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Anon·04/25/25 19:59·No.2019657

/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-time strategy, turn-based and real-time tactics, single-player and multi-player (including MOBAs). All platforms are welcome. Does this mean discussion of strategy games is banned on other video game b...

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Anon·12/03/25 07:33·No.2276712

FIRE EMBLEM THREAD

You guys think this game is gonna be an FF6 style game with an ensemble cast or will it continue the Fire Emblem tradition of being shackled to decades long tropes?

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Anon·11/17/25 14:06·No.2243775

Starsector

Modders are fags and should get their bucks broken.

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Anon·11/16/25 13:04·No.2241362

Story of Seasons / Stardew Valley / Rune Factory / Harvest Moon / Farming & Life Sims

Why did Marvelous abandon the Trio of Towns formula? >multiple towns with different aesthetics and strong identities >food effects encourage cooking variety >crops have 4 different qualities, plus giant and golden crops >animals have 4 qualities as well >festivals below the highest difficulty only ...

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Anon·11/26/25 21:48·No.2264409

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General

Army of rams edition prev >>2241052 [/vst/thread/2241052#p2241052]

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Anon·11/30/25 20:46·No.2271833

Hearts of Iron IV / HOI4 Modding

Toozer edition previous >>2254243 [/vst/thread/2254243#p2254243]

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Anon·11/30/25 21:35·No.2271914

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children

General Guide Mastery Set Effects, Mastery Drop List etc: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349483727 Finding Masteries, Modules, and Troublemakers: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1971619284 Mastery/Module Descriptions: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedf...

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Anon·11/13/25 23:00·No.2235642

Stupid, sexy muton edition. >OXCE? OpenXcom is a free open-source game engine for the original 1994 X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown) and 1996 X-Com: Terror from the Deep games. OXCE extends OXC modding capabilities and is home to megamods like X-Piratez, X-Com Files, 40k ROSIGMA and more...

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Anon·11/09/25 22:18·No.2223034

TNO

Proper baker edition https://gofile.io/d/zAJ2RV - Full DV leak repository. Proposal, charts, maps. https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasLands - Leaked build footage. Nearly finished and scrapped Italy, very unfinished Germany/US reworks and more. https://space.bilibili.com/385529615/upload/opus - BiliBili...

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Anon·12/02/25 17:00·No.2275123

It has leaked

They kept it secret until 2 days before, not bad. Can't believe people expected 40k

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Anon·11/23/25 06:43·No.2256156

Does anyone else think that the stress mechanic is kinda broken and ruins the game? >character is compassionate and ambitious (25% stress gain) >you do anything against another character, be it fabricate a claim, kill them, declare a war, be mean to them, etc >you get a mental break every year or s...

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Anon·10/13/25 14:15·No.2170868

EU4 Last Thread

How did I do?

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Anon·12/03/25 03:47·No.2276543

Is this Rimworld but good, or Rimworld but bad?

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Anon·12/03/25 01:32·No.2276321

>A.K.A. /EU5G/ - Europa Universalis 5 General "Schwedentrunk" edition >NEWS >1.0.8 Patch is out https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/patch-1-0-8-live-now.1884049/ >Annexing subject >>2272432 [/vst/thread/2272432#p2272432] Remember to ignore any baitposting

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Anon·12/02/25 01:31·No.2274083

>lets make the game slow as shit and also remove claim fabrication so youll be doing nothing most of the time lol What were they actually thinking here?

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Anon·12/03/25 12:55·No.2276993

Fallen Enchantress

Got this from a sale on GOG, what am I in for? Played some AoW, Gladius, Civ V, VI, Millennia and Endless Legend

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Anon·06/02/25 18:35·No.2057168

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

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Anon·11/22/25 19:14·No.2255151

The future of strategy games is here

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Anon·10/11/25 19:34·No.2169471

Master of Command

So what's the verdict so far on Master of Command? Been playing the demo and it's a good game so far, but the controls seem kinda janky.

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Anon·11/06/25 22:47·No.2213020

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ryr8UF4SX4 It's out (in 20 days). Thoughts? We now have italians on both sides.

