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            5 --[ Checking out gaming on OpenBSD
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            7 The last few weeks I have been on a bit of a gaming binge, work has been
            8 quite full-on so at the end of the day I have been relaxing with a few
            9 games. OpenBSD has a fantastic resource for finding games that work
           10 called playonbsd [0]. The best thing about this is they provide the
           11 database used for the list over on GitHub [1], this has led to some very
           12 nice CLI tools being made for it. By far the best tool created I have
           13 come across is by Hakadan called pobsd-rs [2], it's how I have found so
           14 many great games.
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           17 My go-to game has been Tales of Maj’Eyal (tome4) [3] which is
           18 a roguelike game, you can explore randomly generated dungeons and follow
           19 a main questline to progress through the story. There are so many
           20 characters builds you can create there is always something new to try
           21 out.
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           24 As a quick pick-me-up game I have been playing the terminal game Curse
           25 of War [4], it's a strategy game where you play as a country's overall
           26 commander must defeat other countries. No major updates have been
           27 released since 2013 but a has had a few tweaks over the years. I could
           28 find no packages for it however a simple git clone and make produced
           29 zero compile issues on OpenBSD or Alpine Linux.
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           32 It is such a simple game with basic controls and goals but I find it
           33 a perfect game for playing as a quick pick-me-up. I also found an old
           34 youtube video [5] about it from years ago that might be worth a watch to
           35 see if it's your kind of jam and get a better understanding of the game.
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           38 OpenBSD has some great options available for games, checkout out the
           39 resources below if you are interested in a bit of downtime.
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           42 0. https://playonbsd.com/games/
           43 1. https://github.com/playonbsd/OpenBSD-Games-Database
           44 2. https://github.com/Hukadan/pobsd-rs
           45 3. https://te4.org/
           46 4. https://github.com/a-nikolaev/curseofwar
           47 5. https://invidious.lidarshield.cloud/watch?v=Egh3Jw-XafU (6:30)
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           50 .EOF