It is time for a much belated status update! There is some good news to report and a lot of bad news. However, it all points to a positive outcome long-term for this site as well as many of my projects which are currently on hold. This is also an incredibly busy time for me…
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…
I recently played through a mod on EDCE called Monster Planet written by gryphin.rampant. One of the items that came up during our recent tournament a few weeks back was around calculations of Recon Spectrum Points (RSP) and why they have such high value. One of the things I did during my playthrough of the…
I am putting the finishing touches on my first draft of the enhanced terrain set for EDCE. Click the image on the left to get a better look. There are still a few obvious graphic glitches I want to get fixed before I post it. I plan to have a ready to download version within…
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 2020-21 Empire Deluxe Tournament Championship is in the books and our winner is Keiren. After strong performances in our first two games, he was unanimously declared the tournament victor and received the highest total points scored by a considerable margin. This is his second win in a row as he successfully defended his title…
This is our third and final battle of the 2020 tournament. Due to the performance of our players in the first two games, we elected to try a modified unit database and try some rule variations. After obtaining unanimous approval, the changes were implemented by the moderator and action started. With that, this tournament will…
The second game of our Empire Deluxe Tournament 2020 is complete and it is a stalemate. This round had more set matches declared than Game One and more aggressive expansion during mid-game. It was the first play through where players used both the horizontal and vertical wrapping in their strategies with naval action taking center…
Our first game of EDT 2020 has been completed and, depending on which player you were watching, it was either a nail biter or a slumberfest. Our players have already debriefed and declared a winner. They have started Round 2 which will conclude in the next two days and the results will be posted. As…