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Anon·12/03/25 07:30·No.2276706

No Good Modern Day Games

Why does no one attempt to make an actually good modern day game? Realpolitiks 3, superpower 3, Power and Revolution 5…list of failures goes on but not a single autism dev has managed to take this on and make kino. >in before modern day is boring Far from it, proxy wars, global markets, modern pol...

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Anon·11/16/25 22:20·No.2242516

/trb/ - Football Manager

Are you sticking with 26 or going back to FM24?

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Anon·12/02/25 12:33·No.2274633

Sid Meier's Colonization

play the original? or the Civ IV spinoff? or Imperialism I (or Imperialism II)? I did play the original Colonization a bit as a kid but concerned how the DOSBox version (GOG version) runs

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Anon·07/06/25 02:06·No.2086255

Shadow Empire

Can anyone tell me why my guys are starving despite available logistic points being like 7 times higher than consumed ones? Are they just too fucking lazy to pick up their stuff or what? Logistics man, how the fuck do they work?

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Anon·11/14/25 06:28·No.2236332

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

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

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Anon·12/03/25 09:20·No.2276829

December 4

Now we're talking.

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Anon·11/30/25 17:21·No.2271392

/ckg/ - Crusader Kings General

waiting for elder kings edition prev >>2229560 [/vst/thread/2229560#p2229560]

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Anon·11/21/25 17:59·No.2253136

Is 4X suffering because the developers are bad or because you can buy, for cheap, the best 4X games ever made?

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Anon·10/28/25 15:36·No.2189263

>the cancer that killed total war

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Anon·12/01/25 00:26·No.2272252

Bookmarks in Paradox games:

It's strange to me how they've gone from what feels like a major part of the game to a mostly forgotten side feature to something that has been totally removed in everything but CK3. It's especially noticeable in the context of EU5, with many people wishing the game had featured a different start da...

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Anon·11/21/25 04:17·No.2252110

/v3g/ is a thread for the discussion of the game Victoria 3 mainly, however discussion of other Victoria games like 1 and 2 as well as mods or even similar games is allowed. FAQ is discussion of other victorias welcome? Yes! Can I come here to complain if I never played the game? No Are the dl...

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Anon·11/29/25 18:08·No.2269562

Its ogre

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Anon·11/14/25 08:58·No.2236485

/bbg/ - Battle Brothers general

Tabletop edition How are your dudes faring?

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Anon·11/23/25 21:11·No.2257460

The Campaign Trail

CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html

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Anon·11/23/25 23:45·No.2257703

Dawn of War: Definitive Edition

It's unfortunate that the Definitive Edition for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War completely failed to address the biggest thing that's holding it back from unlocking its multiplayer potential. The lack of information transparency. The game tells you like 10% of the things you need to know to properl...

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Anon·05/11/25 08:02·No.2032893

/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development thread

An awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see the light of day, etc. previous thread: >>1909726 I don't know why or how, but last thread bump limit, so here is the sequel.

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Anon·07/31/25 00:14·No.2108622

CK2 thread

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

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Anon·10/12/25 15:52·No.2170163

Empire at War: are Sith not that good?

All guides i find online write that Darth Vader is one man army super unit that can take planets in ground battle at his lonesome, but i found him to be too underwhelming. what he is great blaster magnet and that's it. Emperor is kinda weak as well. Jedi hero on other hand are all fucking OP as hell...

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Anon·07/08/25 13:29·No.2088485

X4 foundations

Diplomacy update public beta out NOW

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Anon·11/06/25 20:18·No.2212465

Lost technology

Has anyone tried this game? could a smooth brained person like me enjoy it? I found Dominions and Conquest of Elysium too much menuing and strategy for my taste

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Anon·11/27/25 21:25·No.2266425

/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress General

GRUDGE Edition Previous: >>2230110 [/vst/thread/2230110#p2230110] Avaliable for free at https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ or as a paid premium version on Steam or Itch.io >What is the difference? Both are the same game on the same version (53.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but ...

