Welcome to /vst - Video Games/Strategy

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/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-ti...

Heroes of Might and Magic

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Let's discuss the greatest fantasy turn based strategy series of all time.>Heroes of Might a...

TNO thread (funeral crashers edition)

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Thread #2331422

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>Early access with "full game" starts>no threadsWhat gives?

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General

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How are you holding up AoE2 chads? Excited for the Mapuche? I'm really looking forward to Bolas...

Conquest of Elysium 5

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>Playing the troll king in dark ages >Struggling getting more unit due to lack any good gold s...

Terra Invicta

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Release edition is out!Who you playan?

Thoughts on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms strategy games made by Koei?

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I almost never hear any strategy game fans mention this series but apparently it is very good?

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

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W&R:SR threadDiscuss the engoodening of Early Start, get mad about feature creep and post your d...

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children

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Best RTS mod coming through

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/eu4/ - Europa Universalis IV

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This is a FOUR thread, Fivers keep movingI can't be the only one still playing this game, right...

Sid Meier's Colonization

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play the original? or the Civ IV spinoff? or Imperialism I (or Imperialism II)? I did play the origi...

/oxce/ - OpenXCOM

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"Recruiting" more hybrids.>OXCE?OpenXcom is a free open-source game engine for the orig...

/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development

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An awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never se...

Thread #2332947

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Friends, Tropicans tell me, will it suck? I only like 3 and 4.

Thread #2324745

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>removes features from the game and replaces them with unfinished onesit's over, isn't ...

Graviteam Tactics/Combat Mission - Eternal Rivalry Edition

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Thread to discuss Graviteam Tactics and Combat Mission games.Screenshots and AAR's welcome.

Dawn of War: Definitive Edition

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It's unfortunate that the Definitive Edition for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War completely faile...

Thread #2329295

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Damn. I love this "Game"

Thread #2331947

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>Play any strat game in the last 25 years>AI will get stat boosts>AI gets faster deployment...

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General

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prööööööö editionPrevious >>2319314

Total War 3 Kingdoms thread

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I didn't remember how ugly 3 Kingdoms looks, how can people enjoy it unironically?I swear, even...

/HTW/ Historical Total War thread

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Since /twg/ is mostly about Warhammer now, let's have this again. Talk about historical Total W...

EU4: Anbennar

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I love the Jadd editionPrevious thread: 2167441

ANNO 117

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So now that the dust has settled,>what went right?>what went wrong?>hopes and copes about n...

Is stelaris worth playing

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I can get the game with 3 DLCs for super cheap on steam. Is the game worth buying and learning? How ...

/imp/ - imperator rome general

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there are dozens of us, dozens!

Hearts of Iron IV Thread

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With No Compromise, No Surrender out in the wild, what are everyone's thought on it? What are s...

Thread #2333360

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>elects to engage with about 20% of the game at best >proceeds to sit in the corner of the map...

EU5 EUV WHAT'S GOING ON?

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I was thinking of (pirating) this game. Why are 52% of the recent steam reviews negative?

Anno 1800

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now that it has been cracked, whats your excuse for not playing the BEST anno title?

Songs of Syx

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Amevian edition0.70 is live

Starcraft Brood War - Soulkey Avenged Edition

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In less than 24 hours, Park Sang Hyun, also known as Soma, will defeat Bisu, qualifying for the ASL ...

Hearts of Iron IV / HOI4 Modding

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>half the mods posted in these threads are just teasers>they'll never be released>some...

/trb/ - Football Manager

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Are you sticking with 26 or going back to FM24?

Thread #2327267

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>game predicts isis

Victoria 3 /v3g/

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>passing laws is now slightly less annoyingAmazing! At this rate the game will finally be be fixe...

Games only you played

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Played a demo of this game a long time ago and it kicked my ass since I was a stupid child back then...

Age Of Mythology Thread

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I love this game. I like it more then AOE2. Discuss it.

Thread #2332732

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What's the best way to play warcraft III in the year 2026?

Thread #2313366

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RIP

Tactics RPG's

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Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and any derivatives in this thread!The Final Fantasy Tactics re...

Thread #2314265

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Thread #2320279

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How long until Paradox abandon EU5? This was supposed to be their magnum opus.. no one wants to play...

Godsworn

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>Godsworn is a classic mythological RTS. Experience an epic fantasy retelling of the Baltic Crusa...

Thread #2319623

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>never been surpassed

Thread #2154626

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Why are tier 1 skeleniggas so expensive to raise in this shit game

Thread #2255151

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The future of strategy games is here

/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress General

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American Conquest

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Has anyone played this game? It's like Age of Empires 2 but set in America during colonization....

