/vst/ - 4chan Archive
/oxce/ - OpenXCOM Mods
>OXCE?
OpenXcom is a free open-source game engine for the original 1994 X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown) and 1996 X-Com: Terror from the Deep games.
OXCE extends OXC modding capabilities an...
TNO thread (TCT edition)
Which way, anon?
https://files.catbox.moe/80z6tb.png - Bormann TNO2 flowchart (never releasing).
https://files.catbox.moe/j8tp21.pdf - December roundtable notes. Germany never.
https://files.catbox.m...
EUIV: Anbennar
Mfw the packleader says I gotta worship cats now edition
CKII vs CKIII
I've got a sudden urge to play Crusader Kings after many years. I'm just looking for a small and comfy campaign. Is CK2 still the better choice, or does CK3 offer something that CK2 didn’t?
Starsector
eCHADicator edition
Thread 2098486
What ruined Stellaris?
FIRE EMBLEM THREAD
Talk about Fire Emblem
Anyone hoping for a new game in the next direct? Really hoping we dont get a remake.
/gsg/ — Grand Strategy General
No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be.
How fares your empire /gsg/?
This day in history (14th of July):
1420 – Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite forces commanded...
Thread 2101046
the hoi4 mod has 12 paragraph-long popups every 2 days that read like "The General sat down at his mahogany desk and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, lighting one and taking a long drag before calling...
Hearts Of Iron IV / HOI4 Modding
This is an actual mod, btw
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624254320
Rimworld has a new DLC announced?
Already saw it will involve most likely a space faction of some kind.
/ck3g/ - Crusader Kings 3 General
Paradox wants your thoughts on the future of CK3 after China.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1158310/view/509583751892697137
The Campaign Trail
Talk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.
CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html
NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html
Heroes of Might and Magic III
I'm trying to get into this game, any beginner tips would be appreciated.
EUV / EU5 / Project Caesar:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-73-23th-of-july-2025-middle-kingdom.1851155/
Hello and welcome to another happy edition of our Wednesday Tinto Talks. This week we wil...
Thread 2097641
What are some medieval games where I can play as the Volga Bulgars?
starcraft
The last SC2 tournament
ASL group selection soon
Thread 2098811
How can people tolerate thousands of hours of pic rel?
Ugliest looking game ever
Endless Space 2
You've been reincarnated into the Endless Space 2 universe. Why playable faction would you like to be a part of?
/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General
Better Than a Paladin edition
Previous: >>2079145
Victoria 3 general
im making one because its seems the other threads are just shittposting by haters
how can i force a puppet to create beneficial companies?
as germany i released bohemia and saxony in hopes of making...
/trb/ - FM26 waiting room
>Essential downloads:
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2024/essentials
>Guide to Football Manager:
http://www.guidetofootballmanager.com/
>Tactic and Strategy Guides:
https://community.sigam...
Thread 2100140
I just saw Wartales on steam, what do you guys think about I? I was planning on picking up Rimworld and Kenshi today, and I might snag this if it has praise
Shadow Empire
Can anyone tell me why my guys are starving despite available logistic points being like 7 times higher than consumed ones? Are they just too fucking lazy to pick up their stuff or what?
Logistics man...
Thread 2100007
This faction sucks. Cheap, spammable garbage units that die so fast aren't suited for the endurance shit that player v AI usually is
X4 foundations
Diplomacy update public beta out NOW
Age of Wonders 4
Archon Prophecy next month? Anyone excited? Giant Kings ruled
Jagged Alliance 3
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 re...
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Perfect Assymetry in RTS
>the Humans are the expert builder race, have a separate smithy and lumber mill and can use multiple peasants to rapidly build a building
>the Orcs "burrow" inside the building during construction and...
Thread 2100008
How come the best game in the series came out 23 years ago?
God Games
Anyone remember God Games? I thought the genre was dead with Peter Molyneux basically dropping out of the industry, but I recently saw a game in development called Demiurgos which looks like an attemp...