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Anon·11/09/25 06:24·No.2220582

Hearts of Iron IV

Ok, I've seen enough. I've had my fill, I've played my money's worth. When did you realize you were done with your favorite strategy game, and that it was time to move on?

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Anon·10/13/25 15:21·No.2170917

Starcraft Brood War - Soulkey Avenged Edition

In less than 24 hours, Park Sang Hyun, also known as Soma, will defeat Bisu, qualifying for the ASL 20 final, wherein he will defeat Snow, thereby avenging Soulkey's aberrant defeat and keeping the title in Zerg hands for the fifth ASL in a row. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Anon·08/29/25 23:23·No.2133117

wargame/warno/steel division

SOUTHAG is out This div is super fun

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Anon·12/02/25 22:33·No.2276001

how do I get good at this game?

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Anon·11/18/25 08:25·No.2245871

RTS

What are you >playing, >watching, >wondering about?

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Anon·12/01/25 22:56·No.2273922

Does anyone know wtf happened during Total War Empire's development? It really looks like they just made half the game and mechanics and called it a day (like when you get succession wars or the heir born event even though there's not even a royal family tree or royal characters anymore)

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Anon·10/27/25 12:29·No.2187621

Modern space 4x games

what are some of the best modern 4x space games? MoO2 is probably my all time favorite but that is an older one.

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Anon·10/12/25 22:26·No.2170480

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

just finished a round of Alpha Centauri. seems as good an excuse as any to create a thread about it >It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and become one with all the people! - Chairman Sheng-ji Yang

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Anon·11/11/25 06:39·No.2227905

I want an RTS that makes and tracks ammo

I think players need to get the idea of what its like running a logistics train to your units. You could have munitions plants, ammo trucks, airdrops and resupply drones, which would produce ammo then deliver it to resupply. Also, RTS should track morale. Its important for people to understand that...

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Anon·11/17/25 03:17·No.2243014

Best M&B mod ever made stands in your way

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Anon·10/17/25 01:48·No.2174399

/WC3/ - Warcraft 3 General

Warcraft 3 General - This entire thread needs to be purged.

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Anon·11/18/25 21:48·No.2247527

DUNC Spice Wars

now that devs have run off and dust has settled, what are your opinion about this game? Personally, I like game, but I'm rather pissed off that last few updates nerfed Corrino's hard. And I feel that devs could've added new faction, or at least revamped assassination/espionage game (like they said t...

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Anon·11/26/25 12:08·No.2263164

Civilization VI - Queen Dido larp

Yahweh is Mot? Yahweh is Yam? Yahweh is Moloch? Or is Yahweh the three combined (Canaanite's Evil Triad / Trinity)?

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Anon·11/15/25 10:59·No.2239020

It's so OVER for you now

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Anon·11/30/25 21:45·No.2271938

*saves strategy gaming*

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Anon·11/03/25 14:37·No.2200496

Master of Orion

MoO1 vs 2 vs apparently we don't talk about 3 vs Conquer the Stars where apparently mods make it OK. Which Master of Orion do you prefer? I've only ever played 2 but love it dearly, minus some of the micromanagement with planets that tends to happen

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Anon·11/13/25 13:26·No.2234272

Steam Machine & STRATEGY games

How well you think this will perform on strategy games (and specifically the unoptimized garbage Paracuck keeps propping up)? Specs-wise it looks fine, though I don't know how well SteamOS runs games made for Windows. Also even though VR is typically viewed as a meme gadget, imagining the entire wo...

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Anon·11/30/25 17:53·No.2271471

How to not fail miserably? I just want to survive and leave the country relatively okay.

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Anon·11/26/25 05:43·No.2262807

>places within your country with 0% government control generate no wealth whatsoever >money taken from your pops through taxes is straight up multiplied by your tax efficiency >taxing your pops at 100% ends up making them pay ways more than their income into the state treasury At this point I'm conv...

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Anon·10/12/25 23:51·No.2170519

>want to play more >install >old save is still there >open it >8 contracts accepted >not really sure what these are >"Orbit Eve" >oh that should be easy >start designing satellite with the biggest relay dish research points could buy >remember building is fiddly >remember manoeuvre nodes are fiddly ...

