Faction Design

January 29, 2021 Rob, Rowan, and Len discuss how faction design in strategy games has changed over the years, and the trend toward more specific and asymmetrical mechanics which started in RTS before spreading to the rest of the wider genre.

Total War, Civilization, StarCraft, a bunch of other stuff

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