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[Berek-PG]

Whether it's a board game or electronic, what turn-based fantasy strategy games have you enjoyed in the past?

One of my favorites is Heroes of Might & Magic series, especially the 3rd edition. The closest that's come to it since its inception over 10 years ago, would be King's Bounty, a very similar game in many ways.

Guardians of Graxia will be quite unique, yet familiar to those that enjoy these types of games. If you've played Panzer General: Allied Assault already, you will have a basic concept of the gameplay mechanics.

[Kelathin]

Heroes of Might and Magic III and V both come into mind. HoMaM series is a very good series imo.

[DaLlaw]

I would be remiss if I did not mention Master of Magic.  This game had amazing depth.  Even though it is now archaic by CG standards, I still find myself re-installing it for yet another playthrough (one the many different hard drives I have had since I first purchased it).  With its tactical battle interface, it even outclassed the CIV series of the day (which it was based on).  I also enjoyed Lords of Magic, although it lacked the depth of MoM, it was a wee tad flashier.  Age of Wonders is also another fantasy strategy I am particularly fond of.  A random scenario generator would have enhanced it significantly.

The first Magic the Gathering CRPG (Shandalor) was great.  However, I am not interested in the duel/DLC configuration in its current incarnation.

Honourable mention goes to Disciples I&II (I have not tried III due to the change of developers and the lackluster reviews) and the HoMM series.

Worst fantasy strategy I have played to date would be Elemental.  I was very dissappointed given the early comparisons to MoM. Derek "Kael" Paxton is currently trying to salvage this title.  He developed my favourite mod for CIVs III & IV, Fall from Heaven 1 & 2.

[gaping_maw]

Homm3 and 5 are great games.

EDITED out the space and other non fantasy games .. ooops

Edited by gaping_maw, 01 December 2010 - 01:39 AM.

[Astral-Master]

best greetings, i have to name what i miss from the list of great fantasy strategy games...

-warlords 3 - darklords rising edition (with army and leader customization)

and -fantasy general ... as per title may say, the former panzer general in a fantasy setting, with heroes and unique powerfull units,

with  best regards,

Astral-Master.

[Berek-PG]

DaLlaw, on 30 November 2010 - 05:09 AM, said:

I would be remiss if I did not mention Master of Magic...

Oh yeah, can't forget MoM

[diehard]

Poxnora,warcraft 3, king bounty, fantasy war, elven legacy.

[Berek-PG]

diehard, on 30 November 2010 - 08:43 PM, said:

Poxnora,warcraft 3, king bounty, fantasy war, elven legacy.

Interesting, someone mentioned Poxnora in an e-mail earlier today. How is that game?

[Donegal]

I,m really enjoying Runewars very much (boardgame)

[diehard]

Berek-PG, on 30 November 2010 - 10:07 PM, said:

Interesting, someone mentioned Poxnora in an e-mail earlier today. How is that game?

Poxnora is a multiplayer collectible card game with a turn-based tactic fantasy game. It is about 3-4 years game. Now already has about 1200 runes/card.
There are 4 different type of card (unit,spell,relic,equipment)
The game like normal board game. At start , you have to buy some pack then build the deck. A deck consist of 30 card.
You have decide putting how many unit/spell/relic/equip in your deck. Each rune/card will need nora(same like graxia mana) to deploy in board.
for the he detail you can check this "http://poxnora.stati...t/checklist.do" all the runes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poxnora
It is very special game with a lot of tactic. Due to this, developer facing a lot of issue when balancing the runes. Every time got runes that will be nerf and buff. Plus it is a collective game, so some rune's price will jack up ,some will fall down(like stock market). The business is related to selling pack which every new expansion rune will always better than old to make ppl spending to chase up.

[Amanda Chen]

Probably my favourite game ever is a strategy RTS called Magic and Mayhem. I know it's real time, not turn-based. But that's certainly worth a play. It's oozing with charm and lots of good ideas. Look for the first game, not the remake.

[Astral-Master]

best greetings, well, if allowed i may go on the freeware games, one in special, based on the former boardgame - eurogame Cry Havoc, the freeware game even have army customization and AI opponent, if interested, please follow the link...

http://www.battlepha...avoc/index.html

And also i may enjoy to share a freeware card game, well, is conventional medieval warfare but it have a Conan module, i hope it is still working and new operating systems are supported, if interested, please follow the link...

http://digilander.li...65/hoplites.htm

hope for these that still not check it to have a good time coming to one of the classics,

with my best regards,

Astral-Master.

[TechieZero]

Lately I have been enjoying a XB360 game named Culdsept. It is also a turn based card game. This is about the third iteration as the game has been around for about ten years.

[Snowman]

Demon Souls

[Kreyson]

Titan
http://en.wikipedia....ki/Titan_(game)

Rise of Legends

Stronghold

Battleforge

[Berek-PG]

Nice, few new ones here I should try out! I haven't tried Demon Souls yet.

[Dei]

Berek-PG, on 26 February 2011 - 03:44 PM, said:

Nice, few new ones here I should try out! I haven't tried Demon Souls yet.

Which is an action RPG, albeit with the amount of precaution you have to take with that game one could consider it a strategy game.

Dawn of War 1, Age of Empires 2, Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun. Yes, I know I picked probably the most mainstream ones but they seriously were the ones I played most..Oh and Populous 2. Love it.

[Berek-PG]

Dei, on 26 February 2011 - 07:55 PM, said:

Which is an action RPG, albeit with the amount of precaution you have to take with that game one could consider it a strategy game.

Dawn of War 1, Age of Empires 2, Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun. Yes, I know I picked probably the most mainstream ones but they seriously were the ones I played most..Oh and Populous 2. Love it.

Populous! I always played the evil side, which seemed to have an advantage in reforming the land... I'd isolate the good guys and just flatten the entire landscape, but I'd do it in a way that castles would perfectly line up...

[Dei]

Sci-fi sorta counts as Fantasy right? xD

Otherwise I'll just replace Dawn of War and C&C:TS with Warcraft 2[although just the demo, I played it almost endlessly as a kid till my uncle got me Warcraft 1 ;D YAY FOR DOS!] and Black & White.

[jrpvaldi]

Warcraft was fine.
Fantasy wars too.