Drop Duchy, a strategy game that gives Civ a Tetris twist, locks in release date

Explore new lands. Conquer and build upon them. Advance your civilization. Defend your kingdom from rivals. These are the core tenets of so many great strategy games, 4X games in particular, but they are often played out across sprawling play spaces. Well, here’s a game that takes some of the key elements of games like Civilization, makes things much more compact, and sprinkles in elements of deckbuilders, roguelikes, and… Tetris? Drop Duchy has just revealed its release date, but while you wait, you can try it right now thanks to its newly expanded Steam demo.

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