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String fullTitle = 'Welcome to /vst/ - Vidya/Strategy';
int postNumber = "739";
String image = vst.jpg;
String date = '08/14/20(Fri)08:13:14';
String comment = '/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-time strategy, turn-based and real-time tactics, single-player and multi-player (including MOBAs). All platforms are welcome.

Does this mean discussion of strategy games is banned on other video game boards? No! /vst/ is just a separate board specifically focused on strategy games where discussions about your favorite games can thrive.

Please familiarize yourself with the rules and remember to use the spoiler function where appropriate!

Please note that, like /v/, "Generals"—long-term, one-after-the-other, recurring threads about a specific game are not permitted on /vst/. Such threads belong on >>>/vg/

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String fullTitle = 'Starsector';
int postNumber = "1744358";
String image = 1688510366955465.png;
String date = '04/30/24(Tue)11:55:27';
String comment = 'Since there isn't a thread up';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1737009";
String image = banished.jpg;
String date = '04/24/24(Wed)07:02:15';
String comment = 'Whenever i see new city builder released it gets called Banished clone, Is it really the king of city builders?';

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String fullTitle = 'TNO thread';
int postNumber = "1742049";
String image = NaN;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)12:35:15';
String comment = 'Keep the leaks coming.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1745903";
String image = Screenshot_20240501_225630.jpg;
String date = '05/02/24(Thu)01:58:10';
String comment = '>please refrain from playing the game and realizing how bad it is
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/city-builder/please-restrain-yourself-dev-of-steam-topping-city-builder-manor-lords-asks-players-to-hold-back-on-game-breaking-town-walls-until-a-proper-tool-is-added-later/';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1732097";
String image = 1713310257081574.png;
String date = '04/18/24(Thu)07:41:47';
String comment = 'Why is the ability to blob bad? If you don't want to do it, just don't.';

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String fullTitle = 'starcraft';
int postNumber = "1730851";
String image = art (2).jpg;
String date = '04/17/24(Wed)00:24:35';
String comment = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0TLo3rfQ3o';

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String fullTitle = 'Project Caesar/EUV';
int postNumber = "1745889";
String image = 1714615961485524.jpg;
String date = '05/02/24(Thu)01:26:33';
String comment = 'https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-10-1st-of-may-2024.1673745/';

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String fullTitle = 'Anbennar';
int postNumber = "1734914";
String image = kIUVQ4Iz_400x400.jpg;
String date = '04/21/24(Sun)17:25:37';
String comment = 'I'm relatively new to Anbennar, but somewhere here I came across information that the mod has been sanitized over time (for example, Orcs have lost their bloodthirstiness). I'm particularly interested in the "elven supermacy" trees here.

Can anyone confirm this?';

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String fullTitle = 'Sins of a Solar Empire II on Steam';
int postNumber = "1745196";
String image = Screenshot 2024-05-01 221600.png;
String date = '05/01/24(Wed)10:17:38';
String comment = 'Will you finally buy it?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575940/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire_II/';

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String fullTitle = 'Dwarf Fortress';
int postNumber = "1737772";
String image = df_intro.0.0.jpg;
String date = '04/24/24(Wed)20:46:48';
String comment = '>He gives his dorfs 2x1 bedrooms
ngmi
Anyways how is your fort going?';

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String fullTitle = 'Infection Free Zone';
int postNumber = "1727014";
String image = 14213e43e93b3cd845ffd31d842754cd_original.jpg;
String date = '04/11/24(Thu)20:42:26';
String comment = 'Is it good? Worth the pirate?';

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String fullTitle = 'Advance Wars';
int postNumber = "1731248";
String image = advance_wars.jpg;
String date = '04/17/24(Wed)12:11:44';
String comment = 'We will get a new game one day, right?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1734191";
String image = failure.jpg;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)17:09:17';
String comment = 'Why didn't any non-real time strategy game succed in being a competitive one?';

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String fullTitle = 'Old RTS compatibility';
int postNumber = "1743049";
String image = crusade.png;
String date = '04/29/24(Mon)08:20:22';
String comment = 'What do you use to play old games without issues? GoG sometimes bundles a dx wrapper with their releases, but it doesn't always work. I prefer to use dgvoodoo or dxwnd to play shit in windowed mode.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1738103";
String image = Original_War_cover.jpg;
String date = '04/25/24(Thu)04:52:37';
String comment = 'What am I in for?';

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String fullTitle = 'Warcraft III';
int postNumber = "1645314";
String image = WarcraftIII.jpg;
String date = '01/12/24(Fri)13:09:27';
String comment = 'Does the singleplayer campaign still hold up after all these years? I just realized I have RoC+TFT discs from more than 15 years ago yet haven't played the game except for a few matches at an internet cafe.';

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String fullTitle = 'Command & Conquer';
int postNumber = "1731100";
String image = command&conquer.png;
String date = '04/17/24(Wed)08:52:46';
String comment = 'Which "post-Westwood" game do you think was the best? (Or the least worst, if you're one of those people)';

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String fullTitle = 'Mount and Blade';
int postNumber = "1741857";
String image = implying2.jpg;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)09:28:32';
String comment = 'Mount and Blade thred, what mods for warband apart from warsword still are in development? Any?';

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String fullTitle = 'What really caused the fall of RTS?';
int postNumber = "1741013";
String image = ss_522a4d651ab4a83eb780f956b26adfb6956d4e25.1920x1080.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)14:17:15';
String comment = 'So, I'm playing C&C Remastered. It's practically identical game as old 1995 original, and I'm having a lot of fun. More when compared to much newer games in the series, or newer RTS games. There is some jank with unit pathfinding, some NOD missions are designed for save scumming, but everything else is holding really well. AI is smart and challenging. There's plenty of unit variety. Campaign is replayable, while story and lore are fantastic.

