Board: /vst/
"/vst/ - Video Games/Strategy" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of strategy video games.
/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! ARE YOU READY VOR ZE NEU WORLD ORDER? >That paragon looked at me funny
>Commence firing 
AAahhhh edition
Previous: >>1998295
Avaliable for free at https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
or as a paid premium version on Steam or Itch.io
>What is the difference?
Both are the same game on the same version (51.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mod other usermade tilesets and graphic packs)
With the premium version you pay for a premium tileset + premium OST + access to beta branches and steam integration (if on steam).
>What is next?
Fort mode siege mechanics changes, rework and general spice up is the next update. Hatches and doors no longer stop invaders, and constructed walls vulnerable comfirmed so far
End of Lua beta and merge into the main branch
>What has changed since I last stopped playing X years ago
Check the version history on the wiki
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Version_history
Dwarf Fortress has an extensive wiki which can help you with your question about DF as well as providing info about modding and 3rd party tools:
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Main_Page
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utilities
Utilities you should know about
DFHack: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:DFHack
Dwarf Therapist: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:Dwarf_therapist
Legends Viewer: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Utility:Legends_viewer
>Tutorials :
Quickstart Fortress Mode: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quickstart_guide
Quickstart Adventure Mode: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Adventure_mode_quick_start
Other tutorials: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Tutorials
>A bunch of guides to various parts of fort-based living:
http://imgur.com/a/nGyRF
Strike the earth! How is it different from Age of Empires? They are adding another race.
What recipes are they going to fuck up now, like they did with field kitchen? "small minority of haters" edition
Previous thread:
>>2024031 My sun elf empress can't be this cute edition
>>1989950 >Nagas from Warcraft 3
>Arabs as their own faction in Stronghold:Crusader instead of just mercenary units
>Tyranids in the first Dawn of War
>Humans in Universe at War
What is it for you? And I'm not just talking about rts games. It just happened that all my examples are from rts. What are your hopes and unrealistic wants for the rumored remastered? I'd like some kind of "mercenary" mode, where you make a party of just generics and are free to fight random battles and possibly join battles in the War of the Lions. I'd also like some sort of late game system where you spend lots of money to permanently raise a character's attributes (health, magicka, physical attack, etc), because deleveling and releveling is obnoxious. Something like special training available at the Warrior's Guild. How in the everliving fuck do I actually learn this game? I can't make the smallest damn sense of how the economy works. I start with a decent working thing, but then a few years into the game all the starting factories combust, go bankrupt, I have 90% craftsman unemployment and the cash reserves go up the wazoo
So how the hell do I even do anything?
The worst part is that there's all these mods like HPM or GFM or HFM and I have no idea which advice can transfer between them. Or which of them I should be using. ITT: strategy games that you and only you have ever played Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/400750
FitgirlRepacks free download: https://fitgirl-repacks.site/call-to-arms-gates-of-hell-ostfront/ A general thread dedicated to the hit game "Plague Inc" by Ndemic Creations.
Plague Inc. Evolved: https://store.steampowered.com/app/246620/Plague_Inc_Evolved/
Plague Inc. Mobile on Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miniclip.plagueinc&hl=en_GB
Plague Inc. Mobile on App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plague-inc/id525818839 The HOI4 Modding thread is completely consumed by incel chud TFR propagandist rage, so we need a place to discuss the best mods for HOI4. Mods that have more than three tags with content, you know? 
Anyone else getting USSR in 1990 vibes?
https://files.catbox.moe/80z6tb.png - Bormann TNO2 flowchart (never releasing).
https://files.catbox.moe/j8tp21.pdf - December roundtable notes. Germany and Brazil never.
https://files.catbox.moe/c5pdqt.png - Japan rework. OTL PMs only, please.
https://files.catbox.moe/xlhrjj.pdf - Sweden proposal. Dev back from break, will respond to all bait.
https://files.catbox.moe/ycctp0.png - Sweden flowchart. We lost Pakt Sweden for this OTL-fest.
https://files.catbox.moe/uq883w.pdf - Brazil-Argentina war design doc with mandatory non-canon nukes.