/dfg/ dwarf fortress general
Previous: >>2079445
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...
/mbg/ - Mount & Blade General
Princess ass Edition
Claim your favorite King's daughter's ass.
>https://strawpoll.com/e6Z2A65EEgN
>M&B Wiki
https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki
> BANNERLORD
>Pastebin
http...
Jagged Alliance 2 1.13 thread
>Load up newest version of 1.13 (still gets updated)
>disable most new stuff I either dont know or like
>keep new interrupt system, suppression mechanics and aiming system
>insane difficulty
>no reinf...
/bbg/ - Battle Brothers General
cursed build edition
Menance dead on arrival? Or just an elaborate subsidy fraud?
Broken Arrow
The patch is out.
>All infantry is 30 second sprint now
>Anticheat Improved
>Stability Improved
>Spetsnaz Gru verba gained a second launcher
>Ingenery up to 70 points
Fuck the chinese.
Infantry were ...
Total War Warhammer 3
Just picked this game up recently, don't see a thread for it. I played a little bit and had a lot of fun but had some questions.
>Why are the graphics so blurry sometimes? Are there optimal settings? ...
EUV / EU5 / Project Caesar:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-flavour-31-11th-of-july-2025-aztecs.1837805/
Hello, and welcome one more Friday to Tinto Flavour, the happy days in which we take a look at ...
Thread 1971044
Endless Legend 2 waiting room and Endless series discussio
Thread 2094128
There was a time, long forgotten, when spaniards and italians ate exceptionally well. When magnificent strategy games were delivered to our shores almost constantly. Tzar, IMPERIVM, Patrician, Port Ro...
Thread 2101150
what would his ck3 stats be?
Starcraft Brood War - Soulkey Is the Best Player Edition
Discuss the magnificent performance of Soulkey, who has won his fourth ASL in a row earlier today. Given that the meta is much more brutal now than it was in the KeSPA era, with less emphasis on econo...
ITT: Mechs and mechwalkers
Post rts mechs and armored suits
Thread 2080364
>HoI3
>Arsenal of Democracy
>Darkest Hour
Sell me your favorite.
Thread 2076126
I want more
Beyond all reason
Started playing after some anon recommended it here and its good, nice quick rts (match dont usually take longer than 20 mins) with masssive ammount of units.
its basically free and i had some fun so...
Thread 2083187
Imagine the lag
Warlords Battlecry
What happened with the latest Protectors update? Is it so bad that the thread had to die here as well?
How woke is Victoria 3?
I'm thinking of trying it because it's on sale, I was a big fan of Victoria 2 but always hated how it encouraged you to become a socialist/liberal democracy at the end of the game to maximize pop grow...
Eugen Games
Does anyone here play/enjoy any of the Eugen games (WARNO, Steel Division, Wargame, RUSE)? I've played the Steel Division games and WARNO and enjoyed them, but I wish there were more maps to play. The...
Thread 2083390
WHY THE FUCK IS THERE STILL NOT A SINGLE GAME WITH DECENT AI TO PLAY AGAINST?
Total War: Shogun 2
The best TW of all time. Shogun 3 when???
Thread 2089495
What's the meta like in this game?
Galactic Civ IV
anyone play this?
Why does Slavery suck?
Slavery is a debuff or hinderance in every strategy/GSG/econ sim.
>Victoria
Untaxable pops
>Eu4
A literal trade good. Non existent mechanic.
>Stellaris
Unhappy pops
>Imperator
Very strong
>Civilizatio...
Thread 2094627
>no games about the actual first world war, where a militarized Saxon-German Protestant state defeated every single other continental Great Power (France, Austria, Russia) and a few minor ones (Sweden...
Against the Storm
They are adding another race.
What recipes are they going to fuck up now, like they did with field kitchen?
