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Rob and Shaun sat down with Adelaide, the Creative Lead of Brace Yourself Games, and spoke with her about their upcoming turn-based tactical mecha game, Phantom Brigade ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/553540/Phantom_Brigade / or on Epic for Early Access: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/phantom-brigade/home ).  She lets them in on development decisions and what to expect whe...

Join Rob, Drexy, Strategia, and Ben as they bring you all the latest 4X news - including an exclusive on upcoming Interstellar Space: Genesis news - and then have a deep discussion on the differences between the subgenres of 4X: historical, fantasy, space, and science fiction.  Show Notes: 03:35 Age of Wonders: Planetfall News 06:52 Remnants of the Precursors News 10:27 Imperiums: Greek Wars...

Join Rob and Drexy as they sit down with Johnny Lumpkin, the Creative Director of Pavonis Interactive, the developers behind the Long War mods for XCOM 1/2, and now the upcoming Terra Invicta, a Grand Strategy game about an alien invasion. Terra Invicta is on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW. This podcast is brought to you in LARGE PART because of our Patreon Supporters . Without them, we couldn't do what we...

Join Rob, Ben, and Drexy as they lay down their hypothetical foundation for a Stellaris sequel. What do they like enough to keep in the sequel? What would they change? Why are they even doing this? ***This episode is only possible because of our patrons from Patreon! As such, our patrons will enjoy the show over a week before the rest of our audience does. Thank you all SO MUCH for your continued...

Rob announces the winners from the Slitherine Games Giveaway contest! Thank you to everyone that emailed in your suggestions! We had a significant response and we're already working to incorporate your feedback!

Join Rob, Drexy, and Shaun as they discuss the recent 4X, strategy, and tactics news and then have a deeper discussion on the games currently occupying their free time. Coming soon on the eXplorminate Podcast: Stellaris 2 Wishlist, Imperium: Greek Wars Review, Interview with Brace Yourself Games about Phantom Brigade, and much more! SHOW NOTES: 5:39 Interstellar Space Genesis News 7:57 eXplorminat...

Join Rob, Ben, Drexy, and guest, DasTactic, as they deliver the news on many relevant 4X, strategy, and tactics games and then dive into their Steam "Most Played" lists, revealing secrets about themselves and their gaming habits for all to know!

Want a chance to win one of Slitherine's fantastic games? Listen to this short podcast to learn how to earn your chance!

Join Rob, (the!) DasTactic, Ben, and Drexy for a discussion on what they all think of Crusader Kings 3, its user interface, its potential future, and what needs some developer love. Are you playing CK3? Let us on our site, here: www.eXplorminate.co/review-crusader-kings-3

Rob is joined by Brandon Casteel, the "Wayward Strategist" from RTS game supersite, WaywardStrategy.com , as they bring you the recent strategy game news and then dive deep into thoughts on the upcoming Iron Harvest.

Rob was able to nail down the ever-busy Creative Director of Humankind and Studio Head at Amplitude Studios, Romain De Waubert, and ask him about the upcoming and highly-anticipated 4X game, Humankind, and also get an update on the status of Endless Space 2 and the possibility of returning to the Endless Universe down the road. Outro music is from the announcement trailer for Humankind and is owne...

Ben, Drexy, Shaun, and Rob sit down and discuss a variety of Tactics Games topics, including some of their favorite games, favorite mechanics, and more. 02:52 - Phoenix Point News 07:17 - Rob's Son in Old World 08:40 - Humankind OpenDev News 12:32 - Godking Update 13:49 - Othercide News 15:03 - Civilization 6 Frontier Pass News 15:33 - Interstellar Space: Genesis Sale News 16:35 - Topic Start: Tac...

A full house of 4X game fans discuss their favorite game mechanics from the 4X genre and get into the details of why they were so great. This episode was brought to you in part by our wonderful patrons, in particular this week, Eerie Forest Studios, who, as our first Master-of-Orion tier patron, requested that we do this episode. Thank you all! ***ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE DUE TO THE EDITING PROCE...

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Rob, Drexy, and Ben talk about all of the things that have been going on behind the scenes to cause Rob to formerly shut eXplorminate's site down, what is next for the community, and catch up on some of the news that's occurred since the last episode. Please feel free to offer up topics on what you'd like to hear from the podcast moving forward!

Rob, Ben, and Drexy speak about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes and why it was way better than it had any right to be and why it's easily among the most underrated 4X gems out there. We also go over some recent relevant news, too! 

Rob and Ben sat down with THE DasTactic and had a great discussion with him on his YouTube origins, 4X games, and much more!

Shadow Empire is a post-apocalyptic hybrid sci-fi strategy game mixing the 4X genre with military wargaming and role-playing games. It features a highly detailed procedurally generated planet creation system that creates a wide variety of believable worlds to play on each with their own simulated economies and populations, a sophisticated logistics and supply system, procedural generation of units...

Rob takes a break this week, as Ben hosts Kirk and Eric as they talk about the recent 4X news and what they've been playing recently.  OUTLINE: 00:46 - Alliance of the Sacred Suns 02:52 - Field of Glory: Empires Persia 550BCE- 330BCE 11:30 - Do people still read game manuals? 12:12 - What is "TortugaPower Game" category as coined by Drexy? 12:57 - AI War 2 17:46 - Total War: Warhammer 2 Green...

Rob and Ben had the awesome opportunity to sit down with Soren and Leyla Johnson of Mohawk Games and pick their brains about their newest 4X hit, Old World . Please consider supporting this channel and our site, www.eXplorminate.co, by using the "Creator Tag" EXPLORMINATE on Epic Games Store, or by contributing here: https://www.patreon.com/eXplorminate . if you plan to purchase Old World, please...

Join Rob, Ben, and Drexy as they discuss the news of the past couple weeks and then launch into a deep discussion of Soren Johnson's new 4X game, Old World. ----The 4Xchange #5 Outline---- Old World, Formerly "10 Crowns", Out!: A game that we're clearly a bit enamored with here at eXplorminate, Old World is set to release into Early Access at 11a EDT tomorrow, May 5th! As a gentle reminder, we'd l...

Join the boys as they dive deep on the eXploration mechanic of 4X games and try to figure out what works, what doesn't, and what could be improved!  Outline: The Newsworthy Stuff: Old World, Formerly “10 Crowns”, Formally Announced : Huge news out of Mohawk Games was the announcement of Old World , which was formerly introduced as 10 Crowns . While it plays eXtremely well and has a huge amoun...

The Weekly eXchange is dead. Long live The Weekly eXchange! In its place is a new, non-scheduled 4X gaming podcast, "The 4Xchange". This podcast is already seeing a total revamp of its format. Instead of just news, each week we'll have a topic we dive deep in to. This week, we bring on special guest Ray Fowler as we discuss why Master of Orion 1 is the space 4X to beat and what makes it so special...

This 4Xchange podcast thing is already seeing a total revamp of its format. Instead of just news, each week we'll have a topic that we dive deep in to. First up, the boys discuss how'd they'd create the perfect 4X and soon realize how in over their heads they truly are. Recent 4X news items: Stellaris Federations is out. Met with mostly favorable reviews on Steam . Our review was unfortunately tak...

The Weekly eXchange is dead. Long live The Weekly eXchange! In its place is a new, non-scheduled 4X gaming podcast, "The 4Xchange". This podcast will be very similar to "The Weekly eXchange", only it will be recorded as time permits and when there's enough to discuss, instead of forced into a weekly format. The change to “The 4Xchange Show”: fortnightly? whenever? Alliance of the Sacred Suns recei...