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Contains games in the strategy genre that are turned based in nature.

101 Airborne - The Airborne Invasion of Normandy

The player leads a squad of paratroopers behind enemy lines in this strategy-based simulation of squad level combat based on the D-Day landings in Normandy.

1914 - The Great War

The player takes on the career of an officer in World War I, assigned by his superiors to various posts along the fighting fronts of Western Europe, where he must prove his strategic abilities.

Achtung Spitfire

Please only submit sites relating to Achtung Spitfire.

Developed by Big Time Software and published by Avalon Hill on August 31st, 1997.

Advance Wars Series

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Games in the Advance Wars series are turn-based strategy games for the Game Boy Advance with a dose of Anime elements.

Advanced Strategic Command

Free Windows/Linux game.

Airborne Assault Series

From Battlefront and Panther Games, this turn-based strategy game lets the player rewrite Operation Market-Garden, one of the Allies' ill-fated operations in World War II.
It was released for Windows in June, 2002.

Alpha Centauri

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, developed by Firaxis Games.

Battle Isle Series

The Battle Isle series was created by Blue Byte Software in 1991.

This category contains links to the Battle Isle series game categories and sites that are about more than one game in the series.

Battleground Series

The Battleground series is a series of turn-based strategy wargames produced by Talonsoft. Each title allows players to refight a particular battle from either the Napoleonic Wars, American Civil War or World War II. Players my play against the computer or against a human opponent via email.

Sites listed here will enable you to find new scenarios, tactics and opponents for your chosen game.

Battles of Norghan

MS Windows fantasy turn-based strategy game.

Birth of America

Game for MS Windows that covers the French & Indian Wars and the War for American Independence.

Chaos - The Battle of the Wizards

A strategy game written for the ZX Spectrum. Julian Gollop, the games creator has made this game public domain so its free to download and play on an emulator.

Chariots of War

Chariots of War is a turn-based strategy game from Slitherine and Paradox Entertainment that gives the player the chance to rule the Middle East at the dawn of civilization.

Chats and Forums

If the submitted site relates to a game with a turn-based category in existance, please submit it there and not here.

If no game-specific category exists for the topic of the submitted site, submit the site here with the name of the game in the description.

Contains forums dedicated to turn-based games, or links to other categories specific to chats and forums for a specific game.

Cheats and Hints

Contains sites for the turn-based genre which provide cheats, frequently asked questions (FAQs), walkthroughs, help files, hints, and codes.

Chron X

Chron X (1997), a turn-based strategy/collectible card game originally developed by Genetic Anomalies. Acquired in March 2003 by Blue Sky Red after Genetic Anomalies closed its doors.

Civil War Generals II - Grant, Lee, Sherman

Civil War Generals II is a turn based strategy game based on the Civil War. Players can assume command of the Confederacy or the Union, replay battles in both the Eastern and Western theaters, and rewrite the outcome of the war while playing "the big one" campaign, which utilizes all the battle scenarios.

Civilization Games

Only submit sites that are providing information/material related to several titles in the Civ series should be submitted to the main Civilization Series category. Only sites with English content should be submitted here. All other sites belong in the appropriate language specific category under the World category. In the case you don't know which subcategory would suit best for your site, please submit it in the main Civilization Series category and it will be placed in the right place as the site is being reviewed by an ODP Editor. Check the guidelines for information about how to describe your site as that will speed up the listing process. Also note that it's recommended that you submit the URL of your main page (e.g. http://www.blah-blah.com) and URLs that redirect or cloak the actual URL should not be submitted. Instead submit the destination URL of the redirection or the actual URL being cloaked.

Originally released in 1990, the Civilization series is the most highly sold grouping of strategy games ever (over 4 million copies). Sid Meier, original creator of Civilization created a genre that will never cease to give gamers joy for years to come. Civilization II (released in 1996) quickly became one of the most highly sold strategy games ever. Newer titles include Civilization : Call to Power and Call to Power II by Activision [under license from Microprose] and Civilization III [by Firaxis]. Several add-ons have been released for Civilization II and CivNet, a multiplayer of Civilization for Windows.

Clans and Guilds

Only submit sites about all turn-based clans or guilds to this category, or clans who play more than one game. Clans for games with no category may also be submitted here, but submitting them to Real-Time will allow for a category to be created for the played game.

Clans and guilds with a category dedicated to the played game should be submitted to the game's category, not here.

A collection of clans and guilds for turn-based games.

Combat Mission

Combat Mission is a turn-based, simultaneous-execution 3D simulation of WWII tactical warfare.

DBA Online

DBA Online is a worldwide wargaming Project, which includes a computerized version of famous De Bellis Antiquitatis ruleset by Phil Barker, Richard Bodley Scott & Sue Laflin Barker (published by Wargames Research Group) and the DBA Online Internet Club, a worldwide Wargaming community.

Electric Tactics

Producer of computer strategy games.

