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Stragey GenreHere are the genres we use. And below is a list of all out Strategy game coverage:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z top
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Advance Wars: Dark Conflict DS
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict / Days of Ruin DS
Age of Empires Complete Collection PC
Age of Empires: Age of Kings DS
Age of Empires: Age of Mythology DS
Angry Birds iPhone
Animal Crossing Gamecube
Animal Crossing: Wild World DS
Apples to Apples Party Box Board Game
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B
Banana Balance Game Lego
Bang! Board Game
Bang! Cross Platform Multiplayer Board
Batman Arkham Asylum PS3
Battle for Mars Android
Best iPhone Poker Apps
Blackstar iPhone
Blogging Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City Wii
Blue Dragon Plus DS
Boom Blox Bash Party Wii
Brutal Legend 360
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C
Caesary PC
Carcassonne XBLA
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission PC
Chess.com PC
Civilisation Revolution DS
Civilisation Revolutions 360
Civilisation: Revolution DS
Civilization IV PC
Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight PC
Convoluted Board Game
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D
Dungeon Maker DS
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E
Empire: Total War PC
Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry DS
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F
Field Runners iPhone
Fire Emblem 3DS
Football Manager 2010 PSP
Forbidden Island Board
From Dust XBLA
Full House Poker XBLA
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G
Game Dev Story Android
Glory Days Tactial Defense DSi-Ware
Grand Ages: Rome PC
Great Battles Medieval PS3
Greed Corp XBLA
Greed Crop XBLA
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H
Halo Wars 360
Harry Potter Hogwarts Board Game
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade Wii
Heroes of Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes DS
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I
Imagine Fashion Stylist/Model DS
Infamous 2 PS3
Infinite Space DS
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L
Lego Atlantis Treasure Board Game
Lego Battles DS
Lego Games Lava Dragon Board Game
Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 PS3
Lego Ninjago DS
Lego Shave a Sheep Board Game
Line Rider 2 Wii
Little King's Story Wii
Lock's Quest DS
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M
Madworld Wii
Men of War: Red Tide PC
Metal Gear Solid PSP
Mobile Police Unit 7288 Lego
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N
Ninja Town DS
Nintendogs + Cats 3DS
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O
Orient Bazaar Lego
Overlord 2 360
Overlord: Dark Legend Wii
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P
Pikmin Gamecube
Pikmin 2 Wii
Plants vs Zombies PC
Plants vs. Zombies DS
Plastic Animal Chess Rules Board Game
Poker Superstars III iPhone
Populous DS
Prey the Stars: Gabu Gabu Planet DS
Puzzle Quest Galactrix DS
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R
R-Type Tactics PSP
RUSE PS3
Rebelstar Tactical Command GBA
Red Alert 3 Commander's Challenge PS3
Risk iPhone
Rock of Ages 360
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S
San Juan Board Game
Scrabble Trickster Board Game
Settlers of Catan Board Game
Sid Meier's Pirates! Wii
Sid Meier's Railroads PC
Silent Hunter 5 PC
Sim Animals Wii
Sim Animals Africa Wii
Sim City DS
Sim City Deluxe iPhone
Sim City: Creator DS
Sins of a Solar Empire PC
Sort it Out Trickster Board Game
South Park Tower Defence XBLA
Space Junkyard Board Game
Space Shuttle 3367 Lego
Splosion Man XBLA
Spore PC
Spore: Hero Wii
Spy Party 360
Starship Patrol DSi-Ware
Steel Diver 3DS
Style Boutique DS
Supreme Commander 2 PC
Swords and Soldiers Wii-Ware
Swords and Soldiers HD iPad
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T
Talisman Board Game
Tap Pet Hotel In-App Purchases iPhone
Tetris Party Deluxe Wii
The Guild 2: Renaissance PC
The Sims 2 PC
The Sims 3 PC
Ticket to Ride Board Game
Ticket to Ride Europe Board
Ticket to Ride Marklin Edition Board Game
Tom Clancy's End War 360
Total War: Shogun 2 PC
Toy Soldiers XBLA
Triple Town PC
Tropico 4 360
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V
Valkyria Chronicles PS3
Valkyria Chronicles 2 PSP
Valkyria Chronicles 3 PSP
Viva Pinata 360
Viva Pinata 2 360
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise DS
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise 360
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W
Warhammer Battle for Skull Pass Board Game
Warp 360
We Rule iPhone
World Poker Tour Texas Hold'em iPhone
World Series of Poker: Hold'em Legend iPhone
Worms Battle Islands Wii
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X
XCOM: Enemy Unknown PS3
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Y
Yakuza 4 PS3
Strategy games provide experiences that require quick thinking, and forward planning from the gamer. They combine the unfolding tactics of classic games like chess, with more recent board games such as Risk. Usually focusing on a theatre of war context, players enjoy the tactical overview of the battle these games provide.
Turn Based strategy games are the video gaming equivalent of chess, risk and other board games. The player is presented with a tile based environment and a number of pieces which they can position and move. These games usually revolve around some military conflict. When the player directs an encounter to take place the comparative stats of vehicles, characters and current landscape are used to calculate the winner. Forest usually makes you harder to hit, whilst tanks do more damage than infantry.
Real Time strategy games present the player with a resource rich environment and task them with developing encampments and units more effectively than their enemies. Once created, troops can usually be arranged into groups and directed in real time. Because of these game's requirement for fast decisions from the player they were originally the preserve of the mouse and keyboard setup of the PC. More recently, intelligent control systems have brought them to home consoles and handhelds.
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Advance Wars Dark Conflict sets its stall out with confidence. This is a serious strategy game for grown ups, with a gritty look and an engaging storyline. It's chess on steroids... read now
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Plants vs Zombies DS has loveable cartoon Zombies that shuffle, dance, dig, run, balloon and bungee their way towards your house in waves, and you have a bit of a giggle repelling them to a soundtrack of groans and falling heads and limbs... read now
Rebelstar Tactical Command is a gripping tactical experience. It joins Advance Wars as a great turn-based strategy on the Gameboy Advance, and easily stands shoulder-to-shoulder with modern titles... read now
From Dust makes me feel good. Its chaptered gameplay, sense of creation and responsibility to nurture what you've made meant it was an experience I could enjoy in manageable mouthfuls... read now
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Bang! breaks new ground with cross platform mulitplayer, but it's the quality of the gameplay that has got my family hooked (again) on this great parlour game... read now
Triple Town stands out from the sea of Facebook games with surprising depth and longevity... read now
Ticket to Ride is a steam train themed board game, but don't let that turn you off. It's been a massive hit with my boys who can't get enough of it, and it's got the grown-ups playing too -- sometimes even when the kids are in bed. .. read now
Tropico 4 leverages a technical experience like Sim City, but then injects Fable's good or bad mechanics for truly open world. You may need to bring your own fun, but for those who invest the time, Tropico gives back as good as it gets... read now
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