This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, multiplayer, strategy, Mac' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/Windows/multiplayer/strategy/Mac/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, multiplayer, strategy, Mac' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, multiplayer, strategy, Mac' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/Windows/multiplayer/strategy/Mac/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us NERO Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions!
]]> 10 Dec 2006 05:23:36 Total Annihilation A long time ago, the galaxy was ruled by a wise and benevolent central body known as the Core (named after their location, at the core of the galaxy, although some believe it is a portmanteau of "Consciousness Repository"). This organization pushed scientific progress and planetary colonization forward until the human race covered almost the entire galaxy. Ironically, it was the Core's final triumph against mortality that would prove to be its undoing, for when the Core mandated uploading all peoples' brain patterns into machines in a method known as "patterning," there was a massive rebellion from the Arm (named after their location, an arm of the spiral galaxy), an organization which banded together from the edges of the galaxy and demanded to keep their physical bodies. A war like no other began, which has since raged on for four thousand years. The Core copy their finest warriors' brains into fighting robots, and the Arm respond with cloning and powerful manned units.
]]> 25 Nov 2006 04:43:04 Dominions 3: The Awakening The Dominions series are created by [user=Illwinter] studios (2 guys) out of Finland and published by [user=Shrapnel Games], one of the last online refuges of PC-based, independently produced war- and strategy-games. Dominions is a turn-based game of province conquest, income management, army customisation and management, combat tactics and management and ultra-light diplomacy (single player that is, multiplayer you can make diplomacy as intricate as you like). Finally, there's bit of stat-based hero management, as your units age, obtain experience and battle wounds, learn new spells and obtain power-up items (crafted by trained mages and based on supply of magic gems). It's a blend of Sid Meier's Civilization, Risk, [game=Heroes of Might & Magic], [game=Europa Universalis] and about 10 different mythologies, fictional and historical. Just for kicks, there is a dash of roguelike, Nethackish randomness, in that in any particular battle any of your carefully groomed commanders may die a sudden, horrible death regardless of how well-protected you think they are.
]]> 29 Nov 2006 08:57:25 Victoria - an Empire under the Sun
Guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies of the early 19th century to evolve into a fully industrialized Great Power at the dawn of the 20th century! You must make sure that you stay ahead in wealth and strength, and skillfully manage the democratization process without disintegrating.

It is recommended to apply the patches before playing!

Currently one expansion: Victoria : Revolutions
]]> 02 Dec 2006 05:39:46 Crusader Kings
Play as the leader of a glorious dynasty, amass prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name. Increase the greatness of your lands and your treasure coffins. Build Cathedrals and Castles. Appoint vassals and battle traitors. Introduce laws and set taxes, interact with hundreds of courtiers and nobles.

It is recommended to apply the patches before playing!
]]> 02 Dec 2006 06:07:09 Heroes of Might and Magic III
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 1999. An Apple Macintosh port was released by 3DO, and a Linux port was released by Loki Software, both later that year. It is the third installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series.

Recommended to play with all expansions and the fan made mod "In the Wake of Gods".
]]> 02 Dec 2006 07:33:26 Sacrifice Sacrifice is a beautiful and innovative RTS played from the battlefield instead of above it; through an adventurous campaign, you, as a great mage, must decide which of the five elemental gods to serve, and thus the fate of the world as it approaches Armageddon.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 04:03:24 Starcraft An excellent RTS. Control one of three races to battle and destroy the opponents. The three races have different properties and abilities, but the balance in gameplay is superb.

Made by Blizzard, creators of Warcraft.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 01:22:55 Freeciv Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal:
To become the greatest civilization.
]]> 10 Dec 2006 12:49:47 The Battle for Wesnoth The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 10:48:36 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Legendary designer Sid Meier presents the next evolution in strategy games, with the most addictive, compelling gameplay yet. Explore the alien planet that is your new home and uncover its myriad mysteries. Discover over 75 extraordinary technologies. Build over 60 base upgrades and large-scale secret projects for your empire. Conquer your enemies with a war machine that you design from over 32,000 possible unit types.

War and natural disaster have finally destroyed the Earth, and a UN starship bound for the earthlike planet "Chiron" remains as the last hope to further humanity. The ship is thought to be carrying the "best and brightest" of our race, but even before arriving at Alpha Centauri rival factions form, and the challenge to preserve civilization begins again.

A landmark in turn-based strategy gaming, Alpha Centauri subtly introduces the player to a wealth of real historical, scientific and cultural information while engaging them in the challenging, and sometimes daunting, task of creating and maintaining a new civilization.

Developed by Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was published for Windows in 1999 by Electronic Arts, and for Mac in 2000 by Aspyr. A Linux version was published by Loki in 2001.

System requirements: Pentium 133 MHz CPU, 16MB RAM, 60 MB Hard drive

A recommended expansion pack, "Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire" is also available.

