Hero’s Academy is one of those rare games that I look forward to playing every day.

I have found another strategy, battle game that I have been playing every day for a couple of months, that elicits a similar joy.

The game is “PanzerWars”.

It is most similar to the boardgame “Risk” and here are the key features:
- You start out with 10 territories on a map of Europe and try to capture the other territories with your troops
- You play against 9 other players, a mix of real players and gamebots
- You can build defenses, factories, soldiers, or tanks inside your territories
- Strategic decisions include whom to attack, when to attack, how many troops to attack with, and whether you build defenses, factories, soldiers, or tanks.
- And similar to Hero’s Academy, every strategic decision has pros and cons to agonize over.
- My favorite part is that all actions happen in “realtime”, so your troops are moving and your factories are working even when the app is closed.
- You can check in as little as once a day or many times a day to give your troops and factories new instructions.
- Each game lasts around 7-14 days.

The game is dead simple to play, and has some nice basic graphics.

If you like Hero’s Academy, Risk, and strategy games in general then I think you will also LOVE this game!

PanzerWars is a free game but it costs $5 to upgrade your factories to the auto-build feature, a vital upgrade for frequent players.

Scott, I couldn’t disagree with you more. I’ve found Commit to be awesome. Sure, it’s very simple and doesn’t do a lot, but that’s the beauty of it.

It allows me to keep all my commitments in one convenient place. Thus, the chances of forgetting about one is diminished.

Watching the “days in a row” bar grow is a powerful motivator. So far I’ve managed to do push ups everyday for two weeks. Push ups suck, and I hate them; but seeing the bar at zero would suck even more.

It works for me, perhaps you didn’t use it long enough. Just my two cents.

- Mark

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