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Anon·08/02/25 12:37·No.2110457

Best city builder in your opinion? >Cities: Skylines Shitties of them all in my opinion. In this one you have shit like 16 people living in a skyscraper and you can't even build realistic sized cities. The traffic simulation is supposed to be good but its nonsensical (drivers are incapable of changi...

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Anon·11/20/25 21:45·No.2251567

What are some games that can meet the majesty of Patrician 3?

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Anon·11/30/25 01:16·No.2270433

/mbg/ - Mount & Blade General

An F in chat for those /mbg/ bros who were rejected. >M&B Wiki https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki > BANNERLORD >Pastebin https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT >Custom Banner Maker https://bannerlord.party/banner/ >Banner Code Sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0F...

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Anon·11/26/25 20:09·No.2264122

Which one has the best brothels?

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Anon·10/26/25 21:28·No.2187019

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

W&R:SR thread Discuss the engoodening of Early Start, get mad about feature creep and post your decrepit commieblocks.

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Anon·11/07/25 15:31·No.2214879

What causes this phenomenon?

Even in Nov of 2025.

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Anon·09/30/25 19:58·No.2159029

Lines of Battle - FoW update

How does this shit board not have a thread for the only good multiplayer strategy in existence Fog of war and all napoleonic unit types now added. Looking pretty complete now. Its free and its good, go play so I can farm elo

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Anon·07/11/25 20:44·No.2091209

Rare /vst/ games thread #2

ITT: Strategy games that no one besides (you) have played. Recommend rarities and discuss games that you vaguely remember playing as a kid or seeing in a magazine that one time. Continued from: >>1919459 I'll start: Conflict Zone. Early 00's strategy game that I haven't seen anyone mention in my en...

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Anon·11/29/25 07:57·No.2268709

Grand Tactician Napoleonic

>Napoleonic Kino coming next year

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Anon·11/25/25 16:28·No.2261396

Broken Arrow

Roadmap revealed >One last major update of 2025, including allied bot support for skirmish >1st DLC will be free and coming early on 2026. Full reveal on December 9th >will add a new "allied" country, which will be available to the US side as a spec in multiplayer (likely the Baltic units from singl...

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Anon·02/09/25 21:11·No.1954445

Graviteam Tactics/Combat mission

Fuck that specific spot edition Thread to discuss Graviteam tactics and Combat mission games and others like them.

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Anon·11/20/25 18:41·No.2251221

EU5 MEGA CAMPAIGN MOD

Do you think we’ll see a mod backing the start date to CK2 times and taking the game into a HOI4 timeline? I think with the combining of a lot of the Paradox games’ mechanics into EU5 it could work really well. Just tweak some models, tech,RGOS, and events to reflect the different times in history.

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Anon·11/14/25 09:32·No.2236555

How do we feel about Falling Frontier?

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Anon·11/21/25 21:49·No.2253657

Rule the Waves III

It's time. The Goddess of Vengeance is getting ready to redress the wrongs of June 4th, 1942. The docks are emptied. The fleet is underway. Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_Y8W0bkwI

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Anon·12/01/25 09:16·No.2272868

I'm gonna keep asking every year until either the answer is "yes" or I forget: Any strategy games in which you control Santa's workshop? The gameplay would change over the eras: the global population increases, toymaking technology becomes more sophisticated (and energy-intensive), labor laws vary, ...

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Anon·11/18/25 08:09·No.2245859

I recently started playing it for the first time and so far it's been a blast. You guys should be all over this.

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Anon·12/01/25 02:14·No.2272432

>A.K.A. /EU5G/ - Europa Universalis 5 General "Letting your burghers get too cocky" edition >NEWS >Latest patch 1.0.7 is out https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/1-0-7-patch-notes.1877372/ >1.0.8 Open Beta opt-in is available https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/open-beta-patch-note...

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Anon·09/01/25 11:14·No.2134850

Paradox can't help themselves. eu5 is done.

