Lumberjacks can collect wood, for instance.

Upon starting a new run, you’ll meet a handful of locals. Their first task is straightforward: set up a gord. A gord is a term that roughly translates to “stronghold”.

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It feels like the initial announcement of Gord had happened nearly half a decade ago. Maybe it’s just my post-pandemic brain blurring the concept of time as we know it, but I’ve been keeping an eye on this game for a while. Why wouldn’t I?

I love me a good strategy game, so having the opportunity to play one that also mixed in some darker themes and Slavic mythology, all while being supervised by former Witcher devs was something to be excited about.

Upon starting a new run, you’ll meet a handful of locals. Their first task is straightforward: set up a gord. A gord is a term that roughly translates to “stronghold”.

In essence, set up a walled perimeter for you to develop your town. From then on, try to look for more people and give them specific jobs, such as thatchers, cooks, lumberjacks, and so on. Each worker has a very specific role, and each role is vital for the survival of your gord.

You’ll need people to pick mushrooms and stock them in a silo as food, for hunger can lead your populace to starvation and insanity. Scouts can build and be set on top of a tower to increase your field of vision. Spas and meaderies can help out heal your citizens’ health and sanity, respectively, and so on.

You read that right, by the way: sanity. This isn’t a horror game, despite its gruesome imagery and dour tone, but the sanity of your citizens can and will be affected by the hardships of simply living in constant fear of being killed by buy Dark And Darker Gold a monster, not knowing when you’ll eat your next meal, or even seeing others die, especially their kin.