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<blockquote data-quote="Croesus" data-source="post: 3411462" data-attributes="member: 35019">If you liked Warlords, try Age of Wonders or Age of Wonder 2. Both use much the same model, though the heroes are more powerful than your Warlord heroes. I found the first one very addictive with a lot of replayability. The second one is better in many ways, but the campaign plays more like a series of mini-campaigns, rather than a single huge one.Another vote for HOMM 3. Get both expansions (Armageddon's Blade and Shadow of Death). Then search the web for homebrew maps. The graphics hold up ok even today and the gameplay is outstanding. The AI isn't a complete doofus (in fact, an overconfident player will often have his head handed to him in short order). The one weakness with the AI is that it plays best on &quot;poor&quot; maps, with limited resources and artifacts. The richer the map, the easier it is for the human player to optimize. Still, one of the best all-time turn based strategy games.For space 4X, Space Empires 4 is very good, with weak graphics. It has some outstanding player-designed mods. Space Empires 5 was released a few months ago and may be ready for primetime with the next patch (due next week). The graphics are better, but the AI still needs serious tweaking, and only two mods have been released so far. If you haven't tried any in this series, pick up SE4 cheap - if you like it, you'll like SE5 once the modders get going.Lastly, if you can find it, get the original X-Com. You'll need &quot;moslo&quot; or some other utility to slow down the gameplay (it doesn't automatically balance game speed to processor speed, so the faster your computer, the faster the game plays - and the game was originally released when a 486 was considered fast). I still boot it up now and then just to blow up some aliens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Croesus, post: 3411462, member: 35019"] If you liked Warlords, try Age of Wonders or Age of Wonder 2. Both use much the same model, though the heroes are more powerful than your Warlord heroes. I found the first one very addictive with a lot of replayability. The second one is better in many ways, but the campaign plays more like a series of mini-campaigns, rather than a single huge one. Another vote for HOMM 3. Get both expansions (Armageddon's Blade and Shadow of Death). Then search the web for homebrew maps. The graphics hold up ok even today and the gameplay is outstanding. The AI isn't a complete doofus (in fact, an overconfident player will often have his head handed to him in short order). The one weakness with the AI is that it plays best on "poor" maps, with limited resources and artifacts. The richer the map, the easier it is for the human player to optimize. Still, one of the best all-time turn based strategy games. For space 4X, Space Empires 4 is very good, with weak graphics. It has some outstanding player-designed mods. Space Empires 5 was released a few months ago and may be ready for primetime with the next patch (due next week). The graphics are better, but the AI still needs serious tweaking, and only two mods have been released so far. If you haven't tried any in this series, pick up SE4 cheap - if you like it, you'll like SE5 once the modders get going. Lastly, if you can find it, get the original X-Com. You'll need "moslo" or some other utility to slow down the gameplay (it doesn't automatically balance game speed to processor speed, so the faster your computer, the faster the game plays - and the game was originally released when a 486 was considered fast). I still boot it up now and then just to blow up some aliens. [/QUOTE]

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