https://files.catbox.moe/l70qhw.pdf - Burgundian Eulogy: Burgundy 2 was real but got scrapped like everything else.
https://files.catbox.moe/zff5y4.pdf - Serov "facelift" document. The first leg in the now confirmed Komi rework.
https://files.catbox.moe/ymgaur.pdf - Amur rework doc. Over two years in dev hell, still no release date.
https://files.catbox.moe/48jovf.png - Kingdom of Montenegro flowchart.
https://files.catbox.moe/xfzdpv.png - Croatia flowchart #1.
https://files.catbox.moe/n2227q.png - Croatia flowchart #2.
https://files.catbox.moe/8oi80v.png - Old Bulgaria. You were robbed of Bulgaroslavia, anon.
https://files.catbox.moe/2ru4q1.png - Thailand flowchart.
https://files.catbox.moe/iwmxg6.pdf - Manchuria doc #1.
https://files.catbox.moe/cgaqrz.pdf - Manchuria doc #2.
https://files.catbox.moe/y2hc34.pdf - Manchuria doc #3.
https://files.catbox.moe/96kjev.pdf - Manchuria doc #5.
https://files.catbox.moe/3n9lq9.pdf - New Granada walltext.
https://files.catbox.moe/r86sw7.pdf - 200p walltext about Colombian soccer mechanics.
https://files.catbox.moe/4w4k3k.png - Turkestan Legion rework flowchart. Is this good?
It looks like Oxygen Not Included, which I enjoyed while learning the basic, but it found it really boring after you pass the initial set up phase. Talk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.
CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html
NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html How come Broken Arrow is the only war game that decided to use a modern day setting, instead of a cold war gone hot scenario Meanwhile, the best fantasy RTT game got a fan-made remaster. Its great. I've played every major recent Paradox title, from EU4 to HoI4, Victoria 2, CK3, Stellaris. They all have aspects which are fun, a lot of it being linked to the many different paths to take.
But Victoria 3 has never hooked me. I feel like I'm just following what the screen is telling me to follow. I'm short on a particular trade good, well I just need to build a factory or import it. The journal is telling me to do something, well I better go do it. The population becomes radical if I don't become liberal.
I feel like I'm not in control. In every other Paradox game I can do what I like. If I feel like colonising as the Ottomans in EU4, I can, and I can give my own names to the colonies too. If I feel like making a dynasty and spreading it across the world then that's possible in CK3. But in Victoria 3 I don't see that same replayability. It feels very restrictive.
So how do people have fun playing this game, /vst/? Recently bought this on Gog having not played it since its release.
At the time I thought it was ok but was surprised how much I enjoyed playing it after all these years. Graphics aren't bad, gameplay is fun and the single player is neat and it captures the Warhammer Fantasy feel well. Also doesn't take forever to install unlike TWW3.
Any other MOC fans around? Is this a strategy game? Is this like Dwarf Fortress but easier to get into. Maybe it's like Factorio? What is this genre called and is this a good game https://www.ageofempires.com/news/pre-order-age-of-mythology-retold-immortal-pillars/
Age of Mythology Retold: Immortal Pillars will release on the 4th of March. Finally, we'll get to play as China (again). Will you be playing, /vst/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vBe-Tcehu4
Also, Retold will come to PS5 for some reason. Game:
>https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense
>https://openxcom.org/downloads-milestones/
Mods:
>https://mod.io/g/openxcom
>https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads
>https://mod.io/g/openxcom/m/the-x-com-files
Resources:
>https://www.ufopaedia.org/
>https://xpedia.netlify.app/
>https://xcf.trigramreactor.net/master
>https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php
Last thread >>1958143 What's the best Total War game for a beginner? How are you liking the new expansion? How do you like HOi4? It's a very cool game and you can get hooked for a long time. I recommend it. It's almost here. Are you ready for RTS to be saved? Are you ready for EA to get off its ass and make a new Command & Conquer game?
>2 factions
>22 missions
>9 skirmish maps New DLC dropped bringing...
