Rise of Nations on sale for $13.39 – 33% off at Steam

Buy Rise of Nations: Extended Edition or HD Edition was recently released, but now it’s on sale for an even cheaper price. I picked up my copy for around $15 and today it’s only $13.39. I still think Age of Empires and Rise of Nations were some of the best games that came out of the RTS genre. So sad that genre went over the cliff. But the games live on even if the companies that actually developed them didn’t. AoE II and III have recently been redone and now Rise of Nations gets the HD treatment. Rise of Nations was also a great game and well worth the $13 it’s been offered for. If you haven’t picked up a copy, now is a great time. The sale will runs until Monday afternoon. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (HD)

Mad Cow Disease runs rampant in the town of Banished

I’m still recovering from my staggering and still  unexplained loss of food which has lead to much death from starvation and then to add insult to injury I became victim of mad cow disease. I was really excited to get enough stone and iron together to buy 3 cows and was even more excited when they multiplied into 7. I now had beef and leather – all good things. But nothing lasts forever and as you can see by the screenshot, a mysterious fog engulfed my pasture and killed the entire herd. If there’s a way to combat the disease I don’t know what it is. I doubt the Herbalist works on a bovine population. So another setback for my people. But I will overcome. I’ve already replaced the cattle with sheep, so now we have wool for warm coats. I also have another pasture for chickens. Even with all this, as well as 2 more Fishing Docks, I can’t […]

Snack Attack Limited Time Building (LTB) Payout and Upgrade Cost – Crime City

The new LTB the Snack Attack is out, but there appears to be a lack of information about. There are bits and pieces about the cost and payout, but nothing solid. With that in mind here is some preliminary information about the Payout and Upgrade costs. It’s a big building with an initial cost of $30 million, a payout of $195,313, every 12 hours. The prize at each level of completion is the Swell Slicer atk:20081 Def: 24542 +1% Mafia Defense. That should be affordable to most people and the weapon is pretty decent. However, don’t be fooled. You’re going to need gold to finish this one off and reach level 10. Gree, wouldn’t make it that easy for us. Without any modifiers the total cost of the building will be around $7.5 Billion with an income of $5.5 million. That is a serious investment for cash for a pretty slight return. This is good to get your IPH started, […]

More chickens! More food! More resources! A major setback in Banished

I’ve been enjoying Banished ever since I bought it in the Steam sale. This is turning out to be one of my favorite games. However, I’ve started to suffer a major setback! Just the other day I had a nice surplus of food, but now my citizens seem to be going through food like they have parasites. (Perhaps they do, is that part of the game?) I had 3 storage barns full of food and now everything is gone. All the fish, the venison, the roots, herbs and potatoes are all gone. I’m now getting a steady stream of death notices that my people have died from starvation. The cemetery is full and people are constantly foraging for food, so much so, no work is getting done. I’m trying to stem the tide, but I don’t know if I’ll make it in time. I have 2 fisheries running and trying to build a third. I just bought some more chickens […]