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Index 4X

4X is a genre of strategy-based video and board games in which players control an empire and "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate". [1]

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Age of Wonders III

Age of Wonders III is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Dutch developer Triumph Studios.

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AI War: Fleet Command

AI War: Fleet Command is a real time strategy computer game created by independent developer Arcen Games.

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Alan Emrich

Alan Emrich is best known as a writer about and designer of video games, who coined the term "4X", contributed to the design of Master of Orion and Master of Orion 3, and wrote strategy guides for video games.

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Altair in fiction

Altair (Alpha Aquilae) is a luminous white star in the constellation Aquila (the Eagle) frequently featured in works of science fiction.

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Amanitore

Amanitore (c. 50 CE) was a Nubian Kandake (queen) of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, which also is referred to as Nubia in many ancient sources.

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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is a DOS computer game originally written by George Moromisato, and published by TMA in 1987.

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Andromeda Conquest

Andromeda Conquest is a 1982 strategy game for the personal computer.

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Antihero (video game)

Antihero is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Tim Conkling and published by Versus Evil.

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Armada 2525

Armada 2525 is a 4X science fiction computer strategy game developed by Robert T. Smith and published by Interstel Corporation.

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Armada 2526

Armada 2526 is a 4X science fiction computer strategy game developed by Ntronium Games, released in North America on November 17, 2009.

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Armageddon Empires

Armageddon Empires is a 4x turn-based strategy video game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It was released internationally for Microsoft Windows on July 16, 2007, and for Mac OS X on October 9, 2007.

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Ascendancy (video game)

Ascendancy is a 4X science fiction turn-based strategy computer game.

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At the Gates (video game)

At the Gates is an upcoming 4X strategy video game by Jon Shafer, the lead designer of Civilization V. Like Civilization V, the game is played on a hex map.

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Aurora (video game)

Aurora is a freeware, 4X space simulation game, designed by British independent developer Steve Walmsley and released in 2004 for Microsoft Windows.

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Brainship

The concept brainship in science fiction literature refers to an interstellar starship that is created by inserting the disembodied brain and nervous system of a human being into a life-support system, and connecting it surgically to a series of computers via delicate synaptic connections (a brain-computer interface).

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C-evo

C-evo is a free turn-based strategy computer game whose source code – written in Delphi – has been put in the public domain by Steffen Gerlach, its programmer and designer.

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Characters of Sluggy Freelance

This is a list of major characters from the webcomic Sluggy Freelance.

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Civilization (series)

Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy video games, its first release in 1991.

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Civilization (video game)

Sid Meier's Civilization is the first in a series of turn-based "4X"-type strategy video game created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley for MicroProse in 1991.

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Civilization IV

Civilization IV (also known as Sid Meier's Civilization IV) is a turn-based strategy computer game and the fourth installment of the ''Civilization'' series.

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Civilization Revolution

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is a 4X turn-based strategy video game, developed in 2008 by Firaxis Games with Sid Meier as designer.

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Civilization Revolution 2

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2 is a 4X turn-based strategy video game for portable platforms, developed in 2014 by Firaxis Games with Sid Meier as designer.

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Civilization V

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a 4X video game in the ''Civilization'' series developed by Firaxis Games.

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Civilization V: Brave New World

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World is the second official expansion pack for the turn-based strategy video game Civilization V. It was released on July 9, 2013 in North America, and on July 12, 2013 in the rest of the world.

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Civilization V: Gods & Kings

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings is the first official expansion pack for the turn-based strategy video game Civilization V. It was released on June 19, 2012 in North America, and on June 22, 2012 in the rest of the world.

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Civilization VI

Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy 4X video game developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2K Games, and distributed by Take-Two Interactive.

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Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall is the first official expansion pack for the turn-based strategy video game Civilization VI.

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Civilization: Beyond Earth

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the ''Civilization'' series developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2K Games and released for Microsoft Windows on October 24, 2014, the Mac App Store on November 27, 2014 and for Linux on December 18, 2014.

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Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide, is an official expansion pack for the turn-based strategy video game Civilization: Beyond Earth.

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Cosmic Balance II

The Cosmic Balance II is a turn-based strategy game written by Paul Murray for the Apple II and published by Strategic Simulations in 1993.

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Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India has been portrayed or referenced many times.

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Dál Riata

Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) was a Gaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel.

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Demeter (disambiguation)

Demeter is usually the Greek grain goddess.

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Destiny: World Domination from Stone Age to Space Age

Destiny: World Domination from Stone Age to Space Age is a 1996 4X video game developed by British team Dagger Interactive and published by Interactive Magic.

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Distant Worlds

Distant Worlds is a real-time grand strategy wargame developed by Code Force and published by Matrix Games.

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Dominions II: The Ascension Wars

Dominions II: The Ascension Wars is a 4X turn-based, computer strategy game.

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Dune (video game)

Dune is a 1992 adventure strategy video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name.

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Dungeon of the Endless

Dungeon of the Endless is a roguelike, tower defense game developed by Amplitude Studios and released in October 2014 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X systems, August 2015 for iOS devices, and for Xbox One in March 2016.

