Dave’s Place / Metamusing

I love tactical rpgs. They’re one of my favorite gaming genres, and I buy and play almost every one that’s released, often even the stinkers. One of the kings of the genre is Square’s Final Fantasy Tactics, a game I’ve spent more time playing than perhaps anything aside from the Civilization series of games. I was psyched to discover that there’s now an open source project to develop a cross-platform tactical rpg engine inspired by classics like FFT. It’s called Galaxy Mage, and while it’s in very early alpha it’s already in a state where you can play it - there are a couple of maps, a couple of unit types, a rudimentary AI, and a working 3d graphics engine. If the genre interests you this is one to watch, here’s hoping it becomes as succesful as projects like Battle for Wesnoth.