Gamespot's 1999 "Turn-Based Game of the Year" is just one of dozens of awards won by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri!
]]> 14 Dec 2006 05:18:14 Galaxy Conquest Take over the galaxy, fighting for space against as many as 4 players, human and computer. Place your planets to take over your opponent's systems to win in one of 4 main modes of gameplay. Watch out also for hidden special systems, which can both hinder and facilitate your path to utter conquest

Developer: Blade Edge Software
]]> 15 Dec 2006 02:53:03 heroes of might and magic iV Heroes of Might and Magic IV (c 2002) was developed by New World Computing and released by 3DO. This game continues with the success of the previous 3 installments of the series and adds its own unique styling. This version includes many improvements on the previous versions including: turn based combat allowing the Hero of the army to participate, the ability for creatures to be controlled without the need of a Hero, caravans allow the safe transportation of Heroes and creatures between castles and dwellings, and a rich upgrade to the graphics. New World Computing with 3DO managed to release 2 expansions, The Gathering Storm and Winds of War, before 3DO filled for bankruptcy. Luckily for fans of the series the franchise was bought up by Ubisoft, and Heroes of Might and Magic V (and its expansion Hammers of Fate) were release in 2006. If you haven't ever played a version of Heroes I would highly recommend trying one out.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 12:53:32 Heroes of Might and Magic V Heroes of Might and Magic V (c 2006) was developed by Nival Studios and released by Ubisoft. This game continues with the success of the previous 4 installments of the series and adds its own unique styling. This version includes many improvements on the previous versions including: most importantly the change from 2d graphics to complete 3d, a new active time battle style bar in the combat screen, progress campaigns requiring you to complete the previous ones to continue, and the new duel multiplayer mode. Nival Studios with Ubisoft have released 1 expansion so far (Hammers of Fate) with plans on expanding the Might and Magic Franchise through titles like Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (c 2006). If you haven't ever played a version of Heroes I would highly recommend trying one out.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 01:25:47 Galcon Galcon is an awesome high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. You send swarms of ships from planet to planet to take over the galaxy. It's arcade action risk with planets! Anyone can play - only takes 30 seconds to learn. Multi-player network game for up to 12 players with teams. 15 different single player missions against 7 different computer players. Attack planets with thousands of swarming ships! Short battles, epic warfare - only 5 minutes per round. Net ranking of all net players. Good times guaranteed!
]]> 23 Jan 2007 06:58:24 Spring Spring (formerly known as TA Spring or Total Annihilation: Spring), is a full 3D open source RTS engine originally created by the Swedish Yankspankers, intended to bring the gameplay experience of Total Annihilation into three dimensions. The core game engine is released under the GPL License; however, the prepackaged mod that comes with the standard installation requires that one own a copy of TA to legally play it. There is, however, an official release which uses fully free content, and there are a number of mods, both in development and released, that are also completely free to use.

Spring is being developed by the Swedish Yankspankers and the Spring community. The initial goal was to have the game run the mods and 3rd party units from Total Annihilation. This goal is now mostly complete, and the project has moved on to including additional features. The game is mainly focused around multiplayer games over the Internet or a LAN connection. There are currently no single player campaigns or missions, although there is some basic support for this through Lua scripting. There are also many skirmish AIs under development, allowing for offline play or extra players in an online game. Two skirmish AIs ship in the game package.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 11:53:14 iKonquest iKonquest is a simple turn-based strategy multiplayer game of galactic conquest. The object is to conquer the entire (2 dimensional) galaxy. Each planet produces a fixed number of ships every turn. The game currently can only be played with other players. No AI has been programmed yet. It's a simple game similar to risk without the border restrictions.

The original game was created by Rick Raddatz in 1987. A second game for the K desktop environment called Konquest was developed initially prior to 1999? by Russell Steffen. Much of the concept was borrowed from the Konquest source repository.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 08:30:39 Spaceward Ho! paceward Ho! is a strategic game of awesome scope. You control the entire military and economy of a spacefaring race. Your goal: explore and colonize the galaxy.

Unfortunately, you are not alone. Alien enemies bent on galactic conquest will oppose your expansion. You fight them by developing new technologies and expanding your empire, or you can ally with them to turn enemies into friends.

Terraform newly discovered worlds or mine their natural resources. Maneuver your starship fleets, both in defense of your own systems and in offensive strikes against the evil aliens. Your strategic decisions will determine the fate of the galaxy.

It's incredibly fun to play alone against the excellent computer players, and even better with other humans on the internet.

Spaceward Ho! has won numerous awards over the years, including being inducted into the MacWorld Game Hall of Fame and winning Best Network Game of the year.

The new version 5 is better than ever, with free internet play on spacewardho.net, combined fleets, new battle options, an all-new user interface, and much more.
]]> 04 Mar 2007 05:23:38 Sphere Of War Sphere of War is a FREE online multiplayer strategy game. The name of the game is world domination. Do you have what it takes to dominate the Sphere of War?

Players have the ability to create their own unique characters and build those characters as they choose. Those with a penchant for war can train their character to use a variety of different weapon types and defend themselves against them as well. Team up with your clan mates by forming or joining a Militia and see if you can climb the Militia ladder to the top.

Those who desire an economic challenge will find a host of challenging features as well. Start your own company, hire and fire employees, buy resources and produce items to sell on the player market. Buy and sell stock and build your own multi-millionair stock portfolio.

Think you know how to run a country? Get yourself elected as president of one in Sphere of War and find out. Control taxation, natural resource commerce and country warfare as the president of a country and see if you can create the next world super power.

Visit www.sphereofwar.com
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