This episode is our third Game Club, where we pick a game that neither of us have played before, play it separately, and then come together with our own fresh thoughts to discuss it on Octal FM.

This time, it's Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, a sci-fi RTS from Stardock.

Jalada and Sefran chat about six of their favourite genre-defining real-time strategy games. Related reading from the show:

• Real-time strategy on Wikipedia
• Metagaming
• Age of Empires 2
  • How to play it: Try Age of Empires 2 HD, the 2013 remake.
• Homeworld
  • How to play it: Homeworld Remastered is a beautiful remake and comes complete with the sequel and a refined multiplayer experience.
• Rise of Nations
  • How to play it: Pick up Rise of Nations: Extended Edition, the 2014 remake.
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
  • How to play it: It's work getting some of the expansion packs for Dawn of War, so pick up the Master Collection.
• World in Conflict
  • How to play it: World in Conflict multiplayer servers have been shut down but you can still pick the game up complete with expansion from GOG and it still has local multiplayer for your LAN party!
• Populous: The Beginning
  • How to play it: Populous doesn't work well on modern PCs (Sef couldn't get it running) but you can pick it up on GOG.

Intro & outro music: JACKS - Runaway Fashion