Empire of Magic

From Mayhem Studios and Summitsoft.

Etherlords

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Etherlords is a turn-based strategy game that features over 300 available spells and over 20 levels.

Freeciv

Freeciv is a multiplayer strategy game, released under the GNU General Public License. It is generally comparable with Civilization II, published by Microprose.

Gladius

Gladius is a Strategy RPG developed by LucasArts. Players take on the role Valens or Imperia and recruit other fighters for the Gladiator games.

Gladius is scheduled to be release in August, 2003 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.

Heroes of Might and Magic Series

If the page is not in English, this category is not suitable.
Strategy game series spun off the Might and Magic RPG series

Hogs of War

Hogs of War is a strategy-based adventure game published by Infogrames for the Sony PlayStation.

Hoshigami - Ruining Blue Earth

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Hoshigami - Ruining Blue Earth is a strategy simulation RPG where the player follows the storyline by travelling the continent of Mardias, going through events and fighting enemies.

Imperialism Series

From SSI and Frog City, these games allow the player take control of a burgeoning empire, with resource management, combat, and exploration.

King of Dragon Pass

King of Dragon Pass is the first Gloranthan computer game. It combines interactive stories and resource management to create an epic saga of conflict, magic, and community.

Legion

Developed by Slitherine Software and published by Strategy First.

Machiavelli the Prince

Please only submit sites that relate to Microprose's computer game 'Machiavelli the Prince' to this category.

Update and repackaging of "Merchant Prince."

Massive Assault

War game developed by Wargaming.net.

Moonbase Commander

Please only submit sites about MoonBase Commander.

Game developed by Humongous Entr. and published by Atari. It was released on August 13th, 2002.

Nectaris Series

Series of games on the Turbo Grafix 16 and later the NES, SNES and Playstation consoles.

News and Reviews

Please only submit sites with news or reviews for all turn-based games to this level of the directory.

A collection of game reviews and news, or news and reviews for all turn-based games.

Pacific War

A classic naval strategy wargame developed by Gary Grigsby.

Pathway to Glory

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Pathway to Glory, a turn-based strategy game for the Nokia N-Gage.

Political Machine

Political strategy simulation game developed by Stardock and published by UBI Soft for the PC.

RoboSport

RoboSport is creative turn-based strategy game released by Maxis in 1991.

In this game you form a team of robots serving different roles and program them to eliminate the enemy from the arena.

You have 5 different types of robots at your disposal, each with its own weaponry and capabilities. The competition is run in a number of intervals giving you time to reprogram your robots and set them loose to destroy your opponent.

This game includes multiplayer options for both multi-computer setups and hot seat play. There is no luck and reflexes are not a factor. Only the one with the best strategy will prevail.

Scorched Earth

Scorched is a classic artillery combat (Nukes available) Shareware game.

Silent Storm

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The player leads a squad of specialists during World War 2.

Spartan

Developed by Slitherine Software and published by GraphSim this UK based game for the Windows PC was released in May, 2004.

Stella Polaris

Stella Polaris is an open source game for Windows and Linux about extraterrestrial and interstellar colonisation.

Stellar Crisis

This category is for the game Stellar Crisis and other games derived from it. Only sites specifically dedicated to this game, or homepages of game players that have some content about the game, will be accepted here.

If your site is not about Stellar Crisis, please find a more appropriate category to submit it to, or the review of your site may be greatly delayed.

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This category is for the web game Stellar Crisis, originally developed by Sylvan Clebsch in 1995. It was the first widely known multi-player strategy game on the Web.

Stellar Crisis, often referred to as SC, can be played with any graphical web browser, under any operating system, even at slow connection speeds. No browser plug-ins or extensions are required, not even Java or JavaScript.

SC is a game of two-dimensional territory conquest, with similarities to some classic board games such as Risk and war games. Players build ships to explore and colonize an empty universe. When they meet other empires, they may have the option of peacefully trading, or even allying, or they may be forced to go to war, depending on the parameters of the specific game. Each server hosts many concurrent games, each with a limited number of players in it.

The source code for Stellar Crisis is freely available, under a license that lets anyone see it, modify it, or host a server, as long as the game is always free to all players and presented without advertisements.

Strength & Honour

Empire simulation based on old Europe and the Middle East, using historical figures. Developed by Magitech.

Total War Games

Please submit only clan and/or guild sites that play all Total War games. Clans playing either MTW, STW or RTW please submit to correct category.
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Victoria - An Empire Under the Sun

Developed by Paradox Entertainment and published by Strategy First this game was released in 2003 for Windows PC.

WWF With Authority

WWF With Authority (2001), a wrestling-themed turn-based strategy collectible card game by Genetic Anamolies.

Warlords Games

Only submit sites about the fourth version of the series.

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Worms Series

Please submit sites relating to Worms games, if they don't fit the existing sub-categories.

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Worms is a humourous turn-based strategy/artillery game series developed by Team 17.

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