Strategy reviews

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.

more war It's like somebody fed the first game glowing green magic rocks and it grew into a monster.

base invaders The aliens strike back.

Artful dodgers Crime pays—specifically, it pays three gold to hire an Urchin.

Dust off Amplitude's grand strategy series returns to the stars.

Ascendant Stellaris' first expansion makes a few of the same mistakes, but adds weird, wonderful directions to take your alien race.

got wood The tree-kin of Loren forest present new challenges for seasoned Total War: Warhammer players.

Steamflunk A Lovecraftian colony sim that launched before the Old Ones were ready.

Mapnificent Discovering, decoding, and developing a living world in the best Civilization yet.