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The genre (sub-genre I guess) has it's own wikipedia page. That's official enough for me. *NM* Aemon Send a noteboard - 28/09/2010 11:06:47 PM
There's a few like that which maybe don't fall under a literal definition of Real Time Strategy that I lump in there anyway because their gameplay and presentation are so similar to an RTS.

Quite a few of the games I own/have played/have played demos of are TBS, actually - Age of Wonders and sequel, the various Disciples, the various Heroes of Might and Magic, and indeed most of the Civs (or all of them, not sure as there are so many). Just because TBS games aren't really the big fashion right now, doesn't mean the term isn't used anymore for those games that ARE turn-based.
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So? How's Civ V? *NM* beetnemesis - 22/09/2010 04:08:25 AM 521 Views
So far I prefer civ IV *NM* Roland00 - 22/09/2010 06:32:05 AM 246 Views
Let it be known I haven't played any since the first day. Roland00 - 27/09/2010 03:18:41 AM 528 Views
I can't decide. I like Civ V combat better, but the other stuff... beetnemesis - 29/09/2010 10:00:45 PM 462 Views
That seems reasonable though Darth_Katie - 30/09/2010 12:20:23 AM 489 Views
I assume he means BlackAdder - 30/09/2010 12:55:58 AM 601 Views
Idk, I haven't played Civ V either. *NM* Darth_Katie - 30/09/2010 01:04:11 AM 248 Views
First time Civ player here. 30 mins of the demo still has me a little confused. *NM* Zalis - 25/09/2010 07:02:40 PM 239 Views
I think that's the nature of Civ. I tried CivIII and decided it wasn't worth the hassle *NM* LadyLorraine - 26/09/2010 05:35:18 AM 219 Views
Could you elaborate? *NM* BlackAdder - 26/09/2010 07:08:15 AM 227 Views
Is there a tutorial? TaskmasterJack - 27/09/2010 03:27:58 AM 474 Views
Yup, there are some basic tutorials beetnemesis - 27/09/2010 03:45:57 AM 472 Views
Yep. Seemed pretty bare bones to me. Zalis - 27/09/2010 04:18:34 AM 519 Views
Yeah it takes a while to really accomplish anything BlackAdder - 27/09/2010 06:37:20 PM 473 Views
The Civ series is actually my least favorite of the RTS games I've played. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 28/09/2010 01:47:03 AM 253 Views
Well I don't think it is an RTS BlackAdder - 28/09/2010 02:15:50 AM 475 Views
Well, by definition, it isn't. What with that "real time" bit and all. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/09/2010 02:48:02 AM 270 Views
I consider it one simply because no one uses the term TBS (Turn Based Strategy) to describe a genre. TaskmasterJack - 28/09/2010 03:42:42 AM 485 Views
*raises hand* I do. Legolas - 28/09/2010 10:19:26 PM 467 Views
The genre (sub-genre I guess) has it's own wikipedia page. That's official enough for me. *NM* Aemon - 28/09/2010 11:06:47 PM 495 Views
My favorite TBS was, oddly, Lords of the Realm II. TaskmasterJack - 29/09/2010 12:23:43 AM 471 Views
Similar to the game Diplomacy, then. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/09/2010 03:16:02 AM 224 Views
Me too, but not because of gameplay. Rather, because it lacks a campaign. Aemon - 28/09/2010 04:15:52 AM 455 Views
Europa Universalis doesn't even have victory conditions. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/09/2010 04:56:12 AM 269 Views
I will get back to you as soon as I can play it. AliasRY - 26/09/2010 04:39:18 PM 477 Views
Re: I will get back to you as soon as I can play it. Rowland - 27/09/2010 01:39:22 AM 503 Views
Hahaha *NM* Darth_Katie - 27/09/2010 04:05:23 AM 229 Views
Yes. I walked right into that. *NM* AliasRY - 27/09/2010 04:25:38 PM 247 Views
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