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Burden of Command - Preview

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Feb 13, 2025.

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    [​IMG]BigBossBattle checked out Burden of Command:
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    Burden of Command feels like a new genre all about the burden of leadership

    Burden of Command is a rare twist of something familiar and new, in this case sensibilities of turn-based RPGs meet turn-based tactics while wearing the skin of skirmish-level wargaming.

    There's a lot going on in that opening sentence, and that's because it's boiled down to the simplest version. To fully explain Burden of Command by using existing concepts you have to explain that it's like a zoom-in of your standard WWII wargame but with separate leaders that need to activate troops for them to be useful. You also need to restructure the turn-order, slot an action point system on it and then bolt on a pure, but meaningful morale system. Finally, you slather the whole thing in quotes, art, restored and recoloured photos (truly, its like an interactive museum exhibit, full of careful notes and quotes), an RPG system and well-developed characters. It's a masterwork in design intent, and feels like more of a 'life's work' than an entry in any set genre.

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    RPGWatch, Feb 13, 2025
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