Age of Wonders 4 is the first 4X to let me play as cannibal dwarves

It's tough to break out of the wheel ruts laid down by the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, and Warcraft when creating a new fantasy world: orcs, dwarves, elves, and humans tend to reprise their roles over and over again thanks to how large those established properties loom on the fantasy world's horizon. Age of Wonders 4, the upcoming 4X game from Triumph Studios and Paradox, is taking a different approach by casting players themselves as the fantasy authors - so if you want to play as a race of animist mole people who live in a volcanic forge world inhabited by dinosaurs, you can do just that.

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