>Dark Elf Faction
>New mage class - The Astromancer
>New circle mage
>Moon phase mechanics
>New items and resources - ?????
>New mobs around the world
+ QoL patch for the main game and some minor balance changes.
Thoughts? As much as playing as the big guys of history the likes of France or Rome is fun in its own way, I'm allured to civs that were less of main characters. Ones that weren't so lucky iirl or had every odds thrown against them. Stuff like playing pagan tribes in CK2, Welsh in TW:Medieval, Hittites in civ3, Bohemians in AoE2 and, if we're going into even more fictional territory, I did enjoy making American Dakota kingdom from Rushmore county surrounded by natives in CK2's mod After the End. I guess I just like going against odds and history. Making empires from the bottom than repeating already existing ones.
What's your opinion? Do you have any underdog/obscure civ you're always happy to turn into powerhouse whenever you have occasion? Post mercenary units in strategy games, they can be your favorite if you want. I'm trying to get into this game, any beginner tips would be appreciated. What happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well? best big kang build before they nurf them for their next dlc? >You’re not allowed to say you like this game, it’s too pic rel.
>That game isn’t any good, it’s too puzzle-y.
>It’s poorly balanced
>The combat model is too arcade-y.
>This game isn’t deep, you just think it is because you haven’t realized it’s shallow yet. which autism game if you only had to pick one? >makes the most inadvisable gameplay changes imaginable, becoming derivative to Humankind, a game that flopped
>Game flops
How did no one in the dev team see this coming >slaps your /gsg/ on the ass
what do /vst/? Is there any strategy game with veterancy system that doesn't feel lackluster? I guess X-com and Battle Brothers but I haven't played much of these two and one could argue there it's more in line with rpg's leveling up. What is the appeal to Starcraft? why TF did paradox make it so hard to play quality mods for their games without buying their games? don't they know this shit just makes me have to buy their game? How would you balance an RTS with a faction that uses modern weaponry against another that uses magic? >Essential downloads:
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2024/essentials
>Guide to Football Manager:
http://www.guidetofootballmanager.com/
>Tactic and Strategy Guides:
https://community.sigames.com/topic/495115-tactic-and-strategy-guides/
>Training and Mentoring Guides:
https://community.sigames.com/topic/495114-training-and-mentoring-guides/
>Team Talks:
https://strikerless.com/2016/02/19/the-hartman-doctrine-why-the-hairdryer-treatment-works-surprisingly-well/
>Macca's official /trb/ database:
(2015)http://pastebin.com/uj27eQhe (embed) (embed)
(2016)http://pastebin.com/7e3Vv0ap (embed) (embed)
https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/forum/19-tactics-training-strategies-discussion/ Endless Legend 2 waiting room and Endless series discussio Age of Empires 2 and 4 are both doing better than ever in terms of twitch views, amount of active players, and tournament viewership.
Stormgate didn't do any damage to the genre. There are more RTS games available than ever, and countless in production.
I'm constantly in RTS subs fighting the notion that the genre is dead. It really is thriving and doing better than ever. More players than ever. More RTS titles coming out than ever. We're in the second RTS golden age DESU. Monday: Great Britain & Ireland Feedback
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-maps-6-great-britain-ireland-feedback.1745696/
Tuesday: Vijayanagar and Indian Minors
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-flavour-17-13th-of-may-2025-vijayanagar-indian-regional-content.1746340/
Wednesday: Hinduism and Sikhism
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-63-14th-of-may-2025.1747262/
Thursday: Behind the scenes video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9WVQ5JyAQo
Friday: Delhi flavor
Monday: Unit Sprites
Previous Thread: >>2035270 
Im sorry to say this but Paradox in 2025 is not the samme as it was in the early 2010s. Meaning that this game will not feel or play the same way as EU4. If you played games like CK2, VIC2 or Hoi3 you can probably relate. Im not gonna get bogged down in the details but these modern iterations of these "classics" games just feel like cheep imitations.