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Anon·07/15/25 20:46·No.2094972

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition

It's up

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Anon·11/11/25 06:30·No.2227890

Mobile /vst/

Is polytopia the only halfway decent mobile strategy game? I know the entire mobile market is cancer but there's gotta be something else I can play on my phone during breaks or when I'm taking a shit at work

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Anon·11/04/25 22:46·No.2205932

Heroes of might and magic Older Era

Your thoughts on the demo? So far what's your favorite: >faction >unit >hero Personal I found myself gravitating toward Dungeon the most. It got some really nice line-up. I think minotaurs and medusas are my favorite. In term of heroes I don't have yet favorite, but I like the dragon guy from Dunge...

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Anon·11/27/25 12:02·No.2265488

So, lat weekend I installed Master of Olympus and replayed the campaign. I haven't played it in like 20 years so I set the difficulty to easy because I remembered that a few of the maps where quite challenging on harder modes. And even then I had to restart some missions. It's true that video games...

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Anon·10/17/25 21:48·No.2175383

Best looking units

Post only the most kino looking strategy units (bonus point if they are OP)

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Anon·10/23/25 09:30·No.2182453

AOE2/WC3 Hybrid

I am currently in the early stages of developing a real-time strategy game that aims to combine elements from Age of Empires II and Warcraft III. Both of these titles have had a major influence on me as a player and as a designer. Age of Empires II is remarkable for its strategic depth, focus on eco...

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Anon·11/03/25 12:17·No.2200328

CK2 rant thread

>choose muslim Seljuk >begome zorroastrian >recreate the Persian Empire (i'm turkish) >can't join the Immortals for some reason (so no cool quest) >begome zorroastrian christ, aka 'Saoshyant' (no Holy Fury's reformation / God-king update. Paradox wtf?!) >nothing happens (all this madness and incest ...

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Anon·11/27/25 14:55·No.2265741

Should I play CK2 or 3?

I’ve got over a thousand hours in Stellaris, have all of the EU4 DLC, have had my time in Victoria 2 and 3, and bought Imperator but never installed it. I’m now curious about CK. But which one should I look at getting? What are the fundamental differences between the two?

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Anon·08/27/25 06:01·No.2130728

Any good Vicky 2 mods come out recently?

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Anon·09/26/25 15:11·No.2154626

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

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Anon·11/21/25 20:47·No.2253536

Anyone else gave surviving tedium a second go? What's your impression? magnet:?xt=urn:btih:OINFQFL3E5COLIG6CEZLITAZB236PZ3T&dn=Surviving%20Mars%20-%20Relaunched%20%5BFitGirl%20Repack%5D&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopentor.net%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu....

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Anon·09/24/25 16:24·No.2152693

Is stelaris worth playing

I can get the game with 3 DLCs for super cheap on steam. Is the game worth buying and learning? How long does it take to learn?

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Anon·11/08/25 17:29·No.2218452

Civilization thread

I know I'm late, but I finally tried Civ VI with all its DLCs, holy moly the downgrade. Civ V(anilla) still invictus. Not only it's more tedious, but the DLCs don't add anything fun, immersive (they just unnecessarily overcomplicate things for the sake of it, to make you waste more time while trying...

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Anon·11/27/25 18:08·No.2266064

Hearts of Iron 4

Advice on beating Trump as Atomwaffen in TFR? I joined the national front and immediately declared war while Biden was still alive so his forces would be divided but him and his allies just outnumber us so much and he has so many armor divisions. I tried holding out until the focus to nuke him finis...

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Anon·11/28/25 10:47·No.2267117

Thoughts on Dune Spice Wars?

I heard this is similar to Stellaris is that true?

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Anon·11/21/25 19:10·No.2253364

it's time to get comfy in demeo

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Anon·05/12/24 22:49·No.1754258

Warlords Battlecry

What happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well?

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Anon·11/03/25 20:02·No.2201631

Aside from Rome Total War, what's the best strategy game for feel like this?

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Anon·11/05/25 16:23·No.2208491

What's next?

So, given fairly successful release of EUV it is certain that no Paradox shutdown will be happening in foreseeable future. That begs the question - what's next? Both Stellaris and HoI4 will be decade old next year. And while HoI4 is still very popular, Stellaris is falling more and more behind while...

