Good evening you are listening to Thru's Head, and I'm your host, Rob Zakeney.

Joining me today, we have freelance writer Fraser Brown.

Hello.

And we are also joined by freelance writer Rowan Kaiser.

Good morning.

Today we're going to be talking about Eugent Systems Steel Division, Normandy 44,

which is a new-ish RTS that they're making with a Paradox

Interactive, but one that I think very much fits into the mold of their previous tactical

RTS efforts, the War Game series, which, you know, I think listeners of the show know we've

long been, long been big fans of. And, you know, not for nothing, but it's also kind of a

welcome relief, perhaps, from the, from the act of war or the active aggression, misfire

from a year's ago. I'm sorry, I still need to go play the active aggression, uh, misfire from a year ago. We will never talk about that again.

I'm sorry, I still need to go play the, uh, active aggression.

We patched a new game on top of the old game.

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting about that, that it's essentially an entirely new game, but I, I just don't think I can go back.

Yeah, I, I, yeah, I, yeah, I don't think I can go back. Need might be a strong word.

Did you play with it at all?

I've barely touched any of their games before.

I get to be the newcomer here.

Okay, fantastic.

So, Fraser, since you're a little bit, you're familiar with the Wargame series.

What's going on in Steel Division and what makes it different from a lot of other RTSs that people may have played?

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