I also want to highlight that Paradox Interactive has become a very politicized company. They no longer approach history in a neutral way, but instead they tweek history, change the name of historical cities/areas, retcon historical men of great stature invent women of history and debuff nations who historically had greater military/political advantages. They would probably claim that this is because it would be easier to get more people to buy and play the game. But that is not what strategy games should be like. Not every one will have a fair change and RNG should favour the ones with the greater stats, not the weakest. Im sure that the OG developers that left Paradox probably said the same things and thats why Paradox waited over ten years to announce EU5 all the while ruining EU4 with all the terrible updates and lackluster DLCs. My bet is that the executives probably knows that that the upcoming EU5 is going to be shit and will most likely become another dud for Paradox Interactive (hot take, i know)
I can just imagine that EU5 will be a retelling of the greatest historical period of european history only it will have a modern political correct lense. I won't get into a discussion about the details but i'm sure that some of you will understand what i'm referring to.
So in short, I won't be purchasing this game or any other games Paradox releases anytime soon. The last SC2 tournament
ASL group selection soon This is my introduction into the series and im loving it but im not 100% sure i understand how to bring patricians to my settlement.
How the hell do i get spices? Am i supposed to use dates and the nomads to settle lower islands for copper and gold? I dont see any spices. Are there any cheaper alternatives to picrel? I really enjoyed Stellaris but the dlcs have gotten way too expensive.
I really liked the kind of customization/roleplaying that Stellaris had with its create a species/empire, quest system, and diplomacy mechanics, so any alternatives that match those would be much appreciated.
>"Just pirate it dude"
No. So what is the best strategy game? Not sure if this belongs on /vrpg/ or /vst/ but I'm looking for more good trading games like taipan and elite, especially ones with turn based combat. >be me
>heard about how cool and DEEP is this game
>check the AAR (After Action Reports) of veterans
>cool RPG stories (dragons, bloodlines, secret societies, adventures, arms-brotherhood, etc)
>tried out the game with all its DLCs
>it's boring and slow af, I can't do anything, no adventures nor crazy quests/events
>just PTSD from the constant notification pop-ups about some irrelevant thing or stupid character did stupid thing
What people do to get those cool stories?
What secret, obscure mods I need (I check workshop and the mods are meh at best)? Wargame Warno Steel Division
I'm having a lot of fun in warno What's the best strategy game that has Platinum rating on ProtonDB? Every game I search up has Gold rating or lower Is this game any good? I was looking at playing it with the Invictus mod because I like the time period. play it and post screenshots Now that the upcoming Graveyard of Empires DLC have rolled out the contents that Iran, Iraq, India and Afghanistan will receive, what are you thoughts on it? And with GroE releasing soon, does this mean that we will finally get/be a step closer to a full-on total rework for China and an expansion for the Pacific Front/Southeast Asia?
Old Thread: >>1927763 YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA - Edition
Previous: >>1993893 let me know if you like them Time to talk about the most popular and unfair franchise about defending Earth from Aliens. Why does this game fall so flat?
I had decent hopes cause I liked Syrian Warfare a lot, and gave it a lot of time in case launch was buggy to get tuned up.
It's just a mess its hard to believe the same people actually worked on this game. A lot of the discussion about the game talks about it being hotshit hard, but I just found it a grueling disinteresting slog in missions like Vega and Chihuahua than necessarily challenging.
Unit weapon choice priority and the LoS somehow worse. The equipment system blends so shittily into the actual battles(Unable to loot primary weapons, unable to pick up and take equipment without putting it into a slot etc).
Half the game is spent shooting Human factions with more manpower and equipment than most countries.
Supplies and manpower are super plentiful even on hard difficulty if you hit the side objectives.
Am I missing something, is there more value in the game in the DLC or the late game missions? Solar Nations 2
Brought the game, played for 90 minutes or so to get the hang of it.
