Portal:Strategy games

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology A strategy game is a game in which the player's decision-making influences the outcome significantly. They are usually board games, computer or video games, card games, or another type of game. Several games include strategy extensively, while others to a lesser degree, complicating demarcation. It is sometimes more accurate to say that some games have strategic elements, rather than being a strategy game; however, this depends on the game. The deciding factor separating strategy game from other genres is that there is either no or relatively less chance involved. Usually, the only physical element is the interaction with the game pieces, although there are exceptions. Players have similar starting positions or sitiuations, but use strategy to gain advantages over others. Strategy, as well as tactics, is dissimilar to luck in that chance-based games rely more heavily on probability. The word "strategy" is used by the military, and refers to high-level planning. Strategy games often deal with small-scale situations. Tactical games, a type of strategy game, deal with military planning, though also on a smaller scale than the military.Template:/box-footer Supreme Commander, abbreviated as SupCom, is a real-time strategy computer game designed by Chris Taylor and developed by his company, Gas Powered Games. The game is considered to be the spiritual successor to Taylor's 1997 game, Total Annihilation, which was ranked by GameSpy as the number one real-time strategy game of all time. First announced in the August 2005 edition of PC Gamer magazine, the game was released on February 16, 2007 in Europe, and February 20, 2007, in North America. An expansion was announced on June 28 of the same year. Supreme Commander is focused on using a giant bipedal mech called Armoured Command Units (or ACUs) to build a base, then upgrading units to reach higher technology tiers, and conquering opponents. Set in the future, the player can command one of three nations: the Aeon Illuminate, the Cybran Nation, or the United Earth Federation. Supreme Commander was highly anticipated in pre-release previews, and was received well by critics, with a Metacritic average of 86 out of 100. A medieval painting of a chess game played by nobles, circa 1320. Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836, Prague–August 12, 1900, New York) was an Austrian-American chess player and the first official world chess champion. Known for his original contributions to chess strategy such as his ideas on positional play, his theories were held in high regard by such chess players as Aron Nimzowitsch, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Emanuel Lasker. ...that Super Robot Wars: Original Generation, a strategy game featuring characters from major mecha anime, was originally never planned to be released in the United States due to licensing complications? ...that one of Atomic Games' most successful titles, Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far, topped their previous sale record by a factor of ten? Template:/box-footer Featured: Chess • StarCraft • Empires: Dawn of the Modern World • Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War • Supreme Commander • Age of Mythology Former Featured: Go (game) • Xiangqi Good: Risk (game) • Age of Empires III • Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest • Age of Mythology Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Game types: Board games • Card games • Computer or video games Genres: Abstract strategy game • Bridge • Chess variant • City-building game • Economic simulation game • Fantasy Sports Games • God game • Real-time strategy • Real-time tactics • Strategy game • Tic-tac-toe (Noughts and Crosses) • Turn-based strategy • Turn-based tacticsTemplate:/box-footer Real-time strategy video games Turn-based strategy video games Turn-based tactics video games Open source strategy games Chess Go (game) Strategy Abstract strategy games Chess variants Tic-tac-toe Strategy video games Real-time tactics video games Business simulation games Strategy video game stubs City-building games God games Contract bridge Chess Video games Create: Close Combat: The Russian Front • Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge • Close Combat: Invasion Normandy Expand: HeroQuest (board game) • Boku (game) • Qubic • Death Stacks • Entropy (board game) • Fitchneal • Five Field Kono Copyedit: Crossings (game) • Gonnect • Quoridor • Company of Heroes • Dark Reign: The Future of War • Myth (computer game) Cleanup: Abalone (board game) • Battle Realms • Outlive • Stronghold (2001 game) • Fleet Command • Combat Mission (computer game series) • Diplomacy (game) Cite Sources: Colonization (computer game) • MacHack (chess) More... The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: What are portals? List of portals Featured portals