The best turn based strategy games?

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For me? Steel Panthers. It's an old MS-DOS game. But, it's still my favorite turn-based strategy game.

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ionusX

Eh, a few that people will talk about:

Civilization V and its DLC - Get Gold Edition.

Fallen Enchantress - Wait til Legendary Heroes releases.

Battle Worlds: Kronos - Coming out soon. Kickstarter indie TBS game.

Kings Bounty Series - Get a platinum edition with a few of the games in one.

Endless Space - 4X TBS

Total War Series - Best for me was Shogun 2 and Napoleon Total War.

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Marfoo

Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy.  Loved it back in the day.

There is also the new Disciples 3.  I couldn't get into it but maybe cause I'm over turn based strategy.

Xcom Enemy Unknown. Hahaha. It's a fantastic game. I just recently started playing it again. So good. So fun. So intense. I'm not really into turn based strategy all that much, but Xcom is just so good. Other than that, there's the total war games, although they're not 100% turn based. The big map campaign aspect is turn based, but when you actually go into an area to fight, it controls much like any other RTS, except that you have so many units you control them by squad, rather than individual control over individual soldiers.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 as well as Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri are excellent games. Still need to play XCom myself.

All of the above + you should try a indie game called Frozen Synapse :) I think it's the best in the indie game scene.

• XCOM: Ufo Defense AKA UFO: Enemy Unknown. As in the original from the 90s, not the crappy dumbed down reimagination.
• Frozen Synapse
• Heroes of Might and Magic 3
• Jagged Alliance 2

Heroes of Might & Magic III

Jagged Alliance 2 (and the 1.13 mod)

Silent Storm - Sentinels

X-Com (the original) and Terror From the Deep

Alpha Centauri

Master of Magic/Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic

Heroes of Might and Magic III

• XCOM: Ufo Defense AKA UFO: Enemy Unknown. As in the original from the 90s, not the crappy dumbed down reimagination.
• Frozen Synapse
• Heroes of Might and Magic 3
• Jagged Alliance 2

Maroxad

Total war games are a nice mix of real time and turn based

Jagged Alliance 2 (and the 1.13 mod)

Silent Storm - Sentinels

X-Com (the original) and Terror From the Deep

Alpha Centauri

Heroes of Might and Magic III

bussinrounds

How could I forget to mention Alpha Centauri... I gush about that game all the time to my friends yet I forget it here.

As for Jagged Alliance 2. I think it would be better to start a bit in vanilla to get acquainted with the game, then move on to the mod.

 

 

As for Jagged Alliance 2. I think it would be better to start a bit in vanilla to get acquainted with the game, then move on to the mod.

Maroxad

Agreed.

I like very much Warlords 2 and Battle for Wesnoth! There is also Dragon Throne War, in development phase...hope to have the chance to play it soon..

Civilization V with DLC's. It's a different kind of game from those you mentioned, tho, more like a combination of a management sim and a war strategy game. But I think it's worth a try, it's very addictive and now's the time to buy it.

Endless Space is pretty cool