Star Wars Empire at War - Revan's Revenge out now
play it and post screenshots
History Total War fans get punked again
>Big announcement you guise
>25 anniversary, lots of great new content for fans of older titles
:D
>interviews and shit nobody cares about
:/
>back to the endless Warhammer slop
Thread 2056050
Kingdom Rush General - who loves these fucking tower defense games as much as I do? They are S-tier, no question. Bloons is A-tier. It's not even a contest.
They have 5 titles and hopefully another o...
Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Is it any good? I like turtling against hordes of niggas and this looks like it has some cool fantasy niggas
Rare /vst/ games thread #2
ITT: Strategy games that no one besides (you) have played. Recommend rarities and discuss games that you vaguely remember playing as a kid or seeing in a magazine that one time.
Continued from: >>1919...
Thread 2058215
>FTL but 40k
Kino, sign me up
I think Slith's bringing out the big guns once again bois
This shit looks like it's gonna tickle my pickle on that VERY specific type of autism game I've wanted for a while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UHD4E-9pMo
/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development thread
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...
Front Edge
Its been a while since we had a thread about Syrian Warfare/Terminator RTS/Front Edge devs so i figured i will post some news granted there are some and we will be expecting something to release soon.
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
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...
Thread 2092518
What's their best game?
Thread 2082948
Hooded Horse is now the primary publisher of Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.
Ubisoft still clings to the IP and sticks around in the project, but looks like their straits are getting dire enough...
Thread 2098768
>almost as successful as Rimworld based on the number of steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive (122,724))
>never saw anyone talk about it here or on /v/ unless it is brought up in a Rimworld or DF sh...
Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children
Is there a more powerful or ferocious creature?
No, of course not, and you would be foolish to think otherwise.
Medieval 3: Total War
Post things you want to see in a new medieval game
>1066-1492 AD
>Europe, North Africa, Middle east/Persia (basically Attila/R2 map but with WAY more provinces)
>WAAAAY MORE PROVINCES BRITAIN + IRELAN...
Europa Universalis IV
Eranshar is the best tag
King of Dragon Pass
When's Six Ages 3?
/vstuber/
I started my own channel to talk about older strategy games. What are some approved /vst/ tubers? I am not really talking about lts players, but more focused reviews. Are there even any?
Graviteam Tactics/Combat mission
Fuck that specific spot edition
Thread to discuss Graviteam tactics and Combat mission games and others like them.
Crisis in the Kremlin
>it's out
ok it's not out but it will be out once steam stops sending it back for moderation
Medieval 2 Total War
Let's discuss the best Total War game of all time: Medieval II Total War
Released nearly 20 years ago M2TW continues to set the gold standard for real time tactical battles and strategy games.
While p...
Battle Realms: Zen Edition
More like, endless early access edition.
Thread 2099447
>open game
>befuddled simulation that pretends autocratic regimes were stable, values are universal especially for communists, Jews are a naturally vanishing minority, and the slave trade's only purpo...
How to make Risk interesting?
All the alternate rules I've read don't really add any depth to the game.
Civilization 6
Civ 6 Platnum ed. is FREE next week. I already paid for it but perhaps you haven't. Its not the best civ but you can still have fun.
Thread 2095302
EU4 is a rhythm game.
Hearts of Iron IV Thread
As Graveyard of Empires finally receives the polish it should have had from day one, how are anons finding it? And with the devs hinting and finally working towards on the Asia-Pacific Front of the Se...
Thread 2099965 Archived
stop using the board to shill your shit tranny mod. ROTR is trash
Thread 2097499
This ship is a blackhole of fun, I no longer want to play ftl because of this dogshit.
Sudden Strike 5 in 2026
Kino is back on the menu boys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AnOxEF8cco
Nebulous: Fleet Command
So anyone playin this game?
How's the new fighter modules?
State of air game and typical games in general?
Any fleet archetype that you 'main'?
Factorio - Are you an input or output guy?
Input Focus:
>resource patches get specifically reserved for production
>you designate each iron ore patch to iron plate, gear or steel production
>you don't have to, but you might even build the smel...
