"This is actually a 4X game that the AI is playing while you're just a lonely pilot on the map."
"I can't recommend this game enough if you're a fan of games like Laser Squad or the XCOM series."
"I imagine, given the subject matter that I talk about on this program, that there are quite a few people in the audience that have played strategy and tactic wargaming type games."
"If you want to go like the planeswalker superfriends deck, then you got your Doubling Seasons, your Oath of Teferis, Evolution Sages - just ways to proliferate and get stuff going."
"Lead your empire into galactic glory and take out everything else in the galaxy."
"The Zerg are masters of ground combat in a way that the Empire can only contest with massive troop deployments in central locations."
"It's dynasty building. They've definitely drawn the line between this and their other grand strategy games by saying quite clearly CK3 is about the character, about the dynasty."
"Turn-based combat is an ancient cornerstone of gaming - born from the tabletop scene and made famous with games like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Phantasy Star."
"Into the Breach is a strategy game that's masquerading as a puzzle game."
"Mystical Space Typhoon was incredibly valuable back in the day, which could be shown by the fact that it still sees competitive play even to this day despite the fact that it's been power crept like crazy."
"One of my bigger complaints from a card design standpoint is the randomness in Artifact."
"I have a lot of fun crafting the perfect team and experimenting with battle strategies."
"Heroes of Might and Magic 3 might be top 5 games of all time."
"Must-have cards for your commander collection."
"If you've never played a Total War game before and you're interested in getting into Total Warhammer, my recommendation would be to start with Total War: Warhammer 2."
"The sheer scale and level of detail for an RTS map is just unbelievable."
"Poland would be really cool... what do you guys think would be one of the first Scandinavian factions?"
"Tier 5: Decent mobility, decent armor, crazy damage per shot!"
"Age of War 2, similar to the first game but better in every way."
"You're going to want to finish rationalism in the games you're playing."
"Infinite mana is just good in general if you have a fitting mana."
"Each game is like put out your workers pull your workers back or whatever it's not like you how many of your workers are you going to basically budget for each season."
"A game of incomplete information: Starcraft is a game of incomplete information; you don't always know what's out on the map."
"If you're good at online strategy games like Starcraft, you're gonna be good at poker because poker is a strategy game."
"Every single map starts off with tiny little factions, and the tiny factions mostly will be eliminated pretty quickly."
"Civilization 5 is the greatest strategy game of all time."
"Starborne: Sovereign Space has been getting a lot of positive attention."
"Coalition Victory should come off the banlist because of the requirements needed to cast it successfully and win the game."
"The only argument I can make right now is that healers are kind of back in the meta."
"No two runs are the same like it is with XCOM."
"Monolith of Fate is basically you have 10 different timelines and you start out with one timeline but as you conquer a timeline more of them unlock and they like connect together in this big web of timelines."
"The classic style of RTS is going to have some sort of resurgence in the future."
"Whether you want to conquer the depths of space, wage historical warfare or hulk around in big mechanical robots, there's a strategy game out there for you."
"Starcraft 2 is the platonic ideal of the micro heavy multiplayer RTS game."
"Total War: Warhammer 2 fundamentally changed the dynamics of the battlefield."
"Civilization VI refines ideas the series has been playing around with for decades."
"Stellaris has benefited most from big updates and even bigger DLC expansions."
"Crusader Kings III's systems create real stories because they're about people rather than about flanking maneuvers."
"One of my favorite pieces of removal ever, Swords to Plowshares, is in this deck, thank goodness. Brand new art too, with brand new art, yeah we're looking at old R on my phone but the new art is great."
"It forces you to consider moves that may appear totally illogical."
"King Arthur Knight's Tale has fun strategic and challenging gameplay loop."
"What I would like to say is that this has a lot of potential to be a real evolution on the Civ formula as opposed to an iteration on the Civ formula and that excites me."
"Sports coach zombie, mostly good in sports decks."
"Attacking is like Magic the Gathering where the person not attacking gets to choose where that attack actually goes."
