A strange little side quest
Put Raven 3D: Front Line next to the history of strategy games and a few unexpected connections appear. Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Doom changed game design and distribution in 1993 by separating its engine from content and spreading widely through shareware. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Raven 3D: Front Line feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
