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A Strategy Game is a game genre encompassing BoardGames, TabletopGames, and VideoGames in which the player or players' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin strategical]] and/or tactical thinking is required in order to achieve victory (in theory). The earliest strategy games are far OlderThanFeudalism, including ancient games like TabletopGame/{{Chess}} (invented in the 6th century) and {{Go}} (invented in the 4th century).

Strategy games break down roughly into following sub-genres for mostly video games:

* PoliticalStrategyGame: A game that simulates a conflict over influence, policy, and ideology, rather than territory, trade, or production.

{{Artillery Game}}s also fall within the genre of Strategy Games, though some are turn-based and others are real-time.

For tropes found in Strategy Games, see StrategyGameTropes.

Also, see: StrategyRPG and SimulationGame for business sims and similar games often lumped together with Strategy Games. Notably, Japanese game genre classifications typically classify all strategy games as a sub-category of simulation games known as "War Simulation Games".

Also, see: StrategyRPG and SimulationGame for business sims and similar games often lumped together with Strategy Games.

** MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena (MOBA)

* RealTimeStrategy

* TacticalRPG

Strategy Games break down roughly into following sub-genres:

Strategy Games break down roughly into two sub-genres:

** TurnBasedStrategyRealTimeCombat
* TowerDefense
* RealTimeStrategy
** MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena (MOBA)

* Tower Defense

Strategy Games can roughly be broken into two sub-genres:

A Strategy Game is a game genre encompassing BoardGames, TabletopGames, and VideoGames in which the player or players' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin strategical]] and/or tactical thinking is required in order to achieve victory (in theory). The earliest strategy games are far OlderThanFeudalism, including ancient games like {{Chess}} (invented in the 6th century) and {{Go}} (invented in the 4th century).

A Strategy Game is a game genre encompassing BoardGames, TabletopGames, and VideoGames in which the player or players' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin strategical]] and/or tactical thinking is required in order to achieve victory (in theory). The earliest strategy games are far OlderThanDirt, including ancient games like {{Chess}} (invented in the 6th century) and {{Go}} (invented in the 4th century).

Also, see: StrategyRPG and SimulationGame for business sims and similar games often lumped together with StrategyGame s

Also, see: StrategyRPG

Strategy Games can roughly be broken into three sub-genres:

* StrategyRPG (usually turn based, but can sometimes be real time)

* Strategy RPG(usually turn based, but can sometimes be real time)

Strategy Games can roughly be broken into two sub-genres:

** StrategyRPG