Author Archives: HDIAndrew

History of Emperor of the Fading Suns, Part 1

Like so many gaming stories, Emperor of the Fading Suns began at a bar. This was not a tavern in Waterdeep, a pub on Delphi, or even a saloon on Severus. This was the hotel bar at the Computer Game Developers Conference (CGDC), which later became GDC, and is now known as the Festival of […]

AI Improvements for Emperor of the Fading Suns

No, this is not a post about GenAI. Improvements to how the various NPC factions operate have been some of the most common requests players have made for EFSe. While we have made a lot of the changes players have requested since releasing the Enhanced version of the game last year, we have been very […]

The Transcendent Nature of Multiplayer

These thoughts came out of a thread in the always-fun LT Gaming Discord community. One of the other members commented that, “The longer I have been a gamer the more I’ve realized that multiplayer is often a cop out where the devs rely on the playerbase to create the fun.” However, as one of those […]

We Love Physical Games: EFS 30th Anniversary Kickstarter

We miss the pleasure of being able to hold the games we play and knowing we get to keep them forever. We want to share this love as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Emperor of the Fading Suns in 2027. This classic strategy game hit store shelves January 23, 1997 and quickly went through […]

DragonCon 2026 Schedule

I hope you can join me at these Title: The state of video gamesDescription: Our panel brings their diverse experiences in the video game development to the table to talk about where we came from and where video games may be going in the near future. Q&A to follow.Panelists: Richard “Lord British” Garriott, Andrew Greenberg, Alison Carrier, Harrison […]