It got me wondering if the genre moved into the wrong direction by embracing multiplayer, or if they simply focused on the wrong design elements. Or it's the lack of production values that's missing.';

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String fullTitle = 'Suzerain: Kingdom of Rizia';
int postNumber = "1740385";
String image = 1713298284041352.png;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)00:16:42';
String comment = 'LOCK HER UP!';

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String fullTitle = 'Hearts of Iron IV';
int postNumber = "1736751";
String image = HoI4-Operations-Roadmap.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)20:00:20';
String comment = 'the War Effort Patches continues....';

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String fullTitle = 'OpenXcom/Xpiratez/X-com Files';
int postNumber = "1739994";
String image = Untitled.png;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)15:08:06';
String comment = 'You only need one peasant to save isolated villages.

>>1699449';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1741351";
String image = Sin título.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)20:00:29';
String comment = 'Where should my people settle?

I think im done with rp'ing as a band of violent gypsies and britain was not as welcoming as i had hoped. Preferably somewhere we wont btfo by other migrants like the saxons';

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String fullTitle = 'Stormgate massive update';
int postNumber = "1727693";
String image = dwOLIcX76nQ-HD.jpg;
String date = '04/12/24(Fri)20:23:08';
String comment = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwOLIcX76nQ';

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String fullTitle = 'EU4 Thread';
int postNumber = "1709968";
String image = giga france.jpg;
String date = '03/23/24(Sat)04:15:29';
String comment = 'Why is it that when I play a medium distance away from a major, so that I'm not able to hamstring them early, they always turbo blob to the point I know it's going to be torture later on.

Also general EU4 thread, post your maps!';

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String fullTitle = 'Stellaris DLC';
int postNumber = "1635287";
String image = plakat-obraz.png;
String date = '12/30/23(Sat)00:52:52';
String comment = 'Should I buy the Astral Planes DLC for Stellaris? Is it worth it?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1744694";
String image = ck3 pirate.png;
String date = '04/30/24(Tue)18:15:45';
String comment = 'Can someone explain why every version of pdx games gets cracked within a week, when there are like a hundred people at most in the world interested in them, while games that normies actually want to play never get cracked?';

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String fullTitle = 'Ck2 thread';
int postNumber = "1734215";
String image = we never even left.png;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)18:13:45';
String comment = 'Post your realms, The west has risen edition';

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String fullTitle = 'Anti-blobbing mechanics';
int postNumber = "1727296";
String image = Pope_Julius_II.jpg;
String date = '04/12/24(Fri)09:50:24';
String comment = 'What makes them good or bad?

Every mechanic (any game) essentially falls under the category of external or internal.
External anti-blobbing mechanics allow foreign powers unity against a threat.
Internal anti-blobbing aims to cause internal issues like revolts or reducing the goods gained from conquered lands.

EU4 completely fails at these things. Coalitions fail because AE is fixed on local development instead of the relative value of its conqueror, and ultimately it just slows expansion. And its revolt system is a wacky-mole.
Imperator does better at these things, but the lack of coalitions makes expansion too easy.
CK3 fails miserably because factions are beyond idiotic.';

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String fullTitle = 'Total War Warhammer';
int postNumber = "1712067";
String image = Shill.png;
String date = '03/25/24(Mon)18:46:17';
String comment = 'Dead since 2015. It's joever.';

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String fullTitle = 'Into the Breach';
int postNumber = "1729714";
String image = imagen_2024-04-15_145117892.png;
String date = '04/15/24(Mon)17:02:57';
String comment = '¨10/10 but i cant ignore the feel that could have more content.¨

thoughts?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1720334";
String image = header.jpg;
String date = '04/03/24(Wed)15:47:45';
String comment = 'Warno? or Waryes?
Thoughts?

Also general warno, wargame, broken arrow thread.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1712187";
String image = Battle Brothers.jpg;
String date = '03/25/24(Mon)21:13:40';
String comment = '>want to start new game
>spend 30 minutes trying to generate a map that isn't either straight up broken or nonsensical
Definitely something that's going to have to be improved in the sequel.';

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String fullTitle = 'XCOM EW/Long War Thread';
int postNumber = "1716348";
String image = eba04c10-a4a2-41cb-b935-25d46c2bf5b8.__CR174,0,1746,1080_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg;
String date = '03/29/24(Fri)21:54:11';
String comment = 'I haven't played Enemy Within since like 2015 and I wanted to try out Long War for the first time. Can we have a thread about the nu-com games please?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1741705";
String image = 1701411708006.png;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)06:22:43';
String comment = '>meant to save gaming
>no thread on /vst/
What went wrong?';

// 18 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1745336";
String image = 3522355.jpg;
String date = '05/01/24(Wed)13:27:57';
String comment = 'Being an aoe3fag truly is suffering';

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String fullTitle = 'X4: Timelines';
int postNumber = "1729224";
String image = X4-Timelines-Title-Artwork.jpg;
String date = '04/14/24(Sun)22:27:46';
String comment = 'Any plans for a new playthrough when the DLC drops, anon? Aside from the wet fart that is the endgame crisis, 7.0 beta is pretty good. For me, I've been wanting to do a custom Eleventh Hour start where I try to ally with the Split and form a separatist Argon faction. So I think I'll finally do that.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1731281";
String image = __vietnamese_rattan_archer_age_of_empires_ii_drawn_by_bubblycrablos__sample-b6f51fdfac6e655758c18b8fe79fda60.jpg;
String date = '04/17/24(Wed)12:38:58';
String comment = 'Age of Empires 2
Why is black forest even on the 1v1 map pool, delete arena if that's going to be a thing';

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String fullTitle = 'After the End CK2/CK3';
int postNumber = "1678337";
String image = totalamericanistdeath.jpg;
String date = '02/19/24(Mon)15:32:08';
String comment = 'aka the GOAT ck2 total conversion
Any news on the ck3 port?';

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String fullTitle = 'We are so back Imperator patricians';
int postNumber = "1703349";
String image = BACK.png;
String date = '03/15/24(Fri)16:20:08';
String comment = 'undefined';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1706254";
String image = Hannah.png;
String date = '03/18/24(Mon)22:45:12';
String comment = 'Who is your /vst/ waifu?';

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String fullTitle = 'Prison Architect 2 delayed';
int postNumber = "1738232";
String image = goyslop.jpg;
String date = '04/25/24(Thu)08:23:45';
String comment = 'No doubt this is going to be hot garbage with Paradox associated.';

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String fullTitle = 'Project Ceasar/EUV';
int postNumber = "1737591";
String image = pms.png;
String date = '04/24/24(Wed)17:19:33';
String comment = '>filters shitters
Have you bowed to Johan (PBUH) today yet?';

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String fullTitle = 'Unicorn Overlord Unit Comp Thread';
int postNumber = "1730237";
String image = Unicorn_Overlord_cover.jpg;
String date = '04/16/24(Tue)10:25:17';
String comment = 'I'm fascinated with the possibilities between different unit types and gear/tactical instructions. I'm only about 10 hours into the game and trying to dip into the finer details before the difficulty curve becomes less comfy.

