killroyishere
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I recently came upon this little jewel of a game called Solium Infernum and it's the best most innovating brand new style of playing game I've seen in years.
I'm not going to link to the official site in fairness to Matrixgames, but, as they don't mind us talking about Paradox and HPS and other publishers I don't think they will mind telling about this wonderful great superb game.
If you are interested in it I'm sure a google will help you find the main site anyway.
It's a game about becoming the ruler of Hell. You are a fiend and you can play against 5 other AI or player or a mix of both fiends. You have event cards you get to draw and play as well as the other players. You have the possibility to gather random resources to help you buy more legions, artifacts, relics, prators (heroes), manuscripts and rituals to attack your fellow fiends or increase the power of your own minons stats. In a way it's simular to Magic the Gathering as it has bonus stat cards like artifacts and relics you can attach to your minions.
It's not a hardcore wargame though by any means. In fact combat as we know it in most strategy and wargames is rather rare, but is still possible of course. You can banish minions, close down the bazaar, demand tribute from other players, insult them, or go begging on your knees with diplomats an so much more.
I will be honest and tell you upfront that the ai isn't that tough and good strategy players will probably beat it readily not long after their first game. It is still fun to play with all the things you can do in it.
You can custom create your own avatars or take a prebuilt one. There are many strategies in just creating your avatar and how you intend to play.
The real value of this particular game IS in multiplayer PBEM. It's really a simple game to learn and play but hard to master as it has so many cards and things you can do to effect another player or them you.
It is so refreshing to find something like this in a time where everything seems to be a repeat or a redo and the same ole same ole. I couldn't recommend another game more even with all the new stuff that came out in November just doesn't compare to this little jewel.
There is a demo so download it and try it and if you get hooked there's three places for setting up PBEM multiplayer games if you want to get into that.
I think the developer will improve the ai as there has been many comments about it on the main site so he's aware it needs some help.
Also one more thing to note is read the manual at least once through before trying to play. Even though it's really simple there are some things you just need to know so it won't be so daunting when you first see it. 
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