The new Enhanced Terrain Set (ETS) has been uploaded to EDIBLE. This set attempts to enhance the definition of the default terrain set by improving the depth of the art at closer zoom levels while retaining the same look and feel as the original terrain set when viewed at a distance. It uses a mix…
I have resolved the error that brought the website down yesterday. I will forever be referring to this event as the Server Outage of January 25, 2021. I am still working on repairing the damage to EDIBLE and hope to have everything fully restored by the end of the day today. All the of the…
Welcome to 2021! Everyone I know was looking forward to the day when that last zero became a one. So far, it doesn’t feel like things have changed, and in some cases might be trending towards the worse. As far as my goals for this site, there is a bright light at the end of…
The Future Units Database has been uploaded to EDIBLE. This is a futuristic take on one of the default unit sets already available in-game. In this version, capital ships hover over the surface of the water while giant walking machines called “Mechs” roam the surface of the planet. The ever-present danger of nukes and biochemical…
I posted a small update to the Island of Harn map that corrects a few issues found during play testing. Mainly, there were some cities incorrectly marked as Important Cities, Aleath has been named correctly, and fixed some typos in locations. I’ve never played the actual Harn campaign setting, on the Empire Deluxe version, so…
December is going to be a big month for the Empire Deluxe. This will be the first year where we host our annual tournament on EDCE instead of the 1993 edition. I am putting a lot of additional effort into getting things ready since it will also be our first all remote tournament as well….
The Island of Harn is a rough, hazy, forested isle roughly 100 miles off the northwest coast of the continent of Lythia, on the edge of the Haonic Ocean. Compared to other regions of northwest Lythia, Harn is a wild, barbaric land, where pockets of civilization are surrounded by large tracts of wilderness. Harn’s center…
I put the finishing touches on the Future Units Graphic Set today. You can download it on EDIBLE. This set is a replacement for the default unit graphics and does not include any new units. The graphics focus on futuristic, science fiction versions of each unit type to give a unique touch to your Empire…
Welcome to the November Monthly Update. This month promises to see some new uploads to EDIBLE. I want to thank the tournament team for bearing with me through one of the toughest years of my professional career. November is traditionally the time when we start preparing for the end of year tournament which is the…
Back in July, while testing functionality for Random Earth Map (REM), I noticed some peculiar behavior with the AI and decided to take some notes for a future fix. Shortly thereafter, I got bogged down in personal stuff and never picked it back up. With the upcoming patch making some tweaks to the AI, I…