What builds are you guys running and what lessons have you learned?';

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String fullTitle = 'Age of Mythology Retold';
int postNumber = "1722101";
String image = capsule_616x353.jpg;
String date = '04/05/24(Fri)10:54:41';
String comment = 'Hopes? Fears?';

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String fullTitle = 'Company of Heroes';
int postNumber = "1738882";
String image = company.jpg;
String date = '04/25/24(Thu)19:31:53';
String comment = 'Relic finally fixed their engine edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbI--hIXb18';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1728007";
String image = images.jpg;
String date = '04/13/24(Sat)09:12:55';
String comment = 'My wet dream is a Democracy, but instead of mana, there is an advanced character system to represent all 200 parliament members. In order to pass stuff you have to bribe or obtain favors from them.
And instead of everything being on a national level, there would a local level and countries you can invade.
Would anyone play such game?

I would make this game if I wouldn't be so busy.';

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String fullTitle = 'Kerbal Space Program';
int postNumber = "1730172";
String image = 20240411232337_1.jpg;
String date = '04/16/24(Tue)09:31:37';
String comment = 'This technically counts as a strategy game right?';

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String fullTitle = 'CK3: Roads to Power/Landless';
int postNumber = "1719023";
String image = landless.jpg;
String date = '04/02/24(Tue)07:48:23';
String comment = 'hopes? dream? if they pull it off it could be one of the defining features of 3
they're gonna mess it up aren't they?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1736742";
String image = romeremaster (4).jpg;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)19:39:55';
String comment = 'I enjoy the remaster';

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String fullTitle = 'Rimworld';
int postNumber = "1741419";
String image = 1694949354199.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)21:15:04';
String comment = 'How do I make the midgame less tedious? I keep losing interest and starting a new game.';

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String fullTitle = 'Chaos Theory';
int postNumber = "1735520";
String image = tenkatoitsu.png;
String date = '04/22/24(Mon)12:34:14';
String comment = '>I put the archers behind the spearmen, wait for the melee then charge their backs with cav
This is how the average strategy gamer thinks of strategy. A smoothbrained subhuman can come up with the above. *Executing* it is the hard part of battle.
The real challenge in battle stems from chaos, and dealing with that chaos is what separates good commanders from the bad.
The TW games and other strategy games you can micro each of your units from a bird's eye view and tell them exactly where to go, and they'll 100% follow your orders instantly.
It's like God has the command of one side of the battle. Of course you'd win every time.
Real battles are full of misinformations, misjudgement about enemy size/position and even own position and size. Units also do not respond to orders instantaneously or follow them correctly most fo the time. Even a good strategist like Napoleon, during Waterloo, had 1/3 of his army off-map chasing after some phantom enemy, had his elite cavalry charge into square without his consent, only for that phantom enemy to appear on his flank securing his defeat. This would never happen to the player in an average strategy game.
Real battles are chaotic and it takes actual high IQ and most importantly, LUCK to win.
Are there any games that do this?
pic rel is a board game that does this quite well';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1731869";
String image = 1234897.jpg;
String date = '04/17/24(Wed)23:12:32';
String comment = 'Is it me or did Blizzard destroy the balance of the Reign of Chaos campaign when they merged everything into one game?';

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String fullTitle = 'TNO memes n fandom tthread';
int postNumber = "1734223";
String image = i-made-dmitry-yazov-soyjak-variant-cobson-v0-ygkv6njzkpfb1.png;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)18:27:11';
String comment = '>mfw when i realize that there's a group of people that uses burgundian as an adjective irl';

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String fullTitle = 'CK3 is the SUPERIOR sandbox';
int postNumber = "1741381";
String image = 1703755008061.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)20:25:55';
String comment = '>title name and colour customisation
>CoA customisation
>custom faiths
>hybrid/divergent cultures
>architecture/fashion mix&match options
>achievements allowed with mods
Why did they never add these things back in CK2? Was player choice not respected back then?';

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String fullTitle = '/Stellaris/';
int postNumber = "1675320";
String image = capsule_616x353.jpg;
String date = '02/16/24(Fri)00:01:04';
String comment = 'Pausing every second to close 100 pop-ups simulator.
What's that, you want to watch your cool space battle unfold?
Too bad, we found an ameoba on an asteroid in buttfuck nowhere - what's the plan boss?!';

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String fullTitle = 'Hypothetical: What if There Was a Historical City Builder Where You Couldn't Delete Buildings?';
int postNumber = "1745527";
String image = 0_pjimage-7.jpg;
String date = '05/01/24(Wed)16:13:25';
String comment = 'Would this annoy the shit out of you or would you not care? I know that there are some games where they make it a pain in the ass to delete buildings, so maybe that would also be an option. But throughout history, they were more likely to let old buildings rot than to tear them down.';

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String fullTitle = 'Graviteam Thread: Fart Escaped Edition';
int postNumber = "1735438";
String image = prooohhh.png;
String date = '04/22/24(Mon)10:21:47';
String comment = 'Last thread was live for 6+ months, with anons posting quality content and good advice for those struggling with command, let's try that again shall we?
New DLC dropped, set in September 1941 and features windmills and oil rigs as well as a rather weird Sunday release date.
It's been over a month since the operational phase update release, so there should be plenty of opinions to share.
As usual, share your victories, defeats, rants and stuff you struggle with, so helpful anons can lend a hand.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1736261";
String image = 1712608383789.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)09:32:56';
String comment = '>fucking communism and immigration confirmed for a game set in the late medieval ages
it’s all so tiresome anons.';

