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1	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 TabletopGame/{{Go}} (invented in the 4th century).
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3	For tropes found in Strategy Games, see StrategyGameTropes.
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5	See also SimulationGame for business sims and similar games often lumped together with Strategy Games. Interestingly, Japan generally classifies all strategy games as a sub-category of simulation games known as "War Simulation Games".
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9	! Subgenres
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11	[[index]]
12	* FourX
13	* AbstractStrategyGame: One with a simple, abstract ruleset and little to no randomness or other unpredictable factors (like bluffing). Usually BoardGames.
14	* {{Artillery Game}}s
15	* GrandStrategy
16	* MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena (MOBA)
17	* PoliticalStrategyGame
18	* RealTimeStrategy (RTS)
19	** RealTimeTactics
20	* StrategyRPG
21	* TowerDefense
22	* TurnBasedStrategy
23	** TurnBasedStrategyRealTimeCombat
24	** TurnBasedTactics
25	[[/index]]
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