The premise is what I always wanted: grand strategy about first steps as interplanetary civilization. Execution however, is questionable
>Next to no documentation
>Game goes on a bit too fast, centuries pass without you really noticing
>Very little flavour
>Ai is dumb
>Get laggy
>Bugs ahoy
>Mechanics are unintuitive-see above for lack of documentation
Despite this, potential is clearly there
So, Solar Nations 2 thread What we thinking about this? Fucking slop or kino? UI looks like actual dogshit. Yeah I took a phone screenshot fuck off and get an actual life if that bothers you mate. Post rts mechs and armored suits what is a good rts to start with if you've never played the genre? something with a lot of replay value and preferably modern weaponry(explosives/nukes if possible) What are we thinking bros?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_XB-8FfEw0&ab_channel=MicroProse >stronghold gets an update on steam
>its just an additional banner to shill their latest cash grab
Why is this shit allowed?
Why can't firefly just make something nice like crusader remastered? New Update just dropped. Now with sleeker text boxes Anyone still playing planetfall? I had it in my backlog for ages and the game is tough but allround great fun.
What's your favorite unit or race/tech combo? I never see it discussed. I guess /vst/ maybe considers it a "solved" game, maybe?
Frostpunk 2 is getting its 1.3.0 update soon, and the devs have released an open beta with all of the feature overhauls and new, free content being included.
The Open Beta will be going from May 2nd to May 5th, so this weekend:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1601580/view/498319683381887591?l=english
Things included in the new update:
>Total overhaul of Heating to be closer to FP1.
>Expanded Tech Tree with new additions to dealing with the new Heating system.
>New Laws city, society, heating and more.
>New Events depending on certain Techs and Laws existing and new ones.
>New visual additions to Districts walkways and other buildings, as well as new artwork.
(Plus Frostpunk 1886 got announced a few days ago) Give my your pitches, Bitches >he plays strategy games
>he refuses to play multiplayer
Explain yourselves, /vst/. So, aside from the obvious differences between unique units, do the factions in this game have any unique traits or bonuses to generic units/upgrades/buildings, or is it all strictly just copy-pasta? Is this actually happening anytime soon? I stopped following the other open source project when i found out how many changes they did to the game. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-flavour-17-13th-of-may-2025-vijayanagar-indian-regional-content.1746340/
Tinto Flavour #17 - 13th of May 2025 - Vijayanagar & Indian regional content
Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Fridays Tuesdays & Fridays in which we take a look at the content of Europa Universalis V!
Today we will talk about three topics: the generic content available for most of the countries in India; the unique content of Vijyanagar; and other regional content available for other Indian countries. A meaty TF, so let’s start without further ado! anyone play hollywood animal Are steam versions of xcom any good for modding?
reason i'm asking is there's a big sale on one of the game-selling sites, so just wondering if it may be worth getting. 
We don't have an official steam or discord group. If anyone posts in the thread about any "official" or not steam or discord groups, promising MP or not, be sure it's a shitposter group known for organizing raids and shitposting in the thread. They are known for false-flagging. Report and ignore it.
How fares your empire, /gsg/?
This week in history:
May 11, 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
May 12, 1926 – The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 13, 1501 – Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands.
May 14, 1608 – The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
May 15, 392 – Byzantine Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
May 16, 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
May 17, 1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
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>Archive (mods only)
https://mega.nz/#F!plMxFYTB!sn9MTrvJ0tYjWSHgM8CZow
>Where to get these games
http://hastebin.com/raw/moqugasume
>Mods
>> READ THIS FIRST.
https://pastebin.com/33A7wXdB
>>[V2] - Niggermod
https://pastebin.com/Xgjd5LvG
>>[V2] - Crimeamod
https://www.moddb.com/mods/crimeamod
>>[V2] - Napoleon's Legacy v0.3.2
https://github.com/napoleons-legacy/mod
>>[V2] Alternative Flag Pack V11.1
http://pastebin.com/PRQH8vcV
>>Willy
https://web.archive.org/web/20200712212437/https://pastebin.com/33A7wXdB
Previous thread: >>2020500 Explain this game to me, i follow one boomer who plays BG1/2 normally but now switched to Lords of Magic and it is the most confusing game i ever watched. Im not even sure what genre it is. is company of heroes a good franchise? i want to play my first rts Finished Lobotomy Corporation and halfway Library of Ruina and there's only one question that bothers me: what was the deal with birdAngela? /vst/ HAD FALLEN INTO SHADOW
THE EARTH GREW COLD, AND THE WINDS WHISPERED OF Total War: Attila Thread.