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String fullTitle = 'Whats the verdict?';
int postNumber = "1720694";
String image = dune sw.jpg;
String date = '04/04/24(Thu)02:37:21';
String comment = 'From streams gameplay looks like a mishmash of RTS and 4X, how competent is the AI?';

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String fullTitle = 'Shadow Empire thread';
int postNumber = "1694463";
String image = capsule_616x353.jpg;
String date = '03/07/24(Thu)12:51:07';
String comment = 'I know know hoe logistic works';

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String fullTitle = 'Field of Glory: Kingdoms';
int postNumber = "1743554";
String image = Field-of-Glory-Kingdoms.png;
String date = '04/29/24(Mon)17:25:00';
String comment = '>Release june 2024
Actually, someone care about this game?';

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String fullTitle = 'Hoi4 Modding Thread';
int postNumber = "1691546";
String image = rus_army_teaser_eng.png;
String date = '03/04/24(Mon)14:37:21';
String comment = 'Get in here and talk about hoi4 modding.
>OWB 5.0 update dropped
>TFR 2nd stream on March 29th
>Kaiserreich Ireland rework incoming
Also share your modding tips here as well.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1742095";
String image = AoE4.jpg;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)13:09:13';
String comment = 'What went wrong?';

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String fullTitle = 'Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri / SMAC Thread';
int postNumber = "1608457";
String image = ezgif-1-34ce4da4b0.jpg;
String date = '11/26/23(Sun)18:16:13';
String comment = 'Get in here
Fav leader?';

// 148 posts and 37 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'The Campaign Trail';
int postNumber = "1725421";
String image = park landslide.png;
String date = '04/09/24(Tue)18:50:43';
String comment = '>"I will never ask you to vote for me again!" - Park Chung-hee

Previous Thread: >>1644652';

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String fullTitle = 'Heroes 3 (HoMM3) - Horn of the Abyss';
int postNumber = "1657235";
String image = Ziomale z Fortecy.png;
String date = '01/27/24(Sat)16:40:57';
String comment = 'So... how is your Factory campaign going?
Also, just for fun, come up with (your) theme for a town.

https://h3hota.com/en/download';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1743998";
String image = file.png;
String date = '04/30/24(Tue)03:06:14';
String comment = 'Are you excited for the BRAND NEW Fantasy Total War DLC, coming at 10:am THIS MORNING?!?
You ARE going to buy it, right /vst/?
All the e-celebs have forgiven CA, so you should too!';

// 66 posts and 5 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Project Alice / OpenVic';
int postNumber = "1736383";
String image = Dod_PA.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)11:54:41';
String comment = '>PA is now released version 1.0.13
>OpenVic hasn't had a dev diary in 5 months

Bros, come on now, you really gonna support chudgun over actual progress?';

// 149 posts and 23 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Reverse Collapse';
int postNumber = "1725378";
String image = capsule_616x353.jpg;
String date = '04/09/24(Tue)18:04:01';
String comment = 'One of the harder SRPGs I've played in a hot minute';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1745391";
String image = They_Are_Billions_Video_Game_Logo.jpg;
String date = '05/01/24(Wed)14:07:23';
String comment = 'Am I stupid or is the pathing in this game kind of nonsensical?
I have lost like 3 runs because before my walls are set up my soldiers would flat out refuse to move through a housing block to where they're needed, instead they'd opt out to move around the mountain which results in people getting eaten before theyre there and the situation snowballing to hell
I'm still on the first survival map in the forest because I bounced off the campaign years back, it seems so slow';

// 10 posts and 2 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Why do people like RTS games?';
int postNumber = "1736421";
String image = cossacks-3-cover-435805365.jpg;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)12:45:22';
String comment = 'They're usualy just about spamming one type of OP troop at the enemy's OP troop he is spamming. Or they have anoying hero units that ruin the immersion.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1728683";
String image = 51aeg46UyUL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg;
String date = '04/14/24(Sun)06:49:57';
String comment = '>lose one single fight
>the game is now unwinnable because of how hard it snowballs
>the only way to avoid this is to have a tp in your inventory at all times so you can teleport out the second you suspect that a fight might not be in your favor
Heroes are such a shitty mechanic.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1723865";
String image = Plants_vs_Zombies_logo.png;
String date = '04/07/24(Sun)18:51:07';
String comment = 'What's your go to set up?
I've recently become a fan of garlic/spikeweed/gloom shroom.';

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String fullTitle = 'Fabledom - Official 1.0 Release Date Teaser Trailer!';
int postNumber = "1732291";
String image = fabledom-is-really-cute-and-i-cant-wait-for-the-final-v0-48kjj3odqoha1.jpg;
String date = '04/18/24(Thu)12:44:37';
String comment = 'Fabledom - Official 1.0 Release Date Teaser Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGqPa_9hl_4
Finally out of early access!
Hopes? Fears?';

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String fullTitle = 'Hold my Beer..';
int postNumber = "1681600";
String image = BAR.jpg;
String date = '02/23/24(Fri)09:11:50';
String comment = 'this is more fun than Starcraft and AoE combined. Is it doomed by the rts genre alone, or is it niche because of it's still early development? BAR succeeded where Supreme Commander failed, so I hope to see it grow further beyond it's current scope. It feels way more approachable than it's predecessors, especially with the more reasonable scale, QoL controls, visual readibility.. and it being FREE.';

// 8 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1739955";
String image = c74a57a04f50ce7dd43f2bb738e61919_original.jpg;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)14:45:44';
String comment = 'Who is 'ThatAnxiousGamer' and why has he made the worst review video on SG Beta so far?
Just watched the absolute worst review of SG Beta, and am totally shocked that it hasn't been taken down by YT yet...

