# Game Recommendations for the Christmas Season 2024 This year has seen me actually cranking out a series of articles talking about possible games you might want to look at for a new experience or a particular niche experience. It didn't start as a collected holiday buying guide, but I guess that's where we're at now. ## [[Recommendations for Rules Light Fantasy RPGs|Recommendations for Rules Light Fantasy RPGs?]] ![[lightweight_fantasy_landscape_delicate_dreamlike.jpg]] Sometimes you reach back into the archive and pull something out to polish it up a little bit. That's the case with my [[Recommendations for Rules Light Fantasy RPGs|recommendations for rules light fantasy RPGs,]] which was written in April, but I decided recently needed a bit of a touch-up, a splash of art, and some structure. Broad and consistent with my tastes, these are fantasy games that aren't going to require you to spend all day playing out five minutes of combat. ## [[Recommended Fantasy RPGs For the Discerning Escapist of Wizards]] ![[Fantasy Landscape (pseudo-Erol Otus).jpg]] Over the last year, a lot of people have been very verbal about wanting to get away from *Wizards of the Coast* and **Dungeons and Dragons**, with particularly good reasons. I want to help them achieve their dreams because they are worthy dreams. [[Recommended Fantasy RPGs For the Discerning Escapist of Wizards|So check out this article if you want to know more about potential cures for your D&D addiction.]] ## [[Recommended for the Discerning Feudal Fantasy Mecha Enthusiast]] ![[Algol Surface Map.png|]] A lot of people have a lot of opinions about particularly obscure niche genres, and I'm no exception. While fantasy is not first and foremost in my mind, giant robots used for killing certainly are. I have some suggestions if you are [[Recommended for the Discerning Feudal Fantasy Mecha Enthusiast|looking for a good, feudal fantasy mecha action game]], though it doesn't have to be a whole lot of action, truth be told. A quiet, contemplative game that involves the hulking, terrifying forms of machines of death is certainly equally pleasant. ## [[Recommended Games About Wars and the Wages Thereof]] ![[games_about_war_and_suffering.jpg]] Sometimes you want a little bit of that *Christmas at Ground Zero* action. And when you do, there are a bevy of games which will guide you through and expose you to the horrors of war. [[Recommended Games About Wars and the Wages Thereof|From games about the darkest parts of World War II, all the way up through a casual romp, conquering the galaxy]], I have a few recommendations.