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Strategy

A collection of 26 posts

Review

Synergy Invites Us To Question Our Assumptions About City Building Games

Synergy is an "Ecosystem City Builder” that challenges us to re-evaluate the simulation genre

Indie Monthly

Indie Monthly: March 2025

Minimalistic strategy games have caught our attention this month

Game Design

How The X-Com Files Delivers Smaller Scale Strategy

The TU is out there

Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems of Game Design Volume 27

Featuring GhostControl Inc and Europa 1400: The Guild

Opinion

Will Civilization VII Finally Get the Tech Tree Right?

How will Civilization VII deal with its tech tree?

Interview

Designing Marvel’s Midnight Suns With Director Joe Weinhoffer

The transition from XCOM’s soldiers to Earth’s greatest heroes

Game Design

Is Strategy Design Due for a Shakeup?

How does the strategy genre stay relevant in the current era of gaming?

Opinion

Total War: Attila and the "Dark Ages"

Total War: Attila portrays the collapse of the Roman Empire as an unmitigated tragedy. How does this depiction measure up to scrutiny?

Opinion

Should You Get Into Fighting Games?

How Street Fighter 6 captures the essence of fighting games

Review

Hexarchy: Civilization in the Cards

Digital board gaming for people with short attention spans

Game Design

How Damage Scaling Holds Fighting Games Together

How damage scaling aids fighting game design by facilitating player expression, balance, and accessibility

Preview

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Gives Stealth Tactics a Pirate Makeover

Set sail for sneaky tactical action

Preview

Getting Strategic: Top Picks From Tacticon 2023

Game design guru Josh Bycer gives his top picks from Tacticon 2023

Feature

Foundations of Empire: 59 Tips for EU4 Novices

Strategies to strategize your strategy

Opinion

The One Thing I Want To See in Civilization 7

Examining the leader screens in previous Civilization games and hopes for the upcoming installment

Review

Surviving the Deep Freeze in Frostpunk

A frustratingly addictive survival sim that won’t let go

Feature

Master of Orion II Is a Forgotten Marvel

Build an interstellar empire in Master of Orion II, a forgotten gem from 1996

Review

The Trasamire Campaigns: Risk It All for the Throne

Conquer the kingdom and live your story

Review

It's All Ogre Now

Reviewing Tactics Ogre: Reborn, a strategy game not for the faint of heart

Review

One Spin for IXION, One Leap for Space Sims?

This promising "Frostpunk in space" needs some refinements in order to truly shine

Opinion

Star Trek Armada: Could a Third Game Happen?

What could a third game in the classic RTS franchise look like?

Feature

A Drop Of Blood, A Pinch Of Salt: Triangle Strategy, And Endless War

Triangle Strategy's grand story echoes the truth of real wars

Guide

Intro to Europa Universalis IV: The First Turn

An accessible guide for newcomers on how to conquer Europa Universalis IV

Review

Revisiting NetStorm: Islands at War

An enchanting 1997 real-time strategy game that was ahead of its time

Feature

Returning to The Nations

How a 2001 city-building sim flipped gender roles and raised both eyebrows and questions