Don't be suprised when he gets sued for libel...Biggest pack of lies I've ever heard/seen.

https://youtu.be/jh9BLU4i3RE?si=a9_YWt4MGvD5QJk9

Clealr has literally no understanding RTS genre, or game development. This guys is the biggest joke on the internet right now';

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String fullTitle = 'Godherja';
int postNumber = "1734924";
String image = maxresdefault.jpg;
String date = '04/21/24(Sun)17:36:37';
String comment = 'I'm very curious if Pink Panzer has learned anything since TNO. Has he finally learned to respect his players' time by not bothering them with unnecessary text in a strategy game, or has the new game given him new opportunities to spread his unbridled need for graphomania?';

// 11 posts and 2 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'What happened?';
int postNumber = "1736812";
String image = 4F748354-C746-4C46-9FBC-1D443F16A5D3.jpg;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)22:36:08';
String comment = 'These games were kino.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1729486";
String image = 1711320895621718.jpg;
String date = '04/15/24(Mon)11:35:54';
String comment = 'Just optimize it, fix the late-game, do a bit of balancing and add more flavor to railroad it towards historical borders and wars and it will be better than Vic2.
It's like 3 patches and an HPM mod away from being good. The base mechanics are all very solid and an improvement over 2.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1741414";
String image = capsule_616x353.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)21:09:05';
String comment = 'Is Workers & Resources a city builder or an autismo logistics simulator?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1669175";
String image = gorg.jpg;
String date = '02/10/24(Sat)00:34:43';
String comment = 'Lands of Lords thread

How goes your fiefs m'lords? I'm trying to make the highest quality wax and soap around just for the sake of it but it's not coming together well.
How about >(You)?';

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String fullTitle = 'Millenia roadmap';
int postNumber = "1735484";
String image = SOCIAL 1920x1080.png;
String date = '04/22/24(Mon)11:50:49';
String comment = 'How long do you think its going to take before its polished? IMO probably a year at least, perhaps longer if DLCs slow things down and then need to be fixed themselves

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/millennia-2024-roadmap-update-1.1667317/';

// 9 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1741037";
String image = dune.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)14:42:09';
String comment = 'Dune II thread';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1735500";
String image = 1708357924122.jpg;
String date = '04/22/24(Mon)12:09:37';
String comment = 'Still waiting for a game set here...';

// 80 posts and 5 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = '2024 is a year of city/colony builders';
int postNumber = "1732222";
String image = cb2.jpg;
String date = '04/18/24(Thu)10:25:13';
String comment = 'Any other promising games coming out this year?';

// 279 posts and 46 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'How the fuck are you supposed to play this game?';
int postNumber = "1711334";
String image = image_2024-03-24_231332556.png;
String date = '03/24/24(Sun)18:14:02';
String comment = 'No matter what I do, I lose.';

// 290 posts and 74 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1634122";
String image = and I made germany bigger.png;
String date = '12/28/23(Thu)13:59:25';
String comment = 'post your aesthetic germanias you formed in vic2';

// 10 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1743074";
String image = r8n2an3wlkvc1.jpg;
String date = '04/29/24(Mon)09:11:04';
String comment = 'Why does this keep happening to the city building genre? How hard could it be to get it right? Things peaked in the 90s and early 00s.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1722254";
String image = warcraft2expansion-1650050590313.jpg;
String date = '04/05/24(Fri)14:32:29';
String comment = 'ITT: The hardest RTS campaigns you've ever played';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1744395";
String image = victoria 3 power laws.jpg;
String date = '04/30/24(Tue)12:25:04';
String comment = 'I don't understand.
Most of Victoria 3's starting laws are set in stone before you start changing the economy or turn everyone in your capital into an ahistorically wholesome mass-immigration university professor.
Except for citizenship.

The Devout and Townsfolk agree... but in most countries they're marginalised.
The Landowners don't care.
The Farmers think skin racism is better than national racism.
The Professors think speaking the same language, even in a funny accent and with wildly different slang, means you're a citizen.

Most leaders you roll will be a Reformer - women should be propertied, children should go to school (by the time you unlock schools, this leader trait is not only removed from the pool for two groups, it's flooded out by new ideologies everywhere else), and "I agree with the Professors on wholesome citizenship!"

Not only do most countries simply just not support this law, you can't get back to it. When the Industrialists take power, they don't give a shit, even though it directly affects how much they're forced to pay someone (33% pay cut for discriminated = more for the owner).

Why is it so hard to pass a law that actually makes people happy in a homogenous country of almost all in game are, especially with immigration and assimilation mechanics? (+Loyalists -Radicals)';

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String fullTitle = 'Sanctuary: Shattered Sun';
int postNumber = "1743140";
String image = ss_4c4820b4d497fe255b69946cf74763b07b702ee5.1920x1080.jpg;
String date = '04/29/24(Mon)10:40:22';
String comment = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWROAhTGt4k
New RTS that looks like a relatively generic supcom clone. I like some of the art direction and the gameplay seems competent. What do we think? Can it compete with FAF and BAR?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1739842";
String image = men-of-war-ii.jpg;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)13:27:47';
String comment = 'What's the verdict';

// 92 posts and 12 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1710769";
String image = 207ADE4D-3080-4C8C-A2A9-F861A5D85CFB.jpg;
String date = '03/23/24(Sat)23:54:28';
String comment = 'Redpill me on a-train.

Is it really the dark souls of economy sims?';

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String fullTitle = 'Civilization IV';
int postNumber = "1711562";
String image = civ4.png;
String date = '03/25/24(Mon)02:47:21';
String comment = 'What made Civ 4 so special that people designate it as the cut-off point from when the series started declining?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1729653";
String image = 2398472390842.jpg;
String date = '04/15/24(Mon)15:25:24';
String comment = 'Realistically, how do we fix this franchise? It seems like no one in the strategy player base is fully happy with it.';

// 505 posts and 115 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Project Moon';
int postNumber = "1619375";
String image = 044CE220-DB7A-47B6-96CE-0E708F510C90.jpg;
String date = '12/09/23(Sat)11:21:25';
String comment = 'Are they gonna kill him off?
I’m hoping they don’t since they could do a lot with the character';

// 129 posts and 13 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1711176";
String image = Bandit_Kings_of_Ancient_China_cover_art.jpg;
String date = '03/24/24(Sun)14:26:36';
String comment = 'By the will of Kou Shibusawa, the latest Koei thread begins anew!';

// 69 posts and 11 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1729824";
String image = OIP.jpg;
String date = '04/15/24(Mon)19:13:49';
String comment = 'What went wrong? I never see discusions about this game';

// 49 posts and 6 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Most realistic WW2 rts';
int postNumber = "1725560";
String image = 1696381696216864.png;
String date = '04/09/24(Tue)22:14:47';
String comment = 'What's the most realistic WW2 rts available?

