Emperor of the Fading Suns Wants You!

Buy Emperor of the Fading Suns on sale today (July 5, 2022)

EFS and Hammer of the Gods are both on sale today! In addition, the 1.5 patch for Emperor of the Fading Suns has just entered the beta testing phase. That’s right,. we are patching a game that first came out 25 years ago! There have been a lot of changes in this patch, including migrating it to the Visual Studio development environment. If you are interested in being one of our beta testers, please email HDIAndrew@aol.com. Include your Discord address. 

Also, the Fading Suns TTRPG is about to launch the Lost Worlds Kickstarter campaign. You can follow it now to get the news when it launches July 7. 

“Lost Worlds will provide exciting new information on several planets that have existed in isolation since the Fall. Gear up with your friends and set off to rediscover these mysterious planets.”

In other news, GOG has now released the map editor for Battles of Destiny. You can access it from the game start-up screen. We look forward to you sharing the maps you create in the game forums!

ABOUT HOLISTIC DESIGN INC.

Holistic Design is an Atlanta-based game design company. Since 1995, Holistic Design has developed, produced, licensed and sold IP related to roleplaying game products such as Fading Suns and Real Life Roleplaying; tabletop miniature games such as Noble Armada and Carnage; computer games such as Emperor of the Fading Suns, Hammer of the Gods, Machiavelli the Prince, Mall Tycoon and Warhammer 40K Final Liberation; and is currently developing cross-platform video games. Holistic Design was originally founded as Several Dudes Holistic Gaming in 1992.

You can buy Machiavelli the Prince on GOG at https://www.gog.com/game/machiavelli_the_prince
You can buy Noble Armada for Switch and Xbox at
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/noble-armada-lost-worlds-switch/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/noble-armada-lost-worlds/9p7lqqqcwpm2Check out our Heretical Musings about Fading Suns at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bkIL7-IVJ4&list=PLW3nBruaKfwyVrp8tdnKPYSbC8NJDFcbV

Battles of Destiny Map Editor Available on GOG

The Battles of Destiny Map Editor is now available via GOG! The map editor actually shipped with the game, but was not accessible via the DOS Box. GOG has fixed this, and you can now make your own maps! Instruction for using the Map Editor start on p. 61 of the manual, and we plan to livestream some examples of how to use it.

There is an image attached showing the new startup screen. If you do not get this option, uninstall Battles of Destiny (you will be able to keep your saved games) and reinstall it.

You can get Battles of Destiny here https://www.gog.com/game/battles_of_destiny

To see our livestream of how to play Battles of Destiny, go HERE

Hammer of the Gods Now Available on GOG

Hammer of the Gods puts you in the role of one of Odin’s chosen, leading Vikings, trolls, elves and dwarves in a war across Europe or a fantasy world of your own creation. A classic 4x strategy game, Hammer of the Gods introduced the combat system later popularized by Heroes of Might and Magic. During play you explore, create new colonies, raid and plunder, and fulfill rewarding quests for the gods of Norse mythology.

Hammer of the Gods has not been commercially available since New World Computing lost the rights in 1995. Now you can get it at https://www.gog.com/game/hammer_of_the_gods and it is discounted for its launch week.

See livestreams of Hammer of the Gods at https://youtu.be/xEvqG8b-1a8 and https://youtu.be/U2z64qdmma4

If you are interested in modding and optimal play for EFS, check out this video from Xenotrenium: https://youtu.be/Xb2Wn0RofH4

Hammer of the Gods review from Computer Gaming World Issue 127:
… if you are looking to pass a few hours with friends having fun, then hop into a boat, slap your horns on your head and leave your civilized conscience behind. The Gods are waiting and they have TOYS!!!”

(FYI, we really miss CGW. If you want to reminisce some more, check out the full issue: https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_127.pdf)