A game map illustrating regions, religions, cities, buildings, castles, wonders, courtiers, and faith points in medieval Iberia, with victory points and other game elements, featuring a dark background and decorative border.

Accessible Strategy Games About our Nuanced World.

Gamifying complex problems so your play helps you understand real life.

Our Games

A world map titled 'Balance of Powers' showing global geopolitical influence and power balance, with countries highlighted in various colors, with lines and symbols indicating strategic relationships and power dynamics.
Text logo that reads "Balance of Powers" in bold, dark blue letters with gradient shading.

Write the Next Chapter of World History by leading your Country through Great Power Politics, Climate Change, and a rapidly changing world.

Undergoing V4 edits. Launch 2026

A map of medieval Iberia showing regions, cities, and gameplay elements with a turn order legend on the left and victory points legend on the right. The regions are color-coded and contain icons for political support, military strength, and other game-related factors.
Logo for 'Liberty, Kings & Emirs', in a distressed white font on a brown background with a large 'A' and a crown symbol.

Grow your kingdom while balancing the diverse Faiths of the Iberian Peninsula; the center of knowledge and culture in Medieval Europe.

Kickstarter Launch 2025

Colorful word cloud with the words 'Politics' in black and gray, 'and' in black, and 'Parties' in red, purple, green, and blue, with lines connecting to indicate relationships.

Lead your Political Party into government power by building a coalition of support from regions, people and issues across your country while managing ongoing crises.

Early Stage Development

A smiling woman with braided hair and orange sunglasses and a smiling man wearing a black cap sunglasses and a gray t-shirt take a selfie outdoors with a desert landscape and stairs in the background.

About us

Ever since Ian helped Sarah up from the ice and they went to dinner at IHOP on a cold Phoenix, AZ winter night, the two created “CSquared” - a duo that helps each other grow exponentially.

Now, they are on the long journey of creating, producing and marketing games that help people understand and appreciate the nuances of our wonderful and sometimes confusing world.

Ian is currently the CEO and Lead Designer with nearly 20 years of experience working in geopolitics, consulting and executive education.

Sarah is currently the COO, CMO, CPO and ultimate problem solver with over 20 years working and leading in education all around the world. Also, without her, they’d never have started their passion for games.

Get to know us:

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