Strategy reviews

Groovy, Baby Wargroove sends dogs to war in their best armour.

Boozy Barbarians Walk your barbarian hordes through the gates of Rome.

Control freak Stalk the Zone in a tactics game that adds new mutations to the XCOM-like.

Cult hit This XCOM-like succeeds by embracing the weird.

COLD LOGIC It's always worth double-checking in this excellent strategy game.

ONLY BORE A hex-based take on a grimdark future.

Tiny tactics A minimalistic but sublime strategy game from the makers of FTL.

Future imperfect A neat twist on a turn-based tactics game that still has some issues.

Coming of ages This first expansion fills the game with big historical moments and crises.

Bronze Medal Oriental Empires is a well-considered 4X game, and that’s about it.