This War of Mine, by 11 Bit Studios is often labeled not only as a good game, but also as an important game, especially as countries are invaded and lives are turned upside down in the same ways, over and over again. Because of how forever relevant this game is, and with a little pushing from friend of the show Randall on our "Games in Real-World Settings" episode a few months back, I was eager to give this a try- and it ended up winning a poll on Patreon! I was also lucky enough to be joined by Alex, host of the First Five YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/FirstFive). You should check out his channel for wonderful gaming content, including The Time-Strapped Gamer's Guide to Life Sims (https://youtu.be/aO1S7hjJPQ4?si=PIgCkXjDs04-1EqA), and helping you find what games you should try from that giant itch.io bundle (https://youtu.be/kjk6PRoxNN8?si=Bkwm7363jQ-B6Ljh) you bought. TIMESTAMPSIntros/Personal Histories/Opening Thoughts 1:25Story Setup/Setting/Bleak Tone 14:36Gameplay Mechanics 39:29Closing Thoughts/Recommendations/Housekeeping 1:16:45 Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! (https://patreon.com/realdavejackson) or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson)!Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! (https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR)Social Media:Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/)Twitter (https://twitter.com/tftblpod)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/)Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages (https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures)Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c) and other podcast platforms (atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!