"Total War Warhammer 3 is the six-year culmination of a trilogy of games, bringing Warhammer fantasy battles into the grand arena of Total War."
"I think the game's definitely got a lot of potential and it is very nice indeed to actually see this level of strategy involved in a game like this."
"Provided you are close enough to someone that they want to trade with you, you can totally get war elephants."
"Ultimately, more meaningful diplomacy is what I'm after with Three Kingdoms and hopefully it delivers on that."
"Oh man, I'm having fun. Sell some of your houses or mortgage the railroads."
"What sparked your love for history strategy gaming?"
"I'd love for us to take a crack at improving PvP pet battles."
"This challenge is everything I thought I knew about changelings and widow mines. My world is shaken."
"Can you build a civilization that stands the test of time?"
"The cards are the star of the show... opening up so many tactical options."
"The Legacy of Mega Minion: A Tale of Adaptation and Dominance."
"If you are to win this game, you need to question everything."
"If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes."
"I like the fact that there's a lot of cards that make you question playing cards that are otherwise just sort of sacrosanct in a lot of decks these days."
"War is inevitable in a game like this, but humankind takes a very interesting approach to the whole ordeal."
"Wizard Lord Phoenix can't hit purples anymore, that's significant."
"The Civics tree and the new policy system really allow much more customization over your empire than I think any previous version of Civ has done."
"Crusades is a very competent little tanks game with a good amount of content and variety."
"Master of Dark Law: Master of Dark Law's floodgate and hand disruption tool make it a real game-changer."
"Chess is unique in that as a game, the longer you play, the fewer moves that are available."
"Every nation in the game exists right here ladies and gentlemen and that is our scenario for today."
"As a pirate nation, you can order your ships to raid nearby nations for sailors and ducats and benefit from a massive mission tree."
"Next update will include a whole bunch of balance changes and a complete melee range balancing that affects a lot of cards with melee attacks."
"You have two options: win the race or control three players."
"Two things I'm really passionate about: strategy gaming and personal finance."
"It feels like the original fallout crossed with xcom. It's addictive and just the right amount of difficulty to have you coming back for more."
"It's a game where you all have the exact same information, it's just who uses it the best."
"Endless Space 2 has far and away the best presentation of anything in the genre."
"If you are into strategy, you are in for a fucking treat with this."
"I like log bait just because it's fun to play, it's my favorite deck."
"Civilization VI - an empire in the palm of your hands!"
"Root is phenomenally cool; it's a game that I like to vouch for."
"Warhammer Underworlds: Nightvault is my favorite game of this year."
"Oh my gosh, it's just like playing Age of Empires all over again."
"The rams made all the difference in this case soaking up all the galleon fire."
"It's an essential part of the exhaust block archetype."
"We're gonna be playing in a complete sandbox and we're going to go for the classic colonize the colonizers run here again starting as the Sikh Empire and subjugating Great Britain is an achievement."
"Each nation has their own specific features, strengths, and weaknesses that offer a multitude of opportunities to devise your own tactics."
"Be careful when fighting Florence; their provinces are super high Dev."
"As my Fire Emblem fan, this will be your first Advanced Wars, don't expect wafers to romance in Advanced Wars."
"Final Fantasy Tactics is the absolute pick of the bunch."
"Learn the fundamental chess tactics: Fork, Pin, Discovered Check."
"Times are tough! As a merchant, you're trying to bring your mostly legal goods into Nottingham."
"What they've released here is a really really solid start and it's a very playable game it's one of the easier Forex strategy games to play it's very accessible."
"Welcome to desperate Alliance: it's a defense mission where the enemy forgets to attack."
"The hydralisk in Starcraft 1 is really fluid and microbial. There are a few select units that just work really well in this game and the Hydra has always been one of those."
"I just captured the king and won the war immediately."
"If it's adding depth, players typically, from what I've seen, seem to love it."
"The visuals on the campaign map are really the best in the strategy genre."
"Now when a legendary creature dies, you make two copies of it."
"Builders make all of your tiles better, and that's really good."
"Scouts move a little bit faster compared to other units."