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Anon·11/14/25 19:40·No.2237549

The Fallen Lords' Bread

>be maybe 12 >see this game in a magazine hyped as 3D RTS >screens look ugly so ignore >mom and dad buy PC for Christmas >no games, so buy magazine with demo disk >Myth is there >decide to check it out >Bagrada! >holy fucking kino! I'm now an old fuck and jaded about games, nothing catches my attent...

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Anon·11/01/25 17:17·No.2196148

Jagged Alliance

I started Jagged Alliance 2 at least 12 to 20 times at various points in my lifetime. I never got past the first four towns or so. I only finished the game once when I snuck into the final time and solo killed Deidranna. Are there any good tips & tricks to keep in mind for tactically challenged pla...

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Anon·11/30/25 12:48·No.2271084

Foundation or Farthest Frontier. And I guess Manor Lords but that's still in early access.Which is the better medieval city builder? How they differ? Personal I don't play often city builders but I do like Anno series which has some city builder elements.

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Anon·11/26/25 20:10·No.2264127

/gsg/ — Grand Strategy General

If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it. No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5. How fares your empire, /gsg/? On this day in history, the 26th of November: 1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and ...

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Anon·11/26/25 06:40·No.2262876

I got it for $3 on steam, what am I in for?

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Anon·10/10/25 17:37·No.2168538

Menace

>demo so successful they drop even more unplanned content demo chads FEASTING >we get mechs welp time to wait for monday

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Anon·11/12/25 17:56·No.2232175

Timberborn

redpill me, this game looks cute, but is it fun for at least 1 whole playthrough?

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Anon·11/30/25 03:00·No.2270595

me play fungoids

how to commit genocide?

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Anon·11/26/25 22:36·No.2264558

Should I feel guilty using AI to develop my strategy game? I will hire an artist to make assets, but when it comes to programming, I'm honestly illiterate. Even if I try to learn how to program, I'd be making little pathetic little snake games and text adventure clones that really don't scratch my i...

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Anon·09/17/25 05:37·No.2146953

Conquest of Elysium 5

I want to have a CoE 5 thread. Been playing it nonstop for the past 2 weeks and it's a lot of fun. Much simpler than the Dom series, but still has a lot of the variety and depth. What are you favourite classes? There are loads of great ones, so I can't decide which one I like the most. I ended up li...

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Anon·10/26/25 02:43·No.2186107

What is a good city builder with military and multiplayer?

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Anon·10/17/25 02:53·No.2174434

Tactics RPG's

Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and any derivatives in this thread! The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is out, as well as the Tactics Ogre remaster. Also shilling the excellent One Vision mod for the PSP version of Tactics Ogre, which rivals and even exceeds the Reborn remaster, depending on t...

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Anon·11/18/25 08:53·No.2245907

>play >press buttons faster than the enemy >win Why is this considered strategy and allowed on this board? This shit is basically just Osu but without the music and in pvp mode.

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Anon·11/15/25 23:41·No.2240445

Rise of Legends

>Its been 19-20 years since it released >TWO DECADES >Yet game is still not for sale in Steam or GOG. WHY? I want to buy it again, and the possibility of a remaster, even if small. And I want to state this FACT: Rise of Legends is superior to its predecessor. There, I said it.

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Anon·11/22/25 20:44·No.2255389

RTS Campaigns

I love a good RTS campaign. What are some good ones? What makes a good RTS campaign? What are some underrated ones? Did Arthas really need to purge that city?

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Anon·09/29/25 19:07·No.2157998

Cossacks

Got any tips for a newbie? I'm playing Back to War, btw.

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Anon·11/25/25 10:26·No.2260814

bros, what are good entry-level strategy games (both turn-based and real time) for someone who finds the genre inherently stressful? There's so much cool shit out there, but the moment I have to start making decisions and/or direct my little dudes, I start thinking about missing info or screwing my ...

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Anon·08/07/25 20:52·No.2114440

Why did Microsoft fumble AoM so hard?

