With many new armies to choose from, we take to the field with Field of Glory II's DLC, Immortal Fire, which launches intriguing new 'what if' campaigns.
We set out to create our own village under the watchful eyes of our temperamental king in Charterstone, a worker placement board game from Stonemeier Games.
Human Fall Flat is a puzzler which sees you pay a lot of attention to movement, as you control a jelly-legged character in a game which rewards replay.
High Hell sees you taking down the criminal overworld from the top of the world, as you shoot your way across rooftops in all of its screaming, laser-firing, twitch-shooting havoc.
Much like the classic Sid Meier video game that it is unofficially linked to (but clearly emulates,) Through the Ages: a New Story of Civilization is initially quite a daunting beast to get to grips with.
With its beautiful, fantasy interpretation of Southern Europe during The Renaissance, Masquerada: Songs and Shadows offers a modern, yet completely linear take on the classic isometric RPG.
... and now you realise your purpose here - to build the finest series of structures that Yamatai has ever seen and in turn, win Queen Himiko's favour.