I am looking for something so autistically detailed you could play it with a military handbook on the side.';

// 354 posts and 39 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Terra Invicta';
int postNumber = "1663032";
String image = terra invicta.jpg;
String date = '02/04/24(Sun)02:55:36';
String comment = 'been awhile
is the game any different than it was at launch?
I remember the early game being massive slogs with its fake ass turn base shits';

// 566 posts and 53 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Age of Empire 2';
int postNumber = "1729477";
String image = aoe 2 khan.jpg;
String date = '04/15/24(Mon)11:16:40';
String comment = 'Wake up boys! New expansion to AoE2 dropped!';

// 21 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Are RTS games the greatest, most high IQ genre ever conceived?';
int postNumber = "1737650";
String image = 8927409127409124.jpg;
String date = '04/24/24(Wed)18:19:59';
String comment = '>Incredibly dense gameplay whilst allowing lots of room for creativity.
>Has the highest learning curve and skill ceiling out of every genre ever made. Perfect to filter out ADHD-ridden zoomers and nu/v/.
>Heavily tests the full breadth of the mind, such as reflexes (APM), spatial perception (micro-management), logical reasoning, etc. You'll get quickly punished if at least one area of your mind isn't in tip top shape.

How can any other genre even come close? RTS has pretty much everything you need in a genre.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1733793";
String image = 313131313131.png;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)03:23:39';
String comment = 'Which Penultimo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm_jift5QMM&list=PLD6AB805B15D2CFC4&index=7';

// 32 posts and 2 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1736617";
String image = 1691244351318473.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)16:23:10';
String comment = 'Do you have any strategy game recommendations for casuals that can eventually prepare me for the heavier stuff? It feels like half of the strategy games I've seen out there are for masochists';

// 18 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1740746";
String image = images.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)10:03:31';
String comment = 'More like surviving boredom';

// 98 posts and 10 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Symphony Of War';
int postNumber = "1717436";
String image = 2024_03_29_SymphonyOfWar_fyfoe.png;
String date = '03/31/24(Sun)05:03:24';
String comment = 'Any bros played this?
Turn based strategy with squad compositions and perma death. Story is generic and rubbish, but gameplay is good.
I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. Game is a bit easy even on hard though, clearing most missions with S rank and no casualties.

A lot of cool units, although its weird how much dragons suck ass. Foot archers, Samurai, Light Infantry(Other than Swordsmasters) also all seem like traps.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1739880";
String image = 1714047588683191.jpg;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)13:49:56';
String comment = 'Song of Syx thread since last one archived.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1162750

It's a low fantasy city builder in the vein of Caeser or Pharaoh series. Oh and for whatever reason, the creator decided to over reach and bolt on a total war component so you can micro like an RTS while taking over the world. City builder is pretty much done and the latter has the foundations in but still unbalanced.

Demo is free-forever and is only a few versions behind the latest stable, good to try so you know whether you will like to core gameplay.

Fantasy means many races with their strengths and weaknesses like Vegetarian pigmen, tall dwarves twice the size of humans, cannibal elves lizards and bugmen. Oh so you want to min-max with all these races don't you? Well, too bad they are all Racists as fuck and prone to murder each other without careful planning. Good thing there's a very robust slavery system for you to prosecute and exploit the undesirables yes?';

// 25 posts and 3 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Fire Emblem';
int postNumber = "1725302";
String image = Fire_Emblem_logo.svg.png;
String date = '04/09/24(Tue)16:55:35';
String comment = 'Let's talk about a series that is slowly dying off.';

// 14 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Our Adventurer Guild';
int postNumber = "1739634";
String image = 1309.jpg;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)11:19:20';
String comment = 'Has anyone played this before?';

// 347 posts and 48 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'NO MERCY FOR THE WICKED';
int postNumber = "1494525";
String image = attila3.png;
String date = '07/10/23(Mon)18:45:46';
String comment = 'FOR THEY ARE WEAK.

GUARD OUR SPIRITS. AND KEEP US

FROM ETERNAL DARKNESS.

"HE OPENED THE Total War: Attila Thread,

AND BEHOLD THE SUN BECAME BLACK.

AND THE MOON BECAME LIKE BLOOD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lXsYjQz3g0&ab_channel=CPr0d

The day of reckoning has come.';

// 135 posts and 31 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Total War: Rome 2';
int postNumber = "1723806";
String image = Rome vs Carthage.jpg;
String date = '04/07/24(Sun)17:39:26';
String comment = 'Is there any greater feeling than conquering Carthage?';

// 11 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Age of empires mobile';
int postNumber = "1743538";
String image = AoE_Mobile_side_logo.jpg;
String date = '04/29/24(Mon)17:05:08';
String comment = 'hopes? fears?';

// 150 posts and 18 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1733581";
String image = Spanish at the Battle of Rocroi.jpg;
String date = '04/19/24(Fri)19:01:04';
String comment = 'What is it about the pike & shot era that scares strategy game devs so much? Literally more strategy games have been set in the Bronze Age than in the pike & shot era.';

// 465 posts and 39 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'dominions 5';
int postNumber = "1591049";
String image = 7bd450b3572e06ad376819f942ce1c78ca9dee19.png;
String date = '11/05/23(Sun)19:45:51';
String comment = 'dominions bread
hopes/dreams/fears for dominions 6?
total list of known (so far) changes in 6: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2511500/discussions/0/3807281445020039925/';

// 1 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1743437";
String image = 1714418616159.jpg;
String date = '04/29/24(Mon)15:24:15';
String comment = 'What are some good borderline table top like WWII war games?';

