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10 Strategy Games for the Armchair General

10 Strategy Games for the Armchair General
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10 Strategy Game Demos to Download

Not every gamer needs cutting edge cinematic graphics or pulse-pounding adrenaline thrills. A well-executed plan of attack, a long term strategy coming to fruition, or a tightly fought skirmish can be just as satisfying as an action game's perfect kill shot. RTS fans may want to check out these strategy game demos, which range from offerings from big name studios to scrappy little indie titles. All guaranteed to scratch your gaming itch.

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    dalethepcman , April 9, 2013 8:08 PM
    please kill the "I wish I were power point" articles already. My attention span is larger than the 50 words this format allows, and I don't need the page to be >50% pictures to read it....

    I would love to see how many people click the first page, then leave before finishing these articles...
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    zybch , April 9, 2013 9:57 PM
    Way to artificially inflate your page count Tom's.
    NOBODY likes these 'articles' over the normal format and all you're doing is pissing people off.
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    jhansonxi , April 10, 2013 1:29 PM
    Browser game Grepolis is popular with my friends (grepolis.com).
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    socalboomer , April 10, 2013 2:24 PM
    Should have Gratuitous Space Battles on there - great, inexpensive, can be VERY challenging. . .
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    tim1935 , April 11, 2013 9:13 AM
    This format does not bother me now that they sped up the load times. In the past it was excrutiatingly slow to switch to other frames.
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    agnickolov , April 15, 2013 9:30 AM
    Please stop equating strategy with RTS. The latter term is usually associated with RTT (real-time tactics) titles which is not strategy at all. Some excellent examples of true RTS as in Real Time Strategy (not tactics) are Master of Orion 1 and Capitalism Plus. The original XCOM title (XCOM: UFO Defense) is an example of a mix of RTS (overland) and turn-based tactics (during missions).
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    Spac3nerd , April 15, 2013 11:36 AM
    Supreme Ruler Cold War is also great title. The AI isn't brilliant so multilayer is the better option.
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    mesa , April 26, 2013 2:34 AM
    good website
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    sudz28 , May 2, 2013 11:07 AM
    I wish I could figure out how to play Crusader Kings II. Sounds great on paper, bought the game, can't figure out what the heck I'm doing - SERIOUSLY needs a strategy guide to be put out for it or something.
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