Unpopular vst opinions thread.

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I'll start with the fact I don't like the Populus games even 3.

Command & Conquer

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Watcha>playan>listnan>unit favanFor me it's the RA allied campaign, TD's Depth Ch...

Civilization thread

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I know I'm late, but I finally tried Civ VI with all its DLCs, holy moly the downgrade. Civ V(a...

RTS Campaigns

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I love a good RTS campaign. What are some good ones? What makes a good RTS campaign? What are some u...

EAW

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Love this game like you wouldn’t believe.m, minus the meh land combat. Any games similar to it wit...

Thread #2193516

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This game has spoiled me as far as QoL in gaming goesI don't care if you like it or not, if you...

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

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Hearts of Iron IV / HOI4 Modding

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Five minutes to 1.1 editionBrought to you by idea guy.Now with baking!——-MODDING RESOURCES——...

WW2 Rome Remastered

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X4 foundations

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Diplomacy update public beta out NOW

Thread #2319803

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Any good Vicky 2 mods come out recently?

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Thread #2323994

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Is it worth it to start with rts games in 2026? Never played one before.

Thread #2057168

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Cyber Knights: Flashpoint just got out of the EA. It's an xcom-like cyberpunk turn-based tactic...

Theotown thread

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I just think it's neat.

Checkmate Heroines - Chess with anime girls as pieces

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The Steam page dropped... Would /vst/ play it?

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

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just finished a round of Alpha Centauri. seems as good an excuse as any to create a thread about it&...

Endless games

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Discuss games in the Endless universe. Endless Space 2 has recieved a community patcb that squashed ...

OpenTTD

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Civilization 3

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>adopt monarchy>my profit immediately goes down by like 20 coinsI feel bamboozled. Anyway I�...

Empire at War: are Sith not that good?

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All guides i find online write that Darth Vader is one man army super unit that can take planets in ...

Thread #2331383

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So is CIV VI finally good now? I played it when it came out and didn't click with it. After it ...

Civilization series' scenarios

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Which Civ has the best scenarios and more important, does anyone even plays them?

Horn of the Abyss 1.8.0

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City Tales - Medieval Era

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new cozy organic medieaval city builder just dropped

Rare /vst/ games thread #2

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ITT: Strategy games that no one besides (you) have played. Recommend rarities and discuss games that...

CK2/3 Ideas4Campaign thread

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>check out recent news>Princess Sofia of Sweden>Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway>Duc...

It looks so grim

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>CA promises to revisit old titles to fix them, again>Shogun 2 / Rome 1 remaster drama all ove...

Thread #2326944

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what do we think of it?

Thread #2331227

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This game fucking sucks.>awful accuracy on everything>game is all about dealing with low suppl...

RTS Zoom

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No rts has proper zoom distance options except World in ConflictChange my mind

Thread #2331833

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Rate the new snow wasteland recruits.The SVOLblader (my 20th gen daughterfu with no exclusivity clau...

Opinion on Mow as2?

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That game is bussin fr fr. Why is nobody talking about it here?

Thread #2330252

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This could've been the Total War killer if instead of being autistic, the dev did:>Remove th...

Thread #2245907

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>play>press buttons faster than the enemy>winWhy is this considered strategy and allowed on...

Thread #2189263

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>the cancer that killed total war

Disciples

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Fuck dwarfs

Thread #2329118

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OH NO

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Game

Thread #2327844

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POV: You've been banned from my park.You will never get to return to this land of wonder. Jealo...

Strategy Games to hone political sense

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Greetings. I am looking for strategy games, preferably grand strategy, that will help hone my politi...

Thread #2323427

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ohhhhso THAT's what she means when she says she "needs to find a mousehole"

Thread #2323607

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The great debate

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/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General #2

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Today is Ganesh Jayanti (also called Ganesha’s Birthday), let's celebrate and play some Hindu...

Thread #2329596

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On one hand it's great we had so many episodes of King's Bounty, on the other hand, I wish...

The Guild - Europa 1410

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cautiously optimistic this timealso whats wrong with 3? was it really THAT shite?

Sudden Strike and Blitzkrieg bread: Linux edition

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While I am aware that both games are different and people who like one, might dislike the other, to ...

The Campaign Trail

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CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.htmlNCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/ind...

/gsg/ - Grand Strategy General

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If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it.No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it...

Thread #2110457

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Best city builder in your opinion?>Cities: SkylinesShitties of them all in my opinion. In this on...

Thread #2329907

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Fallen in war we belong to historyHow many men have died under your command?

against the storm

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Is it any good?

