The bard pays homage to his two muses: his wife and his football club
An apolitical game about politics, asking all the right questions
[Torpor Games UG]
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Suzerain
Torpor Games UG
THERE are very few games about politics. Let alone good ones. But Suzerain, designed Berlin-based Torpor Games UG — a new indie video game company, really is one that achieves something special.
Set in an alternate 1954, you take on the role of the newly elected president of Sordland, a fictitious country emerging from a civil war and 20-year dictatorship.
Ethnic tensions are about to explode, foreign powers are preparing to invade and, on top of all that, your predecessor has left the economy in shambles.
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