https://youtu.be/kpd_BH5W-sk?t=285
AND I BEHELD A BLACK HORSE. AND HE THAT SAT ON HIM HAD A PAIR OF SCALES IN HIS HANDS. ATTILA WAS BORN. ALL KNELT BEFORE HIM. FOR THEY KNEW HE'D DEVOUR THE EARTH AND SET ON FIRE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
ATTILA THREAD WAS BORN FROM DARKNESS AND DESPAIR. How did you do when first fighting ze Germans? I got completely beaten. Don't want to restart but I've los all the leaders and we have 6 turns left. All pinned and low morale. Is it better to ride this out ? Or just star all over again? anyone play this game? personally i've put a few hundred hours into it and i've found it *really* fun, mostly the smaller/lower intensity scenarios
for those who play, what missions do you like? what sort of features are you most wanting in the game?
im sort of a sucker for the hornet, so it's excited me a lot that the devs have considered it a 'when and not if' addition
also, even for those who dont play, do you prefer NATO or USSR gear? >*opens game*
>200Mb crash report
>I guess I gotta turn off a mod
>*turns it off*
>400mb crash reports every 15 minutes An awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see the light of day, etc.
previous thread:
>>1909726
I don't know why or how, but last thread bump limit, so here is the sequel. Time to talk about a franchise that is slowly dying. Do they have anything going for them? It feels like they exist only to be picked apart by other factions. https://github.com/nival/Blitzkrieg https://youtu.be/Zn6ZBqFJQ7g >dude demons are coming you must flee to cumlimdor
>we will be safe from the demons there?
>no they will follow you
>then why not make our stand here where we have our castles and armies?
>the green dudes who tried to genocide you last two games will help out
>…
>plus elves
>we already have elves in Lordaeron
>these are feminist elves with a magic tree Any other retards out there trying to learn grand strategy/4X games at all? Lets have a thread on what games you're playing and tell each other how's your progress? 200 IQ geniuses can either laugh at us or help us, whichever you prefer.
For me, I'm finally understanding Stellaris. I finally have the idea down just need to understand more on what each thing does. Because really all I'm doing is expanding and colonizing to all planets while I gain more resources. I made a space Ork race like Orks in Warhammer 40K and it's real fun. Still learning how to fight. this thread is dead on arrival
I just wanted to make a collection of anime themed RTS games because many anons claim that there is no such thing
>Star Maidens Chronicle
>Lost Technology
>LotusCraft - SecondSeason
>Touhou Boushuen ~ Age of Ethanols
>Terra Centauri
>(upcoming) The Touhou Empires
>(upcoming) Some anon making an RTS with schoolgirls
There are of course also mods like
>cymod (Red Alert 3)
>Anime DefenseX (WC3)
>Gundam OneYearWarA11 (Rusted Warfare)
>Girls und Panzer: Strategy Mod (Rusted Warfare)
>Gundam UC 0079-0083 Mod (HW2 Remastered)
>Annex: Conquer the World (MegaGlest)
>Command Assault (MegaGlest)
>XenoForce Mod (C&C Zero Hour)
>Xenoforce Reborn Mod (C&C 3)
>Mobile Suit Gundam: Stellaris (Stellaris)
notable mentions
>Grim Grimoire (weeb game with RTS elements)
>Battle Realms (asian theme
>Metal Fatique (mechs)
>Red Alert 3 (japanese faction) I haven' touched EUIV in over a decade at this point but saw picrelated on sale in the current Paradox sale on Steam for $12. If I buy this, does it come with enough DLC for me to have a good time with, or should I keep ignoring this game?