// 26 posts and 4 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Yup, it's kino.';
int postNumber = "1736164";
String image = image_2024-04-23_141041014.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)08:11:07';
String comment = 'Best HoI4 mod there is, can't wait until the Russia update comes out.';

// 10 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Total War Atilla';
int postNumber = "1742677";
String image = Total_War_Attila_cap.png;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)23:05:04';
String comment = 'Now that manor lords has flopped, we are ready to discuss the best strategy larp game ever';

// 81 posts and 16 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'shogun 2';
int postNumber = "1715908";
String image = master-pnp-jpd-00800-00848uweb.jpg;
String date = '03/29/24(Fri)13:49:27';
String comment = 'shogun 2';

// 355 posts and 91 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Let's design a (simple) game';
int postNumber = "1581460";
String image = 279776.jpg;
String date = '10/24/23(Tue)16:11:22';
String comment = 'I'm a programmer, so i will be able to do something like a free browser game. Ideally I'd want collab, but if only have ideas, that is fine too.
We will solve everything polls.
Let's begin with the setting (12 options):
https://strawpoll.com/poy9WXkzJgJ';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1716381";
String image = IMG_1459.png;
String date = '03/29/24(Fri)22:29:25';
String comment = 'Anno series is dog shit

>play 1503
>tutorial sucks doesn’t explain anything well enough
>quit
>play 2070
>half the features are locked to online mode not even worth playing
>look at 1800
>comes with Ubisoft launcher and uplay
>nope

All I could tell in my time was the controls are shit, mechanics are shit, and the overall game is shit.

In short fuck Ubisoft. Shit game. 0/10.';

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String fullTitle = 'Anbennar CK3';
int postNumber = "1742036";
String image = elvenqueen.jpg;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)12:23:59';
String comment = 'What do we get for her in the CK3 Anbennar mod?

More genocide? More imperialism? More bisexual sex?';

// 6 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1739467";
String image = superpower-3.jpg;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)09:03:58';
String comment = 'The worst game ever made.';

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String fullTitle = 'What is the best space 4x in life?';
int postNumber = "1736677";
String image = A3C858D9-A54C-4CFC-9FF5-90AB98C10ED1.jpg;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)17:53:04';
String comment = 'I’ve been chasing the dragon since the original Master of Orion. Nothing has taken that crown. Perfect mix of macro strategy and scalable space battles. Races had flavor and character, and diplomacy seemed logical and coherent.

The only general 4x game that is at the same level is Alpha Centauri.

Please tell me what the best space 4x game is out there right now… I am looking at Aurora 4x but read that it becomes unplayable in mid to late game and there is no diplomacy.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1727781";
String image = 1699071647057662.png;
String date = '04/13/24(Sat)00:05:32';
String comment = 'BTA3062 or Roguetech?';

// 3 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1741752";
String image = 1710265220845805.png;
String date = '04/28/24(Sun)07:10:27';
String comment = 'GOTHIC.
KINO.
ATMOSPHERE.';

// 18 posts and 3 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'EBI/II thread';
int postNumber = "1734848";
String image = eb.png;
String date = '04/21/24(Sun)16:33:11';
String comment = 'Where can you recruit elephant mercs in EBII?';

// 15 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'David Kim and Uncapped Games';
int postNumber = "1732752";
String image = DavidKim_Real1.png;
String date = '04/18/24(Thu)22:00:32';
String comment = 'what are they cooking? any insider here?';

// 13 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Nexus 5x';
int postNumber = "1732657";
String image = nexus5x.jpg;
String date = '04/18/24(Thu)19:47:10';
String comment = 'Nexus 5x (not to be confused with the phone, and previously known as Stellaris Nexus) is out - has anyone played, how is it? I'm all for shorter games. having children is painful.';

// 9 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1740512";
String image = 9FF7F299-D28E-4CEC-AE75-10FCA8AAA6B1.jpg;
String date = '04/27/24(Sat)04:32:54';
String comment = 'Thinking about thos necromancers';

// 525 posts and 142 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children';
int postNumber = "1636224";
String image = 1698039780294368.png;
String date = '12/31/23(Sun)04:27:12';
String comment = 'CHOOSE';

// 54 posts and 2 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Anno Thread';
int postNumber = "1733795";
String image = 0ECFEBD8-DD96-468E-BE8C-38C46000A4A7.jpg;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)03:30:25';
String comment = 'No thread dedicated to the Anno game series? Let’s rectify it...';

// 17 posts and 0 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Any games like Terra Invicta but without the Alien/Intergalactic shit?';
int postNumber = "1727994";
String image = image_2024-04-13_142434682.png;
String date = '04/13/24(Sat)08:25:29';
String comment = 'I liked the geopolitical aspect of it, but I am not interested in the stuff with the aliens.';

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String fullTitle = 'Highfleet';
int postNumber = "1623075";
String image = 1693183868738057.png;
String date = '12/13/23(Wed)23:16:47';
String comment = 'Anyone playing this?';

// 8 posts and 1 image replies omitted.

String fullTitle = 'Low micro thread';
int postNumber = "1736607";
String image = 7809974f59f6b267ce31c4e5db16df24.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)15:55:47';
String comment = 'ITT games with emphasis on macro, strategy and meaningful decisions over micro, tactics and babysitting everything in the game.
Because I like feeling important enough to delegate the small stuff, and picrel certainly wasn't personally managing every single of his regiments.

Vicky 2: I like this one despite how bad the army management is, because conquest itself isn't that strong compared to most games. Industry management has various settings, including a fully capitalist-driven option. Yet the game doesn't exactly play by itself, and if you suck at it, automation will definitely not save you.

CK2: It's far from perfect but I like how alive the realm feels. Vassals can handle weak neighbors and indirectly contribute to your expansion, but also challenge your power. Sadly it's not a very difficult game in the long run.

Civ IV: Warfare is everything and you have dozens of units, but army stacks make it tolerable. There's still quite a bit of army management but the game is interesting enough to make up for it. AdvCiv has competent AI too.