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Anon·11/22/25 08:23·No.2254243

Hearts of Iron IV / HOI4 Modding

Hearts of Iron IV / HOI4 Modding Get in here and discuss!

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Anon·11/29/25 06:09·No.2268654

/EUVG/ - Europa Universalis V General

>A.K.A. /EU5G/ - Europa Universalis 5 General "Sieges in Age 1" edition >NEWS >Latest patch 1.0.7 is out https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/1-0-7-patch-notes.1877372/ >1.0.8 Open Beta opt-in is available https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/open-beta-patch-notes-1-0-8.1879458/ >A...

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Anon·11/28/25 00:53·No.2266717

Who is Hooded Horse, and what is their endgame?

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Anon·11/27/25 20:08·No.2266288

Is it for sweaty compfags only or is 4v4 or campaign still hot?

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Anon·11/24/25 23:18·No.2260034

AI Generated Wargames

Anyone fucking around with the new Gemini AI? Some dude on Reddit threw together a proper wargame with 2 paragraphs worth of text and it's pretty wild. Would love to see some people port over a GMT board game but with some AI thrown in. https://www.reddit.com/r/computerwargames/comments/1p4ylo2/ass...

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Anon·09/29/25 16:04·No.2157733

>"KNIGHTS!"

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Anon·11/22/25 16:25·No.2254810

Waiting 20 years in EU5 is so painful. This game is so horrible.

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Anon·11/23/25 11:42·No.2256392

C&C Generals Zero Hour modding

What are your expectations regarding the probable renaissance in modding now that the source code has been released at the beginning of this year

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Anon·11/25/25 05:50·No.2260625

ITT anons recommend strategy games with specific features to anons who ask, that way we don't have to kill ten pre-existing threads just to ask about hypothetical feature #375. To start off: Any games where you can attack your own people in a false flag to start a war? Any games where you can work p...

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Anon·10/30/25 22:33·No.2193516

This game has spoiled me as far as QoL in gaming goes I don't care if you like it or not, if you're a SucKom moldy sandwich hugger or campaignlet or whatever, what I'm saying is that the QoL that this game has introduced is by far the best experience in controlling anything in an RTS and makes me u...

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Anon·11/12/25 02:34·No.2230772

Which HoMM game have you sunk the most hours into and why?

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Anon·11/11/25 20:09·No.2229560

/ckg/ - Crusader Kings General

Cheers modders edition Prev >>2198233

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Anon·11/17/25 15:12·No.2243874

Against the Storm

I love this game but why the fuck did they make it so grindy? Starting a new save is such a chore. Also, sex with female harpies

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Anon·11/23/25 09:57·No.2256297

What Paradox game should I play if I just want to engage in imperialism and making buffer states? Victoria?

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Anon·10/16/25 14:58·No.2173791

Warhammer 40k Total War

>Supposedly under development >Type of warfare that hasn`t been tried in TW format. >Ranged and melee still suck and are broken >Units get stuck on everything and charges break down. >Dumbed down campaings compared to historical total war which is already dumbed compared to any 4x >Battles are dumbe...

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Anon·11/26/25 08:42·No.2262953

Are there any other historical strategy games in the same time period as Victoria 2?

I do not play a lot of strategy games but I love Victoria 2 mostly because it is my favorite time period and I love history. I have tried Victoria 3 and I did not like it. I’ve been playing Europa Universalis V lately as well but I’m not enjoying it that much. I’ve tried HOI4 and CK3 but didn’t like...

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Anon·10/03/25 05:53·No.2161245

Hearts of Iron IV Thread

With No Compromise, No Surrender ( and the Czech Content Pack ) rolling out in the new future, what are your thoughts on it? And how do you feel about them adding in Seaplane Tenders as a Naval Unit? Old Thread >>2070984

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Anon·11/26/25 19:08·No.2263977

Europa Universalis V/EUV/EU5

Charcoal Kiln edition Previous: >>2260724

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Anon·11/15/25 10:47·No.2239006

Civilization 3

Thanks to the C3X mod, it's now possible to build districts in Civ 3 as well. Check instafluff’s post for the recommended settings: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/c3x-exe-mod-including-bug-fixes-stack-bombard-and-much-more.666881/page-159#post-16889104

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Anon·08/30/25 02:59·No.2133238

Any good terraforming-themed city-builder/factory games out there? I'm only aware of - Surviving Mars (yawn) - Per Aspera (shittiest pathfinding known to man) - Infraspace (fine, bit ugly) - Plan B: Terraform (least bad option) - Terraforming Mars (port of a board game) Am I missing anything?