>Imperator, which I wanted more, isn't part of the sale despite having another patch for the supposedly no longer supported game last month How many years did this event set RTS development back? I've played MoO2 to death but never the first one. what's the best way to play this game? vanilla, with patches, 1oom, etc? I did try Remants of the Precusors but I really do not like the art and interface - I want to play the original MoO 1 New game never, all we have left is AWBW how are you doing my lords and ladies is it possible to bring back the old schizo tno ? , or fag/redditors of dev team mentality of "muh realism " is so far gone that there's is no way back
like i know the old ones were not the best but damn compared to this , they should never listened reddit. What do we think of Regiments? I've always wondered why there weren't more games made in the style of Majesty. I saw some indie developers making some Majesty-like games, but they're all clones of fucking Majesty 2.
Why? Majesty 2 wasn't some big mainstream success. It's an obscure Paradox title that's controversial at best.
Anyway, thoughts on this old game, why there aren't more games like it and why, against all odds and reason, the people making games like it are following Majesty 2? We must gondinue building gommunism I pirated CK3 and want to use commands but when I couldn't open console panel. How can I use commands instead? Logistics, Atmosphere, Kino. Fuck that specific spot edition
Thread to discuss Graviteam tactics and Combat mission games and others like them. 
Any of these are good, I mean, damn wild crazy good? All I want is FUN. Do they still hold up? If not well... what games do? I've acquired "some" strat games on gog over the last decade or so but had little time to dive in but that was the past and now I do have some extra daily hours and currently gettin' a little nostalgic here.. also it's gettin' on my nerves that I didn't enjoy 'em properly but who cares, that's just me.
Anything goes, I'm up to it, I can face challenges and dig into "new" stuff, no personal favorites, any subgenre is welcomed. Where do I start? Any personal favorite/memory of yours or any stuff you still play? If so, tell me; maybe it's sitting on my backlog. Yeah I know that some of these are quite popular but the "$" thingy is just a purchased games tag of sorts or whatever.
On top of my head I can list some of my personal unusual favorites from back in the day – if that helps:
>EU for the glory
> distant worlds 1
> the nations aka die völker 2 (german classic)
> startopia
> c&c tiberian sun
> war wind
> black moon chronicles
> combat mission
> close combat classics
> industry giant 2
> seven kingdoms 2
> etc
If some open source engine or whatever is required for optimal gameplay under windows 11 lemme know. Thanks! >sunday
>time for a round of comfy turtling against standard ai
>mfw i enjoy playing video games while sweatlords only seethe https://store.steampowered.com/app/1363080/Manor_Lords/
Game's just had its One Year Anniversary, and the roadmap for the game looks to be promising if fullfilled:
>One Year Later – Here’s What’s Next for Manor Lords
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1363080/view/573753783490708647 Can he help me in strategy/tactics games? I just got into this game a few days ago and so far it's very good. it satisfies my XCOM 2 craving. I've never seen this game mentioned on here, how's the rest of the game? it has some funny racist references I've noticed sp far These types of fake-history flags in wargames are very annoying. How many years have to pass before we can move past protecting redditors from having to confront reality? Plus anyone with a modicum of taste swaps it out for a historical flag mod. No one cries about the commie flag. Oh yikes, a hammer and sickle… I’m going to literally starve myself to death in a self-imposed gulag. I could literally die! ITT games that filtered you due to their pathfinding.
I love everything about this game. Yeah, even the graphics, being the first 3D RTS gives it quite some charm. But holy shit, is the unit pathing making me want to burn my PC to fucking ashes. And I don't even want to imagine how bad it was when it came out, considering I'm playing the "new and improved" open source version. Anyone remember that Aurora 4x C# source code leak from a few years back? I lost all my files, anyone still have it? Why aren't we talking about this? Prior to the 1.0 update there was literal silence for months but it's now back baby. I realized I barely played the first one so I am going to play through that first.
Door Kickers general I guess? Thoughts so far? Discuss. >100s of cold war gone hot games
>not a single red river gone hot game
explain this /vst/.
also other nothingburgers conflict that could make for good games -Can someone enlighten me on what is happening in redusk , i heard the devs are taking so long to update that shit i even saw comments calling it like tno , and things like " YOUR MOD WAS SUPPOSED TO DETHRONE THE TNO", and also calling the devs lazy This little game has recently exploded in popularity, about time we had a thread about it
>What is lines of battle?