Ultimately microing everything will always give you an edge, but if I can't afford to overlook anything in your game then I'm not interested.';

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int postNumber = "1718851";
String image = Dune_2000_(Game).jpg;
String date = '04/01/24(Mon)22:52:50';
String comment = 'What's the risk that the recent popularity of Dune due to the movies will lead to someone trying to do a remake/remaster of the old Dune RTSes?
Are there any developers you'd trust to do it right rather than the more likely option that someone will screw it up?';

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String fullTitle = 'April Humble Bundle';
int postNumber = "1736652";
String image = humblechoice.png;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)17:12:09';
String comment = '3 strategy games plus some extra crap, each going for more than the monthly subscription.
what's the catch? how are they making money?';

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String fullTitle = 'Sands of Salzaar';
int postNumber = "1700458";
String image = SoS.png;
String date = '03/13/24(Wed)07:21:30';
String comment = 'chink mount and blade with diablo combat. after getting burnt out on too many hours of bannerlord and starsector I've put a few dozen hours into this game and it manages to scratch the same itch.
travel around, collect units from villages, train them up, fight bandits, get into barfights, do errands for nobles, fight in tournaments, collect named heroes, start your own faction, get dogpiled by the entire fucking map because HOW DARE you start your own faction, impregnate sexy dancing girls in taverns and raise the child to be an overpowered death god wizard who conquers the world.';

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String fullTitle = 'City Builders';
int postNumber = "1714389";
String image = NaN;
String date = '03/28/24(Thu)01:59:21';
String comment = 'Why have there been no good city builders in years?
You'd think it would be easier than ever with how fast CPUs are today.';

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String fullTitle = 'SOVL: Fantasy Warfare';
int postNumber = "1689716";
String image = A27BB399-FA24-41C7-B820-BCDF7F4282E8.jpg;
String date = '03/02/24(Sat)17:53:38';
String comment = 'Asked about this in TG in the Warhammer fantasy thread and no one engaged. I get that everyone hates Total War Warhammer and shits on anyone who brings it up (though not sure why - it’s a solid game and revived square bases at Games Workshop).

Has anyone tried it? It’s free to play. I’ve been kicking around on it and am absolutely in love with what the dev did here. Not only is it by far the best adaptation of Warhammer fantasy to the PC, it’s a solid game with a beautiful UI and plays well.

Would love to hear opinions and thoughts on this one.';

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int postNumber = "1739632";
String image = file.png;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)11:16:01';
String comment = '>what if eu4 but with pops; the game';

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String fullTitle = 'ITT: Unique and original strategy games that no one discusses';
int postNumber = "1636607";
String image = kill all wides.png;
String date = '12/31/23(Sun)15:58:16';
String comment = 'I'll start.

>Play Sacrifice as Stratos/Persephone/Charnel/Stratos.
>Years later, try replaying it, thinking I would try some of the other ones.
>Basically do the same with small differences in the middle.';

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String fullTitle = 'Kaiserreich';
int postNumber = "1724091";
String image = ..png;
String date = '04/08/24(Mon)02:46:43';
String comment = 'Russia rework will be out before the end of the year.';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1740363";
String image = Screenshot 2024-04-27 at 10.43.26.png;
String date = '04/26/24(Fri)23:45:41';
String comment = 'How hard will this game mindbreak the paradox fans, when it releases and turns out ot have been absolute shit all along?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1734299";
String image = age-of-empires-4-delhi-sultanate-civ.jpg;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)20:39:15';
String comment = '>I put the spearman INFRONT OF THE ARCHERS
Do you retards really enjoy this shit?';

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String fullTitle = 'Scamor Lords';
int postNumber = "1737684";
String image = maxresdefault (3).jpg;
String date = '04/24/24(Wed)19:04:40';
String comment = '>be europoor dev
>need shekels
>have Unreal 4 license
>make assets and ui
>hire artist?sound design? programmers?, easier just to market as total war killer to big youtubers
>hype.exe
>almost a decade goes by, close to launch
>tell fans to lower expectations and gaslight them by saying it was always intended to purely be a city builder

So it takes almost a decade to half a half made EA title with no point in playing.

>Look how many apples i harvested
>look how big my city and pop is!
>now i just have to wait 5 years for it ever actually mean anything ingame!

Did you fall for the scamor lords meme, /vst/?';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1734338";
String image = total war postbattle.png;
String date = '04/20/24(Sat)22:01:42';
String comment = 'Any mod that makes battles in any total war game less lethal?
Sometimes you play 20 minutes of campaign only to get to battle and either route the enemy or be routed within thirty seconds of frontline contact
I wish frontline units would get locked longer doing and receiving less damage so there could be more maneuvering
>you will never finish campaigns if battles last longer
I never finish campaigns';

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String fullTitle = 'Dynamic Standoff Theory';
int postNumber = "1736800";
String image = 41234.jpg;
String date = '04/23/24(Tue)21:57:14';
String comment = 'https://youtu.be/w4_li-bSuOc?si=CFRNf4SV4IpeoGJ2&t=895

This is why Total War melee engagements last minutes at most, but melee engagements in history lasted hours.
Everyone stayed just outside of spear reach most of the time.
There needs to be games that model this, instead of having suicidal troops fighting in close quarters. That way, battle can truly last hours like they did in real life (fast forwardable obviously), which allows plenty of time for maneuvers, skirmishes or just sitting back and enjoying the scenery.
Add the realism of command, ie. incomplete information on enemy/own positions and numbers, incomplete info on the state of the battle, troops getting lost, troops not following orders, confusion, chaos, Murphy's law and we can have a real tactical wargame.
You also shouldn't get the overhead view until the replay.';

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int postNumber = "1726991";
String image = forgottenworld.jpg;
String date = '04/11/24(Thu)20:15:59';
String comment = '>2 mo after the demo drop
>basically 0 hype
they're gonna pull the plug aren't they';

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String fullTitle = undefined;
int postNumber = "1728697";
String image = ss_43899b41923d034d609dfe58e7c37fbc74ede404.1920x1080.jpg;
String date = '04/14/24(Sun)07:03:07';
String comment = 'are the mods good at least?';