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Anon·10/03/25 07:34·No.2161270

>starting a new country from nothing is fun >exploring the map is fun >claiming valuable land and resources is fun >developing your economy and infrastructure is fun >defending your borders from barbarians is fun >fun stops when you get to war because while you were busy building a nice country anot...

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Anon·11/16/25 07:43·No.2241052

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General

No more (infantry) brother wars edition prev >>2206994

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Anon·11/02/25 22:19·No.2199224

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children

General Guide Mastery Set Effects, Mastery Drop List etc: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349483727 Finding Masteries, Modules, and Troublemakers: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1971619284 Mastery/Module Descriptions: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedf...

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Anon·11/06/25 08:25·No.2210724

/mbg/ - Mount & Blade General

A toast to /mbg/ >M&B Wiki https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki > BANNERLORD >Pastebin https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT >Custom Banner Maker https://bannerlord.party/banner/ >Banner Code Sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0Fz0yetJ8cZgLrPpHuDU6dO33bhsFiHsiWwiCD...

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Anon·09/29/25 03:08·No.2157242

Stellaris Thread- Thoughts ? Concerns ? Shitposts ?

I noticed no Stellaris threads on the board. I know 4.0 was a huge fuckup but I at least expected some talk about the new Psionic Expansion. How you fellas feeling about it. ( If any of you guys are even bothering to still play it lol). Is the UI update doing it for ya ?

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Anon·11/11/25 22:40·No.2230110

/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress General

Siege Edition Previous: >>2173236 Avaliable for free at https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ or as a paid premium version on Steam or Itch.io >What is the difference? Both are the same game on the same version (53.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mod other usermade tilese...

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Anon·11/15/25 18:18·No.2239642

Sins of a Solar Empire

These games are great. Kind of underrated. I wish it had more people playing.

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Anon·11/15/25 08:56·No.2238883

Europa UNIVERSALIS V

Hes right. Hopesissies claimed victory too soon. AI is too much passive. Expansion is slow and actually damage your stability. So AI rarely declare War's Control fucking sucks, casus bellis tooks too much time to be made. Why are we forced to make vassal to expand? Ottomans, Timur, Russia ecc. are ...

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Anon·10/21/25 16:24·No.2179973

Worst looking units

Thread inspired by this >>2175383 [/vst/thread/2175383#p2175383] thread. Post only the most cringe looking strategy units. Starting off with Praetorian from Homm6. Tier 1 unit btw.

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Anon·11/25/25 16:00·No.2261349

ANNO 1800: New Horizons

Have any of you played the jap mod? Was it good?

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Anon·11/24/25 19:03·No.2259414

Quick 4X games

I'm looking at buying Nexus 5x (which is the name of a phone too?). Ozymandius is a good one. What are some quicker 4X games you guys like? Something that can be played through in one sitting, maybe two.

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Anon·11/24/25 21:00·No.2259710

What are some good map scripts for civ6? Experimenting with Got Lakes mod atm. Pic is an oval shaped Pangea with some extra islands. Sadly the bay and inland seas kinda ruin it.

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Anon·11/14/25 04:10·No.2236192

tell me if i should get anno 117 or eu5 first, i cant decide its driving me crazy

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Anon·11/22/25 07:27·No.2254220

Is For the King 2 any good?

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Anon·11/11/25 22:29·No.2230082

>playing AoE4 with a friend that just makes mass elephants and literally nothing else >refuses to learn the game or try different strategies holy fuck. How do I reach him? He just sits in his and spams traders on 1 TC and after 30 minutes he finally starts making those elephants. Too bad that 90% o...

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