A song once asked what war was good for, and apart from things like fighting off aggressors, the thing it's best for is providing a background for strategy gaming. Songs of Steel Hispania uses one particular war for its basis, namely the conflict on the Iberian Peninsula between 153 BC and 133 BC. If you aren't familiar with that series of wars then don't worry; Songs of Steel Hispania will get you up to speed with its combination of historical turn-based strategy and consequence-filled narrative decisions. What's more, with its first big patch, it just got a whole lot better to play.