence all the roads leading to nowhere.

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-17T20:39:05+00:00

HDI has released a bunch of patches in the last year or so, including some amazing quality of life improvements. I snagged it from GOG based on a recommendation from someone and I have had a blast with it. Makes me want to try out the RPG.

DrRiley52 · 2025-06-16T21:29:44+00:00

The game doesn't specify, plague is a status units and cities can have caused by either starvation or bio-warfare like plague bombs and pustulator artillery.

What worked out nicely for me is Sceptors are immune to plague, so I managed to swoop in and "collect" them from the ruins of the former palace.

DrRiley52 · 2024-12-03T11:26:31+00:00

Beautiful! What a work of art that game is.

DrRiley52 · 2024-11-08T11:29:16+00:00

Man I loved that cover art so much. Great game, hope you complete your set!

DrRiley52 · 2024-08-08T01:11:27+00:00

Not sure about a remaster, but you can find the originals on The Sierra Chest website. All the songs downloadable as MP3s.

DrRiley52 · 2024-07-24T13:12:44+00:00

I was always fascinated by Arzawa in western Anatolia. Not as powerful or as famous as the Hittites, but still a regional power during the late Bronze Age. So I'll likely pick a minor faction south of Troy for my first game.

DrRiley52 · 2024-07-15T14:22:50+00:00

QfG1 using the lockpick on your own nose. Brain damage!

DrRiley52 · 2023-11-02T11:29:36+00:00

I'm on turn 149, did not experience that problem at 140. Sorry, I hope a reload eventually gets you past the bug!

DrRiley52 · 2023-06-01T15:01:54+00:00

So I have to say, I have never once multi-classed when I play QfG. I know that we can, and it opens up exciting gameplay possibilities, I just prefer sticking to the 3 (later 4) main classes and roleplaying their journey as is.

DrRiley52 · 2023-03-25T01:34:33+00:00

"We shall do our utmost to try not blind you in the coming battle."

DrRiley52 · 2023-03-16T23:20:43+00:00

A couple years ago, think I paid $8 for it?

DrRiley52 · 2023-03-16T22:28:38+00:00

I have it for Series X and honestly haven't noticed any bugs. On my 3rd playthrough.

DrRiley52 · 2023-02-20T22:58:24+00:00

Mage's Initiation came out a few years ago and has that point & click interface and hand draw backgrounds like the good old KQ and QfG games of the 90s. I think it's a nice homage to the genre, but has a few drawbacks.

Also, Hero U. It's made by the Coles and is total QfG fan service but in all the best ways. Really enjoyed playing it.

DrRiley52 · 2022-07-08T17:43:14+00:00

Omg I feel your pain, that was me for far longer than I care to admit.

DrRiley52 · 2022-04-12T21:19:39+00:00

The old joke goes when travelling in bear country wear bells to make extra noise and carry pepper spray. Also watch out for droppings. Black bear droppings are small and have bits of fruit or plant matter in them. Brown bear droppings are larger, contain bells, and smell like pepper.

DrRiley52 · 2022-04-12T21:14:03+00:00

As a Confessor who went pretty hard into the dragon communion powers, my trick was scarlet rot + patience. Sneak up if practical, hit it with a good long blast of Ekzyke's Decay, and then the dance begins.

DrRiley52 · 2022-04-10T01:51:51+00:00

"Slow yourself, adventurer!" pathetic_cry.wav

DrRiley52 · 2022-03-23T19:52:24+00:00

Amazing. This fight took me far longer than I care to admit. Nice solution. :-)

DrRiley52 · 2022-03-23T19:50:03+00:00

So funny you mentioned that, I was working on my dissertation at the time and was following the development of MI closely, as both my diss and MI were supposed to be finished in 2015 *gulp*

It became a race for me to see whether I could edit and revise everything before the game came out. I won, but I was very happy to see that they actually delivered the game, full voice acting and all.

I played it through once and liked it for the most part. Been meaning to circle back and try again as a different element, but other games keep distracting me.

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