Julian Gollop, the Bulgaria-based designed best known for creating the original XCOM game, has just launched a Kickstarter for a new "wizard tactics" game called Chaos Reborn.

Julian Gollop co-created the original X-Com, many years ago, and was not optimistic about the chance of this year's XCOM turning out well. But XCOM turned out to be a smart game and was very well-received. Nearly everyone loves it.

As intrigued as I am by what 2K's doing with X-COM—and I freely admit I'm in the minority there—the publisher's recent move to delay that game another year, and release a more traditional turn-based strategy reboot meantime, reek of please-everyone panic. Fans of the original can read between the lines and see an…

The new Xcom game isn't really X-Com at all. There's no turns and certainly no isometric combat. For those upset about this, maybe you should look into, of all things, a Ghost Recon game for the 3DS.