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#1 Zerkrender
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About a week ago I pick up a game called Heroes of Might and Magic V and I been having a lot of fun with it. But there is one thing about it that is very irritating. My castle buildings, collected resources, and units don't carry over! I spend so much time running around to build up these things and yes, it's fun. But it takes so much time for something that won't be there in the next battle. :( I would like some recommended TBS games from you guys. And a list of your favorite TBS games. I prefer single player.
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#2 UpInFlames
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Here's a few awesome turn-based strategy games:

  • Heroes of Might and Magic III
  • Civilization IV
  • Disciples II: Dark Prophecy
  • Etherlords II
  • Gladius

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#3 Mapleleafs4life
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Civilization is what your looking for
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#4 JordanCupcakes
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Hearts of Iron series

Europa series

Civilization series

Alpha Centauri

those epic ones on my list

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#5 Doom_HellKnight
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I'm not a big fan of the genre, but there are a couple of the games from the genre i enjoy(ed), such as Galactic Civilizations II.
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#6 Rylsadar
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I can't vote!

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#7 AdamPA1006
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Hearts of Iron series

Europa series

Civilization series

Alpha Centauri

those epic ones on my list

JordanCupcakes

Civ is great, and although I absolutely love Hearts of Iron II, its technically a Real Time stategy game, although tactics play a much bigger role like in a Turn Based game.

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#8 RK-Mara
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Here's a few awesome turn-based strategy games:

  • Heroes of Might and Magic III
  • Civilization IV
  • Disciples II: Dark Prophecy
  • Etherlords II
  • Gladius

UpInFlames

Seconded. HOMM3 made me a PC gamer.

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#9 walleteater
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final fantasy tactics, for ps-one.

apparently the remade 'gba' version is based on arena battles where they limit your gear/classes/abilites every battle.

The origonal had good story, and amusing features, like you could send some of your party members out to do diplomatic relations, or to participate in a war, and they come back with experience and cash. you could tame animals and use them in the battle, and there were amusing skill trees.

I personally love it cause me and my friends divi up the characters, and command them ourselves, by passing the controller backa nd forth. :)

I absolutely love and hate civ IV. Its very addictive and amusing, but its so hard to sit through an entire game, as i always start at minimal tech.

There are those 'fire emblem' games. where you choose the weapon you want to attack with, in accordance to the triangle effect. (1 beats 2, 2 beats 3, 3 beats 1). but they aren't that amusing.

There was some lame one that was released for the xbox live arcade. You are bugs in it...

Gladius was sweet. You build up ur team of gladiators, and mythic creatuers, than travel from town to town to take part in the gladitorial games. Very amusing, and the combat, although classic dnd styler (maker ur move, thenmake ur action) the attacking relyed on timing to pull of crits and crap. (some meter filling up, and u gotta smack the button when its in the crit zone, or hit zone, else u miss)

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#10 MykoStation
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iv been enjoying a lot from total war series. You could say that i like this genre
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#11 crapdog
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Master of Magic

UFO

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#12 YourOldFriend
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One that is not well known, but I find quite fun (despite a few small technical and gameplay flaws) is Gary Grigsby's World at War. It's a WW2 game with a lot of plane, tanks, and infantry combat on a backdrop that reminds me of Risk.

Rise of Nations and the Total War games incorporate a good amount of TBS mixed with RTS for those adapting to the TBS idea and looking for a smooth transition.

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#13 Termite551
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Loved Galciv II but hated CivIV (Too much micromanagement and such)

So I recommend GalcivII

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Only TBS I ever liked was Civ 3 and 4, other then that, only RTS for me.
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#15 bogaty
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Someone above metioned Hearts of Iron and Europa Universalis. These aren't turn based. They're continuous time.

Here are some recent turn-based games that I consider to be good.

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

Fantasy Wars

AGEOD's American Civil War

AGEOD's Napoleon's Campaigns

War in the Pacific

Uncommon Valour

Silent Storm

Armageddon Empires

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#16 naval
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[QUOTE="UpInFlames"]

Here's a few awesome turn-based strategy games:

  • Heroes of Might and Magic III
  • Civilization IV
  • Disciples II: Dark Prophecy
  • Etherlords II
  • Gladius

RK-Mara

Seconded. HOMM3 made me a PC gamer.

HoMM 3 made me gamer (before that i mostly used to play fps)

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Laser Squad Nemesis.
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#18 Lonelynight
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Hearts of Iron series

Europa series

Civilization series

Alpha Centauri

those epic ones on my list

JordanCupcakes

Europa is real time not turn based

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#19 Ken1a
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That's a tough call,probably Galactic Civ. 2:Dread lords is my favorite followed very closely by Civ. 4. I just picked up Etherlords 2 the other day,haven't tried it yet(still reading through the manual)but really looking foreward to it. A couple that are on my list to try are Silent Storm,Disciples and Age of Wonders 2(if I can ever find the game).
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#20 ArsLoqui
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I like the hot-seat multiplayer option that TBS games offer, and I wish to hell that someone would make a turn-based mod for DoW.