Technically, according to game lore, they have an inertialess *drive*, not inertialess ships. How? They use so-called "stutterwarp" (or "flickerwarp" for later in the tech tree) where they teleport a tiny, tiny distance, but do so many, many times per second.

Born of Blood is a very good, though brutally challenging, expansion to the turn-based space strategy game Sword of the Stars.

Zuul is a unique new alien race that sounds awesome; New technologies; weapons; and toys to play with; Challenging and rewarding space strategy

Almost brutally difficult at times; Huge scale of the game can be daunting

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This is the second best space 4X game i have ever played only beaten by Empire at War. You can have large or short games depending on how many stars you choose for your galaxy, the only problems i found with the single player was that once all the research was completed it took away from some of the...

The next expansion for Kerberos Productions' 4X space strategy game Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows, adds never-before-seen weapons, ships and tactics, but also introducing a new race, The Morrigi.

Roguelikes such as FTL and The Binding of Isaac manage to encapsulate a lot of the charm that was so prevalent in the genre to begin with. At the same time, these experiences feel fresh because they incorporate gameplay elements that aren't seen in these types of games too often.

Been a while, Cosmos Gaming fans! This is BarGamer, your here-again, gone-again reviewer tonight. For your reviewing pleasure, I'll be tackling the Sword of the Stars series.

These included features add a lot of new and much tougher challenges; this is not a very friendly expansion to new players. If you haven't played Sword of the Stars before then really you'd be better getting to grips with the original before attempting to graduate through Born of Blood.

Ruimtereizen, het koloniseren van andere planeten en alles wat daarbij hoort zijn dankbare onderwerpen voor vele verhalen, films, series en games. Ook Sword of the Stars speelt zich af in de ruimte en brengt ons terug naar de oude dagen van het genre: oldskool gameplay geüpdated dus.

Canadian developer Kerberos Productions made a name for themselves nearly a decade ago with the release of their Sword of the Stars 4x strategy game, a title met with generally positive reception.