All Episodes
eXplorminate — 241 episodes
eXplorminate | eXpansion & eXploitation
Cozy chat with DasTactic
eXplorminate | Developer Interview with Zeikko
eXplorminate | Explore First, Ask Questions Later
DLC | The Good, The Bad and The Downloadable
Looking ahead into 2026
Merry 4Xmas | Our top played games of 2025
Olden Era | The resurgence of HoMM ( and competitors!)
Endless Legend 2 - Early Access
AoW4 - flawed or flavourful?
Battle of the Songs
Zephon and Eo
Let's eXplore Endless Legend 2
Distant Worlds 2 and the Concept of "Awe"
The Death of 4X?
A New Beginning
Bonaparte Interview with Studio Imugi
ARA: History Untold Deep Dive
Civilization 7 Reaction, ARA: History Untold, and More!
Age of Wonders 4: Eldritch Realms and More!
The Great Big Host Episode
ZEPHON Interview: Exclusive Insights from Proxy Studios
Songs of Silence Interview with Alex
Shadow Empire Interview with Vic Reijkersz in 2024
Dominions 6 Discussion
Episode #52: 2024 - A Banner Year for 4X?
2023 in Review and 2024X
Richard Yorke and the Gang
Commonwealth Episode #4
eXplorminate After Dark
Interview With Triumph Studios on Age of Wonders 4
Episode #51: The News and GalCiv 4: Supernova
2nd Interview With VR Designs on Shadow Empire
Interview with Ail, an eXpert in AI Programming
Age of Wonders 4 Deep Dive
Interview With Edmon, Strategy Game Extraordinaire
Episode #50: Oceania, Supernova, and Why We Play
The Commonwealth on Master of Magic and Distant Worlds 2
Galactic Civilizations 4 Interview with Brad Wardell (Plus AI Discussion)
Spellforce: Conquest of Eo Interview with Jan Wagner
Spellforce: Conquest of Eo Review
Episode #49: Age of Wonders 4 with DasTactic
Commonwealth 'Cast #3: 2022 Retrospective and Looking to 2023
Galactic Civilizations 4 Audible Review
Episode #48: GotY and SpellForce: Conquest of Eo
Interview with Mila of Muha Games (Master of Magic)
The Pegasus Expedition Early Access Review: Audible
Episode #47: Is Stellaris Really Good Now?
Interview with Hooded Horse's CEO, Tim Bender
Episode #46: Site Success and Terra InVictoria 3
Terra Invicta Deep Dive with PerunGamingAU, TortugaPower, and Havoc
Episode #45: BIG News and Our Games of 2022-23
Bonus Episode #1: Special Guests and Games
Episode #44: Back on the Air!
Episode #43: Catching Up, News, and a Hooded Horse
Episode #42: The "Pressure" of a Good Strategy Game
Episode #41: Praxis Games Interview on IS:G Evolving Empires
Episode #40: The Iron Oath Dev Interview
Episode #39: Distant Worlds 2 Release Discussion
Episode #38: Stardock Interview - Galactic Civilizations 4: Part 2
Episode #37: Galactic Civilizations 4 - Part 1
Episode #36: Alliance of the Sacred Suns Interview
Episode #35: Distant Worlds 2 Preview and the Rest of 2022
Episode #34: The Commonwealth 'Cast No. 2
Episode #33: Interview on Hero's Hour
Episode #33: 2021 Recap and Looking Ahead
Episode #32: News Roundup and Star Ruler 2
Episode #31: Neutrals and a Donkey Didgeridoo
Episode #30: News Brief and Against the Storm Discussion
Episode #29: The Combat 'Cast
Episode #28: The Commonwealth Cast No. 1
Fragile Existence Interview with Lee Harris
Interview with Illwinter Game Design
Episode #27: Crow Ben and Humankind
Episode #26: Game News and Catching Up!
Interview with Proxy Studios on ZEPHON
Episode #25: To Let's Play or to Not Let's Play
Interview with Todd D'Arcy, Solo Developer of Falling Frontier
Episode #24: eXplorminate News Anchors
Interview with Brad Wardell on Galactic Civilizations 4
Episode #23: Huge News and a Planetfall Postmortem
Interview with Chris McElligott Park on AI War 2 and More
Audible Review: Trials of Fire
Episode #22: Multiplayer vs Single-Player Design Conflicts in Strategy Gaming
Interview with Glen Pawley of Star Dynasties
Episode #21: The "Gears Tactics" Treatment
Episode #20: Our Most Wanted Sequels
Interview with YouTube's LucidTactics
Interview with Erik Rutins of Matrix Games
Episode #19: Our Top Ten 4X Games of All Time List
Content Creator Interview: TortugaPower
Episode #18: Our GotY of 2020 and the Games of 2021
Second Interview with Vic of VR Designs about Shadow Empire
Episode #17: Ray Fowler and More
Interview with Julian Gollop
Episode #16: News, Nominations, and an Interview
Interview with Vasily about Revival: Recolonization
An Interview with The Pegasus Expedition Developers
Interview with Tom (Tombles) of Triumph Studios
Interview with Praxis Games on Interstellar Space: Genesis
Episode #15: Imperiums, Interview, and More!
Phantom Brigade Interview With Adelaide of Brace Yourself Games
Episode #14: A 4X Subgenre eXamination
Interview with John Lumpkin on Terra Invicta & More!
Bonus Episode #3: Our Stellaris 2 Wishlist
Contest Winners Announcement!
Episode #13: What We're Playing
Episode #12: Our Dark Closets
Slitherine Games Giveaway!