"Building a Scout first may be a fine and solid move."
"I feel like that's kind of the sign of a great strategy game, you're not gonna be a master of it straight away in your first playthrough."
"I love the way there's gone ahead and influenced the way that your government buildings kind of show what the faction is within your empire."
"Very, very easy. I mean, you're so overthinking things."
"The sheer amount of different factions that you can play with here is insane, absolutely insane."
"The reality of the Game was one of clandestine operations and diplomacy, colonial expansions and brutal conquests."
"It's one of the best slow burn games of the last decade."
"Paleozoics can put a ton of pressure on your opponent because of the number of action options they have available to them."
"Placing a worker on the starting player space gives you a number of benefits."
"Ganesh was like a really big part of my journey with religion and spirituality."
"This is truly cementing, I think, hearthstone as a diverse strategy game platform."
"It's far more interesting when you have to pick from lots of kind of horrible factions."
"Best strategy game streamer? Northernlion, hands down."
"Zenobia is a beast. Any garrison captain and you're good."
"In evaluating strategy games, choices should feel influential."
"We did have a fun game and dominated the old world pretty much."
"The combination of rewarding planning, dynamic tactics, and player-driven interactions is what makes strategy games compelling."
"Oh, he clicked the tree and just destroyed his own units. Oh boy, we've all been there, Blue. It's fine, OK? We've all been there."
"One of the only Empires I ever feel really bad about destroying."
"Righteous Fury is the critical hit equivalent, now we have our taunting scream."
"People are joining the Genoa, Lübeck, and Venetian trade leagues."
"For 9th edition missions, it really helps that they have army-wide objectives secured."
"Harlequins might be one of the most frustrating armies to play against in 40k right now."
"Perhaps one of the best Buffs actually came to the necron monolith."
"Arguably the single strongest faction in Warhammer 40k at the moment."
"It's been a pretty bloody game, I don't really have much to work with on this flank except for a pair of fiends and nothing but characters."
"Lots of good things to like and lots of variety for list building."
"Maiden with eyes of blue, a level one light tuner which was able to summon blue eyes from anywhere."
"White Stone of Legend, a monster that could search the original blue eyes white dragon."
"We're playing as Romania, which Romania is a cool nation because, well, one, they're just cool."
"For years fans have clamored for a Fire Water Grass core for the starters in Smash."
"But two is the game to play. Warcraft 2, that was a great game."
"What if as you have more powerful knights they become even more powerful in the game."
"In this battle, we need to focus on the trebuchet first because of how much damage that thing can actually create."
"Some tyranny is not great, losing opinion with everybody is not great."
"I don't really like spiritualist empires normally but the megachurch is just so much fun to play as."
"Imperium universalis needs to be stopped... or does it? Let's take a look."
"Campaign weather affects battles and movement on the campaign map."
"Wet or snowy conditions decrease mounted infantry and cavalry speed."
"The more you play the game, the stronger your understanding becomes."
"Cards and Tankards is a strategy card game where you'll get card packs, collect cards, and build the deck to battle against other people."
"Red Chaos: balance strategic aspects in this classic and modern RTS for a guaranteed fun multiplayer experience."
"When I like something, a strategy game, there's more to Poker than meets the eye."
"SteamWorld Heist's quirky blend of a 2D perspective allied with turn-based strategy and skill-based attacks is a surprisingly addictive combination."
"Why is the Dune game so good? Because of its lack of randomness."
"Let's get started with Crusader Kings 3... you can practically rule half the globe."
"Most of this game is actually Russia's it's not just uh it's not just building your towers in certain places or anything like that is rushing people at the right times in the right areas."
"Japan is a really fun civ. They are really good at teaching you how to district."
"Pericles is just crazy good. You can nearly do anything with him."
"Pachacuti: Sleeper sieve with impressive terrace farms."
"Mirror Force isn't just a mere card, it's a beacon of hope and a symbol of what trap cards can be."
"Age of Empires 4: Relic's worthy successor to a classic franchise."
"The more pieces that come off the board, the closer I get to victory."
