{"id":44640,"date":"2018-02-27T03:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T10:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/into-the-breach-turns-mech-vs-kaiju-battles-into-a-game-of-sci-fi-chess\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T03:09:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T10:09:25","slug":"into-the-breach-turns-mech-vs-kaiju-battles-into-a-game-of-sci-fi-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/into-the-breach-turns-mech-vs-kaiju-battles-into-a-game-of-sci-fi-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Breach turns mech vs. kaiju battles into a game of sci-fi chess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:538,y1:258,x2:742,y2:462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ITB_large.0.png?w=900\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/subsetgames.com\/itb.html\"><em>Into the Breach<\/em><\/a> is a turn-based strategy game, along the lines of the <em>Advance Wars<\/em> series, where players control futuristic mechs fighting off an invasion of giant, bug-like alien monsters. 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