Review: Crusader Kings 3
Episode #11: Of Mechs and Men
Humankind Interview with Romain of Amplitude Studios
Episode #10: Tactics Talk
Episode #9: I'm a Mechanical Man
Interlude #1: A Humble Plea
Episode #8: Behind the Scenes
Episode #7: Enchanted with Legendary Heroes
Content Creator Interview with DasTactic
Interview with Vic of VR Designs about Shadow Empire
Episode #6: Whatcha Playin?
Old World Interview with Soren & Leyla Johnson of Mohawk Games
Episode #5: Old World Early Access
Episode #4: A Deep Dive into eXploration
Episode #3: Is Master of Orion 1 Still the Master?
Episode #2: A Frankenstein 4X
Podcast Reboot! Episode #1: A New Beginning
Weekly eXchange Episode #277: On My Own Again
Interview With Derek Paxton of Stardock
Weekly eXchange Episode #276: eXploring eXpositions
Weekly eXchange Episode #275: British Tyrannosaurs
Weekly eXchange Episode #274: International Diplomacy
Weekly eXchange Episode #273: An Army of One
Weekly eXchange Episode #272: English and X's
Weekly eXchange Episode #271: Nate-less, but Rob-full
Weekly eXchange Episode #270: Short and Solo
Weekly eXchange Episode #269: Happy New Year!
Weekly eXchange #268: Ho Ho Ho! Happy Holidays!
Content Creator Interview with Sabouts
Weekly eXchange #267: Humankind's Spotlight
Weekly eXchange #266: Ch Ch Ch Changes
WeX #265: Predestined for Quality Issues
WeX #264: Humankind and Elon Musk
WeX #263: Distant Worlds 2 Revelations!
Interview with Chris Park of Arcen Games
WeX #262: Time For Another Story?
WeX #261: Copyright That!
Wildermyth Interview with Nate and Annie
WeX #260: The Night Before Fright
Remnants of the Precursors Interview with Ray Fowler
WeX #259: PDXCon 2019 and More!
Alliance of the Sacred Suns Interview with Steve Hawkins
Godhood Interview with Manuel of Abbey Games
WeX #258: News Galore
WeX #257: There He Goes Again
AudiX #36: Age of Wonders Planetfall
WeX #256: What the Eff is 4X?
Interview with Dominus Galaxia's Jeff Graw
WeX #255: Into the Breach
WeX #254: The Calm Before the Storm
WeX #253: Trying New Things
Interview with Glen Pawley of Star Dynasties
WeX #252 - Troy's Big News
Looking Back on 5 Years of eXplorminate
WeX #251 - Humankind.
AudiX #35 - Thea 2: The Shattering
WeX #250 - That's A Lot!
WeX #249 - MoM?!?!
AudiX #34 - Interstellar Space: Genesis
WeX #248 - Planetfall...
AudiX #33 - Civilization 6: Gathering Storm
WeX #247 - Glorious Notes Return!
WeX #246 - Show Note Vacation.
WeX #245 - New
WeX #244 - Back From The War...
WeX #243 - The War Correspondent
WeX #242 - "Surprise Mechanics"
WeX #241 - Post E3 Blues...
WeX #240 - Heyoo!!!
WeX #239 - The Follow-Up.
WeX #238 - The Three Kingdom Discord.
WeX #237 - EPIC Fail?
WeX #236 - Shattered!
WeX #235 - **Cough, Cough**
WeX #234 - #234 – So, When Do You Game?
WeX #233 – Old Is New?
WeX #232 - Something New?
AudiX #32 - Stellaris: Megacorp
WeX #231 - Pax Driftland!
WeX #230 - Articles And Other Stuff!
WeX #229 – Epic Steam BATTLE Round 2!
WeX #228 - Phoenix Fiasco!
WeX #227 - More Net Neutrality Needed.
WeX #226 - Predestination Is Here!
WeX #225 - Biff? It Is, What It Is!
WeX #224 - Good Rants?
WeX #223 - Amazonian Storm!
AudiX #31 - Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith
WeX #222 - Polls, polls, and more polls.
Weekly eXchange #221 - Discord?
Weekly eXchange #220 - Da Biff!
WeX #219 - Dialing It In.
WeX #218 - Sabotage? Technical Difficulties?
WeX #217 - 2019… Is here!
StraX #35 - 2018 Game/eXpansion Of The Year Show!
WeX #216 - Not too quiet...
WeX #215 - Trigger WARNING!
WeX #214 - Epic Steam BATTLE Round 1!
AudiX #30 - Space Tyrant
WeX #213 – The Civilized Space Tyrant!
WeX #212 - What A Week!
WeX #211 - Thanksturkey Day...
AudiX #29 - Warhammer 40,000 Gladius: Relics of War
WeX #210 - Khaaaaaaaan!!!
WeX #209 – Year 5, Let’s Do This…
WeX #208 - The Cutoff...
StraX #34 - Strategic Warfare Part 2
WeX #207 - Updating Stuff!
WeX #206 - Progress.
WeX #205 - Aftermath!
WeX #204 - Total Drama!
AudiX #28 - Oriental Empires
WeX #203 - There's A Song.
WeX #202 - EUUUUUUUU…
WeX #201 - Is That How It Is?
StraX #33 - 4th Anniversary Hangout Session!
WeX #200 - 200... Already!
WeX #199 - Thanks For Trying!
WeX #198 - Into Space Once More...
WeX #197 - Round And Round We Go!
WeX #196 - Roman Times...
WeX #195 - Messenger.
XX #12 - Top 12 4X Games.
WeX #194 - War? Totally.
WeX #193 - Inferno!
WeX #192 - Rome, Rome, Rome...
WeX #191 - Is That It?
WeX #190 - We Don't Like Colorful Shells!
WeX #189 - Electronic Entertainment Expo ‘ 18.
WeX #188 - Valve, What Have You Done?!?!?!
WeX #187 - Let's Change Steam.
eXplorminate (Trailer)