"Janna has a lot of utility but put heavy emphasis on base stats."
"I'm an adult, I'm a grown individual, and I can handle plunder Patrol booty being negated." - Unspecified
"Chess is a huge part of their culture: the game of cold logic rewards cunning and has always spoken to the Russian."
"Guardians of the Ancient set challenges that notion. If you don't like your fate, just pick a new one."
"I love a strategy game that doesn't require you to be the best gamer of all time."
"Dome keeper is like a real-time strategy game for people that hate real-time strategy games."
"This gives me some of that [Twilight Struggle] vibe."
"Getting really excited for some of the crazy diplomatic options we'll have, especially when we reach second Marquis."
"Knowledge of the classics it helps very directly in winning a surprising amount of games."
"We're not allowed Legendary's, we're not allowed ultra beasts or ubers on our team."
"Our team is assembled and this is it, so I think it's pretty good."
"It's cool to see them do more tack stuff to give the white evoke creature swords the plowshares because it's iconic and it's powerful."
"Heroes should have clear strengths and weaknesses."
"Aztecs are hands-down the best monk civilization."
"Twisting blades also has one of the best passives in the game."
"The game is going to be won and lost with decisions with pawns in the center of the board."
"There's always a way for your opponent to twist their army."
"Pokemon Conquest: It's probably my favorite Pokemon spin-off and one of the more unique games in both series. It's a gateway drug to getting more people to play Tactics Ogre."
"Thrones of Britannia feels like two steps forward, one step back."
"To rebuild the glorious airborne kingdom, we must reach a population of 150 and reform the great council."
"If I had unlimited minerals and gas all of the sudden I no longer have to make a decision between do I build this do I build this do I upgrade this"
"To me, that is a brutal way to call me dumb maybe to just limit me and say hmm instead of getting to create this really inventive optimized way of dealing with these groups of monsters you go in and you just kind of hit them all"
"Full Metal Desperado would rock the meta to its core as Desperado was almost instantly a meta staple."
"Regular night goblin archers are the best archer unit in my opinion."
"I don't play fair decks guys. What do you mean fair? Fair decks is the fair deck."
"Every third attack is enhanced, dealing additional bonus true damage to enemies."
"No changes to TLC, no changes to Thresh Nasus."
"Let's make this wave a tsunami for Age of Empires 2, and let's do it the right way."
"I believe in the heart of the cards. Let's go!"
"Come on, let's get him! We won that siege, that's big!"
"I'm used to playing as Spain in my little practice games here."
"Why can my teammates die but I can't in 13-2? Should Sarah or Noel bite the bullet, you can immediately switch over."
"Winning the ground battle despite all siege tanks."
"To get the achievement, all we have to do is restore Byzantium itself."
"Mechanically sound lane strategy game, absolutely hooked."
"So that is the first half of the part one of the commander religious police gate multicolored commander review."
"Even though he's only at Town Hall 10, he still gets great value out of that wall wrecker."
"I thought I was just out of it, and those are often the most fun games of Commander where you're just kind of like, okay I'm done and then you're like unless unless."
"Chaotic fast-paced games create more roam opportunities."
"There's elements of base building on top of the usual missions and they get increasingly more treacherous as the game goes on."
"Kislev's campaign mechanics will be a fantastic blueprint for many races and customization mechanics moving forward."
"You got Total War: Warhammer 3, demons, Age of Empires 4... what more could you love?"
"The battle maps themselves appear to be noticeably improved compared to previous games in the trilogy."
"Man, I love this attack... the lava hounds and balloons."
"Operating Par World takes a bit of time to get used to... it's nearly identical to both Starcraft and Age of Empires."
"It's as complex as the old Age of Empires was."
"Remember to subscribe if you want to see more Total War content including Three Kingdoms and Total War Warhammer 2."
"This looks like World of Tanks meets World in Conflict meets Meta War and Steel Division."
"This is one of the best little army men games versus giant spiders, endless army ants."
"Finally, we also have some other mutated effects that can be quite helpful to us and hurtful to our opponents, like Archipelagore."