CK2 hate thread

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Post pics or greentexts about stuff that happened in your campaign that make you ragequit or give yo...

Thread #2327957

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War in Spain is out now. Anyone played it? Is it a prototype for War in the Mediterranean or a WitP2...

Thread #2161270

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>starting a new country from nothing is fun>exploring the map is fun>claiming valuable land...

Thread #2134850

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Paradox can't help themselves. eu5 is done.

Thread #2330561

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is it any good

Thread #2328115

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Do people still play thisI recall this game had threads on /vst/

Fall of an Empire

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Hi guys. What do you think about this upcoming 4X Grand Strategy game? Unlike similar titles, you al...

/eu5g/ - Europa Universalis 5

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aka Imperator Rome 2.0Liever Turks dan Paaps EditionJohan realized that all the QOL features of eu4 ...

Thread #2271084

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Foundation or Farthest Frontier. And I guess Manor Lords but that's still in early access.Which...

Three Kingdoms

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What's the verdict on this?

FIRE EMBLEM THREAD

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You guys think this game is gonna be an FF6 style game with an ensemble cast or will it continue the...

Broken Arrow

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Roadmap revealed>One last major update of 2025, including allied bot support for skirmish>1st ...

/mbg/ - mount and blade general

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best girl and animu mods when edition (looted): >>2297392>M&B Wikiantifandom.com/mounta...

Thread #2318570

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The siege towers do not work in this game, is there any way I can fix this? My soldiers pile up in i...

Starsector

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Eagle appreciation edition

CK2 thread

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Is after the end worth playing? If so which version? Also CK2 thread

Rimworld thread

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I like to think it wasn't just the anarchists that destroyed the empire. There used to be a men...

Thread #2325407

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Thoughts on boomer wargames? I've been learning the new flashpoint campaigns over the last coup...

Thread #2328306

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RTS will never quite match the daunting complexity of a hex-based wargame

Thread #2157733

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>"KNIGHTS!"

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How do I acquire proficiency?

/bbg/ - Battle Brothers general

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Tabletop editionHow are your dudes faring?

Thread #2323713

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this is releasing in two days. we hyped or not? prince of macdeon (THE PRINCE) also has a gameplay v...

Thread #2320291

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What's the /vst/ verdict on Old World? Is it worth picking up? Is the Paradox-like slew of DLC ...

Thread #2321282

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Just played through the Songs of Conquest campaigns.Hero progress carries over between missions whic...

Thread #2325387

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The alienation of their fanbase continues. That's why right after I pointed out that Hector Doo...

TNO thread

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Shadow Empire

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Can anyone tell me why my guys are starving despite available logistic points being like 7 times hig...

Naval Wargames

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Happy new years edition!Lets have us all a friendly ship design competition, post your boats! Use th...

Thread #2303478

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why is nobody talking about this? biggest total war mod just dropped for attila and it made the game...

Thread #2312877

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I am making a game suspiciously resembling EU4, what realism features, mechanics and other misc thin...

Best TW for a complete newbie.

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I've been lurking around here and people seem to mention Total War a lot. I talked to one of th...

Lost technology

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Has anyone tried this game? could a smooth brained person like me enjoy it? I found Dominions and Co...

Am I playing CK2 wrong?

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>see a lot of CK2 videos in YT>looks like a cool RPG / Grand-strategy SANDBOX game, it's ...

Thread #2325877

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I last played this game 3 years ago and i remmeber I almost fnished the campaign before the chaos ex...

4X / Grand-Strategy games with good AI?

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Also, is it there a mod for CK2 that makes the AI an actual Artificial INTELLIGENCE?

Thread #2327307

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how do fix mental omgea

Thread #2318372

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What are some citybuilders with military? I love stuff like the impressions games because you get to...

Rise of Nations

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Anyone else ever play this game? Never see any threads on it but its always been one of my favorites...

RTS oddities

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>too many units on the map means certain units can't attack

Cats Who Play new release

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>The game "Gostomel Bogatyrs" will be released on February 24, 2026, the 4th anniversar...

Thread #2326925

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kino

wargame/warno/steel division

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SOUTHAG is outThis div is super fun

/WDOSOTHG/ - Warhammer Dark Omen and Shadow of the Horned Rat General

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With the recent release of Warhammer Dark Omen on GOG and with its prequal Shadow of the Horned Rat ...

War of Dots

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>mogs HOI4>mogs total war>entirely free on steamyou're playing the most fun game of 20...

Hardest RTS campaigns?

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I'm currently playing Earth 2140 on NORMAL and holy fuck. I'm 20 hours in and haven't...

Thread #2327089

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