{"id":854360,"date":"2025-12-15T05:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/what-weve-been-playing-kingdoms-underworlds-and-caped-crusaders"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:17","slug":"what-weve-been-playing-kingdoms-underworlds-and-caped-crusaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-weve-been-playing-kingdoms-underworlds-and-caped-crusaders\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;ve been playing &#8211; kingdoms, underworlds and caped crusaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/what-weve-been-playing-kingdoms-underworlds-and-caped-crusaders.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we&#8217;ve been playing over the past few days. 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This week we return to an old series to see how it&#8217;s evolved, we go to the underworld and play with the gods, and we go back to the Arkham game that started it all. What have you been playing? If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We&#8217;ve Been Playing, here&#8217;s our archive. 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