Thread 2088695
stellaris is by far the easiest paradox game. people say hoi4 is the easiest, but in my first run i lost against netherlands as nazi germany
Sea Power thread
How hard is this game to get into? I’ve never played the genre but it looks really cool. Is it worth it?
Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic
We must gondinue building gommunism
D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict
Dorfspeed Dorfnificent Dorfchads
https://youtu.be/IaOjgIA66fs?feature=shared
Thread 2067490
What do you do when it's obvious you're losing? Do you still keep playing or start over?
Thread 2096317
How the fuck do we still not have a good Cold War grand strategy game?
Company of Heroes 3
Official Fuck John Relic thread
Thread 2057168
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint just got out of the EA.
It's an xcom-like cyberpunk turn-based tactics.
Thoughs?
Thread 2054270
EU4 thread (also known as eu5 wating room).
The mandate of heaven edition. Trust the plan
OpenRA CA is Honestly fucking Great
Was introduced to this a week ago and cannot stop playing it. Thought I would share it here because I feel like we need more people playing it.
Basically image playing classic command and conquer wi...
HoI4 thread
Which version should I get?
Is it a nothingburger like CK2, Vic2 or something actually happens?
Should I try HoI3 first? In what is different?
Is it better 4 than 3, 2, DH? What are the differences, i...
Thread 2098028
legitimately one of the worst rts games ive ever played, why are people hyping it up so much
Thread 2089990
You may not like it, but this is what a perfect battle looks like.
Also, Total Annihilation(Kingdoms) thread, I guess.
Fire Emblem Archived
Time to talk about a franchise that is slowly dying.
Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children Archived
Violent Red Panda Edition
How do you build Irene to better utilize the characteristics of Violent Red Panda?
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Gold Edition
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, gamepla...
Thread 2090765
If hell freezes over and we actually get a remaster of this peak RTS, what’s the first thing you'd see changed?
Thread 2094962 Archived
name a bigger dissapointment
Spellforce Conquest of Eo Children of Nor DLC
I see this game completely mogs AOW4 now and with much less budget!
Upcoming gaems
What upcoming /vst/ related games are you anons looking forward too? Personally I am cautiously optimistic about EU5, but there's also Espiocracy and Gilded Destiny that both look very cool. The forme...
Rule the Waves 3 - RTW3
New Update just dropped. Now with sleeker text boxes
Dominons 6
Got this game on sale earlier this month and I've been having a blast with it even if I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
Currently playing an EA Ulm game where I spawned between Niefelheim and Mu...
Broken Arrow cheating controversy
>Be Broken Arrow
>Terrible launch
>Bugs and issues everywhere
>No regional servers
>Humans have to play with Chinese subhumans
>Chinese subhumans all cheat
>Humans demand region locking that shithole
...
Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat
Just got this game from Gog for cheap. It's very charming but my God it is mercilessly difficult. Already ran into trouble in the fifth mission where you get the Amber Wizard and need to face a Rat Og...
Thread 2084411
is it worth it if your into dark age european history, the migration period and the fall of rome?
Thread 2084873
The greatest RTS of all time.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
>New update
>3 new units
nice now just make the modded community factions official for a complete 3 faction rts game
Tempest Rising
Anyone else playing this? Its modern C&C spiritual successor of sorts. Frank Klepacki did the music.
I played the first mission and it hasn't pissed me off yet so that's good. And thank FUCK it allow...
what is vst's verdict? Archived
i for one think it will start off flavorless and empty and paradox will once again slowly milk the dlc cash cow over 8 years
https://www.dbltap.com/features/europa-universalis-5-hands-on-preview
Which civ game should i try
I got hooked into 4x genre ever since i replayed my childhood game rebuild 2 and i was interested into civ series please tell anons game should i try
Thread 2087400
>finally get a good playthrough going
>my country's making lots of money, military's strong, blobbed up nicely
>declare a war that's a little too ambitious
>get in over my head and get fucked royally
...
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