Apeman42

I had a few left over from the last giveaway, and I threw a small mystery bundle in while I was picking up some Warhammer 40k games. Rogue Trader and Mechanicus are so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

To enter, link me your favorite mind-bending or existentially horrifying short story and name the game you want. First come, first serve. I try to keep the list updated as games are claimed

Anything from flash fiction to a novella, just give my brain something weird to chew on.

• Cook Serve Delicious
• Delivery INC
• The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition
• Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
• AtmaSphere
• Isle of Jura
• Anvil Saga

Through a little research, I believe RT is the only RPG currently, which is unfortunate because I think it's a great way to soak up the setting.

I have my eye on Mechanicus, because it looks very XCOM influenced. I like the smaller-scale squad-based tactics much more than the army-scale grand strategy/RTS style.

Any other suggestions? I know because of what the original game is, the RTS ones are probably going to be the majority of the PC titles, but there seems to be some representation in just about any genre. I even saw an Ork dogfighting (planes) game.

Obviously that means Gonzo plays Fonzie, breaks the jukebox worse when he hits it, then says something about "picking up chicks" and leaves with Camilla.

Kermit is probably Richie, Scooter is Potsie, and Fozzie is Ralph.

I haven't thought out the rest of the casting, but Ted McGinley should definitely come in as the token human to end out the bit.

I know a little about Orks and their weird group psychic thing where painting their ships red to go fast really makes them faster, and their tech only works because they think it should. But then I guess Orks aren't even in this game.

I get that it's a violent, black-vs-grey universe. I think it's the originator of the term grimdark? The emperor is some immortal Mr House asshole who's worshipped as a god, which powers some of their tech and protects them from chaos via his psyker shit? And he's kind of a fascist, but it's that or bloody chaos?

Rogue traders seem like somewhere between a privateer and a baron, plundering tithes in their castle-ships and acting as an arm of the Imperium in backwater space?

There are more wizards than I expected. Not sure if these mechanicus dudes are pulling "Temples of Syrinx" thing, or they know how the tech works but not why so they worship it? Or if it's actually machine spirits?

Anything super foundational that I'm missing?

Found this through the game Pistol Whip. God I love goofy power metal that doesn't take itself too seriously.

So far I've just been checking out free games to get a feel for the system, but it looks like I have a 3 month pass for Horizon+ ready to activate, so I can try some other stuff once I have an idea what to start with.

I've been having some fun with Ironstrike and War of Wizards so far. I like the concept of the virtual CCG in Cards & Tankards, though it does seem like it's going to try and bleed money like most "free" card battlers.

Nothing with too many hearty belly laughs, it was abdominal surgery.

I played the first one of these a long, long time ago. Puzzle platformers where you rotate between characters with different abilities to guide them all to a goal. Reminded me a lot of The Lost Vikings, but traditional fantasy and less funny.

I bought another Fanatical mystery pack when I was there getting Wildermyth. >_>

This was actually not a terrible pack for $4 and change, though it was all cheap indie titles.

For anyone curious about the pulls, I kept The Crackpet Show (splashes of Happy Tree Friends and Enter the Gungeon) and Tallowmere (a low-budget, goofy but somehow intriguing roguelike side-scroller).

The other ones don't seem like my thing, but look like they are pretty good for the right kind of fan.

Still left as of 1/3/26:

• Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
• The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition

(Sorry no links this time, I'm lazy.)