Its a (deceptively) simple online game about Napoleonic warfare, you try to build an good army with the points you're given and fight your opponent in simultanious turns. Basically its an online version of a 19th century Kriegsspiel.
>Why should you play this?
The game is free and requires no download
The matches are short and sweet
It has an active multiplayer community (max 1 minute to get into a match)
Its very addictive once you get the hang of it and suprisingly complex
The dev is rapidly improving it, he just added some new units and 2v2 matches are coming soon. Their games should be illegal. They’re more addictive than heroin. I just spent 7 days in a row doing nothing but siting in front of my computer for 14 hours every day playing Crusader Kings III and I’m not even halfway through one game yet. Johan won, Europa won, White people won
Wiz, troons and DEI lost How to use Navy in Hearts Of Iron 4? 
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-flavour-16-9th-of-may-2025-brandenburg-prussia.1743496/
Tinto Flavour #16 - 9th of May 2025 - Brandenburg & Prussia
Hello and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Fridays in which we take a look at the content of the super secret Project Caesar Europa Universalis V!
Today we will be talking about Brandenburg, and the main tag that it can form, Prussia. Therefore, today is even more special for two reasons. The first is that this is the first country that we talk about in which the content for the base country and the formable is aligned, as it was the historical result; in this category we have a few more important countries, such as England/Great Britain or Castile/Spain, of which we’ll talk more about in future TFs. The second is because we considered Brandenburg/Prussia one of the relevant tags in the period, and thus, it has more baseline content than the previous one; so far, we’ve only taken a look previously to one tag of that category, the Timurids (and you may have noticed that it was a long and meaty TF).
Let’s start now taking a look at the content, then: I'm a HOI4 and CK3 normie and I always thought EU4 is 2hard4me, how do I enjoy this game? >mfw eu4 has to restart the entire fucking game every time you return to main menu
it didn't even used to be like this, it started happening after an update and was never patched.
paradox is a money hungry negligent shell of what it once was It's simply the best TA-like RTS out right now, nothing else can compare. Do any of you guys play the Eador Genesis New Horizons mod?
https://eador.com/B2/viewtopic.php?t=4732 >that guy who gradually expands his base across the map, effectively laying siege to the enemy with towers, walls, and heavy units
I know it's you. what would this timeline's hitler think of terterobians, if he didnt end up being one?
Like if a horde of nomadic turks settled in southern germany during the 11th century and became their own distinct ethnicity would future german nationalists, (had they not been butterflied out of existence) hate them? DLC edition
>M&B Wiki
https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki
> BANNERLORD
>Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/tAvcAbpT (embed)
>Custom Banner Maker
https://bannerlord.party/banner/
>Banner Code Sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEM-0Fz0yetJ8cZgLrPpHuDU6dO33bhsFiHsiWwiCDM
>Asset Extractor
https://github.com/szszss/TpacTool
>Create Custom Companions
https://butterlord.com/wanderers
> WARBAND
>Warband Pastebin
https://rentry.org/x7u7t
>Noob Guide (READ This) https://imgur.com/a/FMAqV
>Anon's Mods and Upstab Guide: https://pastebin.com/agwZu9Df
>>1969264 >NOOOOOO YOU CAN'T PUT A WAREHOUSE HERE THERE'S TOO MUCH GRASS
cope and seethe Which game/mod should I download if I want a somewhat realistic experience of what it's like to be Deng Xiaoping, Kennedy, De Gaulle or Putler? 
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console plebs rejoice: AoE2 now available on PS5 (Early Access is now live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6f60UoWSag
>AoE2
three kingdoms will be out on the 6th
>AoE3
world's edge left to get cigarettes, I'm sure they'll be back for you soon
>AoE4
Deus Vult DLC is out now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5CL6ioDY0
>AoM
Update 18.21333 out What is your favorite game in the "failed Civ killer" genre? I can't win this on hard as the spanish. French troops spawn from nowhere and I have shit troops :( Shalom goys. This looks like a pretty good deal, no? CA$20.69 works out less than US$15 in burgerland. 
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