July 24, 2018

They Are Billions – Getting Started

All quiet on the Western Front

They Are Billions is a roguelike, and that means that it has a lot of mechanics that you only really learn by failing them, dying, and having to restart. Sometimes, figuring out exact mechanics is a bit tricky. Other times, there’s stuff that you can’t understand until you see it in action — which makes choosing a solution difficult sometimes. For example – What’s a Market do? You can’t really see the effect until you place one down, which you can’t do until you’ve both researched it and have the materials on hand to place it. The Wiki is one place for answers. There’s actually two wikis – one at wikia and one…