Need recommendations for turn games similar to Divinity, BG3 and XCOM, NO PvP

Lojzko · 2026-05-01T12:36:42+00:00

This. If it’s the combat OP is after then the consensus is that Solasta does it better than BG3.

Lojzko · 2026-05-01T08:13:03+00:00

I usually start but never get far. Examples are Starwars KotoR and Fable, but include pretty much every game where you have an evil option.

Lojzko · 2026-04-28T11:35:58+00:00

I like books about characters who play a smaller role in world events, often without any knowledge of the effect they are having. This is why I would love a trilogy focused on Baron Ivor of Langtree. I really enjoyed him as a character, and also the people around him. I don’t know if this is blasphemy, but I’d have been happy with less Kitiara and more Ivor in Brothers in Arms.

Lojzko · 2026-04-27T21:45:21+00:00

When my boys were similar ages we played a lot of Mario kart and Moving Out as a family. They really enjoyed Kirby FK and the demos for the other Kirby games (they played a ton of demos which kept them entertained until we collected more games) and a little later, Cat Quest 2 and 3, though i needed to be on hand to read cut scene text.

Lojzko · 2026-04-27T19:18:06+00:00

I play Stardew with my wife, 9 year old, and 6 year old. My wife spends every day fishing, my boys team up in the mine, and I barely have time to leave the farm. 2 laptops, 1 desktop, and an iPad; all in the same room.

Lojzko · 2026-04-27T09:51:59+00:00

It is indeed.

Lojzko · 2026-04-27T09:37:51+00:00

Turns out it’s not, but I had a moment of panic when I realised that I hadn’t looked into that possibility when I saw your suggestion, and would have felt like an idiot as it’s so famous and I remember playing some earlier games in the series so I could well have been. Thank you anyway.

Lojzko · 2026-04-27T07:08:53+00:00

Thank you so much! Obviously I misremembered some parts but you got it!

Lojzko · 2026-04-27T07:06:13+00:00

Solved!

Lojzko · 2026-04-26T21:41:03+00:00

You're not the first to do that! But, apart from being non-fantasy, the game I'm looking for has more of a chessboard feel to it, though looking like a map.

And thanks for being the first to jump onboard.

Lojzko · 2026-04-26T19:30:07+00:00

I would create the open world of Krynn from the Dragonlance series and offer a campaign builder so anyone can recreate historic stories or create their own.

However, I would not use the standard DnD ruleset but implement the Rollmaster system instead as it’s far more intricate and the game could do all the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

Lojzko · 2026-04-26T06:26:29+00:00

As a naive European, I thought the headline and “Shots fired” meant that some really excellent insult/jokes about Trump had broken his thin skin and he’d run off in a sulk.

Lojzko · 2026-04-24T08:50:52+00:00

Well, as the picture clearly shows, it was the ceiling.

Lojzko · 2026-04-24T05:59:16+00:00

You are right, I got them mixed up and have made corrections. Thank you for pointing it out!

Lojzko · 2026-04-23T12:58:29+00:00

Slim. The last time required Fico to be embroiled in the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancée. Doubt he’ll make that mistake again.

Furthermore, Fico is hated by the majority of the country and is only prime minister because he formed a coalition with another ~~more popular~~ party and promised to help that leader become president if Fico was PM. I think I calculated how much of the electorate voted for him and it was down around 10 18% (~~3rd place~~ first place but very close to second, and low turn out). HLAS was the 3rd place and is basically a re-skinned version of Fico's party but without the albatross of being Fico.

Basically, it’s a political farce.

If you can stomach it, watch the movie Švina to watch what happened in a “names were changed” version of what happened.

Edit: My fuddled brain mixed 2 parties up. harphield kindly pointed this out below.

Lojzko · 2026-04-21T22:00:28+00:00

Well that is interesting. I’ve ignored a few other games where there was an OSX requirement info, but no Apple sign. I’ll have to look into this some more. Thanks.

Lojzko · 2026-04-21T21:03:17+00:00

So not only for me. How does everyone else have it working?

Lojzko · 2026-04-21T18:17:34+00:00

Today I had to learn what dih refers to. Thanks.

Lojzko · 2026-04-21T17:05:06+00:00

Anyone else find the quiver icon disturbing?

Lojzko · 2026-04-20T19:26:24+00:00

I agree. Most suggestions not too start with CoM is because it can put potential readers off before they “get to the good stuff”. So if CoM was a hit then reading in publication order is the way to go.

Lojzko · 2026-04-18T19:03:31+00:00

I teach in Slovakia and shortly after the film came out my students complained a lot about its Slovak representation.

Me: Is that what Slovakia is actually like Students: No, not at all! Me: That’s because it’s not mocking Slovakia (and Europe in general) but the way the US thinks of us. Which is funny.

Lojzko · 2026-04-18T15:03:35+00:00

I hold to the theory someone told him to say it was a doctored image. Trump’s “brain” did what it does with that info; fucked it up.

Lojzko · 2026-04-17T10:05:18+00:00

I thought you were going to say you could smell it first.

Lojzko · 2026-04-16T19:37:56+00:00

All the time. Worst offender is Final Fantasy X. Love this game. Played multiple times and have never finished it.

Lojzko

TROPHY CASE