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Ryan C.

Ryan C.

Reviews Coordinator and reviewer at RPGamer (the RPG-focused gaming site), and a regular guest on its RPG Backtrack podcast.

Aug 23, 2026

45:26
Who else do we have that has multiple games? I think Ryan? Ryan?
Ryan C.
Ryan C.GUEST
45:31
I had a few that I was going to go over altogether that bounced throughout different points of how tactical games can really be expansive.
Ryan C.
Ryan C.GUEST
45:41
So the first one I can bring up is Brigadine, which coincidentally happens to have its third game now coming out on next week here.
Ryan C.
Ryan C.GUEST
45:52
But I mean, with all of these minor grab bag games, don't you wish all of them would turn into franchises at some point? With Brigadine, though, basically it's risk combined with a hexagon grid base.
Ryan C.
Ryan C.GUEST
46:09
And in the original PlayStation Brigadine, you would have a set amount of castles that you had to protect and move around from while trying to take over the continent.
Ryan C.
Ryan C.GUEST
46:21
There's five or six different nations.
Ryan C.
Ryan C.GUEST
46:23
So it takes the strategy aspect that has been predominant in the tactical genre and also adds in human knights that are able to use rune power to, like, say, you have 200 rune power, a dragon takes 75, well, you can bring two dragons with you into combat.
49:19
I've heard that this newer one kind of goes back to Brigadine Basics.

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