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A-Z Backlog challenge: Last federation

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The Last federation is a RTS by Arcen games . They are known for creating asynchronous games with strange starting and win conditions. Their best known game is probably AI war: Fleet command which saw you starting from the point where humans have lost the war and you are so weak that the AI can't even be bothered to completely wipe you out of existance. You had to slowly build up your technology, manufacturing and fleet without alerting it to your strength too early or it would crush you like a bug. They also made a game called Skyward collapse where you played a God trying to keep the balance between different warring tribes on your world so that one didn't complete annihilate the other(s). In the Last Federation you play the last of the Hydrans. Your homeworld has been destroyed by one of the races and your mission is to create a federation which will bring peace to the galaxy. You first need to steal a prototype ship to get you around. You can choose who to steal from-

A-Z Backlog challenge: Kingdom Rush

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Kingdom Rush is a fun tower defense game from Ironhide Game Studio . The story is standard fantasy fare with you protecting the kingdom from bandits, monsters and finally defeating the big, bad demon. In the early part of the game, you have four different types of towers. Barracks send three soldiers to block an area. Archers and mages shoot passing enemies while cannon towers do the same but as an AoE. You also have two spells- one an aoe fire spell and the other places weak farmers to do a similar job to the barracks. The graphics are crisp and it's very easy to differentiate all the types of towers, units and enemies.  Between missions you gain stars which allow you to give bonuses to your towers and spells- such as make upgrades cheaper or spells last longer. As you work through the campaign towers also become more powerful and open up specialisations. For example, barracks can be upgraded to either produce paladins or barbarians. You also can buy specific skil