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Eclipse (board game)

Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy (commonly known as Eclipse) is a strategy board game produced by Lautapelit.fi.

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Elemental: Fallen Enchantress

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Stardock for Microsoft Windows in 2012.

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Elemental: War of Magic

Elemental: War of Magic is a fantasy 4X turn-based strategy game developed and published by Stardock, released August 24, 2010.

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Emperor of the Fading Suns

Emperor of the Fading Suns is a video game in the grand strategy genre and with a science fiction setting created by Holistic Design in 1996.

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Empire (1972 video game)

Empire is a 4X wargame created in 1972 by Peter Langston, taking its name from a Reed College board game of the same name.

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Endless Legend

Endless Legend is a turn based 4X fantasy-strategy game developed by Amplitude Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in September 2014.

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Endless Space

Endless Space is a turn-based strategy, science fiction 4X game developed by Amplitude Studios released on July 4, 2012, for Microsoft Windows and August 31, 2012 for Mac OS X. It sold over 500,000 units.

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Endless Space 2

Endless Space 2 is a turn-based strategy, science fiction 4X game developed by Amplitude Studios.

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Enrico Dandolo

Enrico Dandolo (anglicised as Henry Dandolo and Latinized as Henricus Dandulus; 1107 – May 1205) was the 41st Doge of Venice from 1192 until his death.

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Europa Universalis II

Europa Universalis II is a strategy computer game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Strategy First, based on world history spanning a timeline between 1419 through 1820.

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Fragile Allegiance

Fragile Allegiance is an open-ended 4X real-time strategy (RTS) game from Gremlin Interactive, released in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95.

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FreeCol

FreeCol is a 4X video game, a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization.

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Galactic Civilizations

Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock and released in March 2003.

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Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is a 4X turn-based strategy by Stardock for Microsoft Windows.

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Galactic Civilizations III

Galactic Civilizations III is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock for Microsoft Windows.

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Glossary of video game terms

This is a glossary of video game terms which lists the general terms as commonly used in Wikipedia articles related to video games and its industry.

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Government simulation game

A government simulation or political simulation is a game that attempts to simulate the government and politics of all or part of a nation.

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Grand strategy wargame

A grand strategy wargame is a wargame that places focus on grand strategy: military strategy at the level of movement and use of an entire nation state or empire's resources.

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Gratuitous Space Battles

Gratuitous Space Battles (GSB) is a video game developed by the UK-based company Positech Games.

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Halcyon 6

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is an indie strategy video game and turn-based tactical RPG hybrid developed and published by Massive Damage, Inc..

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Hammer of the Gods (video game)

Hammer of the Gods is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Holistic Design and published by New World Computing for MS-DOS.

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Harald Hardrada

Harald Sigurdsson (– 25 September 1066), given the epithet Hardrada (harðráði, modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway (as Harald III) from 1046 to 1066.

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Hōjō Tokimune

of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent (of the shōgun), but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism.

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Imperialism II: Age of Exploration

Imperialism II: Age of Exploration is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Frog City Software and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) in 1999.

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Imperium Galactica

Imperium Galactica is a 4X video game, developed by Digital Reality.

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Imperium Galactica II: Alliances

Imperium Galactica II: Alliances is a real-time game featuring aspects of RTT, RTS and empire-building computer games from the Hungarian-based studio Digital Reality.

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Incunabula (video game)

Incunabula is a 1984 computer game by Avalon Hill.

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Ironclad Games

Ironclad Games is a Canadian PC game developer.

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Isometric graphics in video games and pixel art

In video games and pixel art, "isometric" refers to some form of axonometric projection (commonly, the form of dimetric projection with a 2:1 pixel ratio) where the viewpoint is angled to reveal other facets of the game environment than are typically visible from a purely top-down perspective or side view, thereby producing a three-dimensional effect.

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Jagged Alliance (series)

Jagged Alliance is a series of turn-based tactics video games.

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Jon Shafer

Jon Shafer is an American designer and programmer of computer games.

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Kerberos Productions

Kerberos Productions Inc. is a third-party video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Kevin Chou

Kevin Chou is an American video game executive and entrepreneur.

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Legends of Pegasus

Legends of Pegasus is a turn-based, real-time strategy 4X game developed by now defunct German company NovaCore Studios, and published by Kalypso Media.

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Lightspeed (video game)

Lightspeed is a video game developed and released by MicroProse in 1990.

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List of 4X video games

This is a comprehensive index of 4X video games, sorted chronologically.

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List of best-selling PC games

This is a list of PC games (including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux) that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

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List of Civilization media

Civilization is a franchise composed primarily of a series of turn-based strategy video games and associated media.

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List of commercial video games with available source code

The source code of these commercially developed and distributed video games is available to the public or the games' communities.

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List of games by Firaxis Games

Firaxis Games is an American video game developer based in Sparks, Maryland.

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List of games using Havok

This is a list of games using Havok.

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List of games using procedural generation

This is a list of video games that make at least partial use of procedural generation to create their maps and levels, or other similar features.

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List of Games Workshop video games

This is a list of video games published by or under license from Games Workshop.

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List of Hasbro Interactive video games

Hasbro Interactive was a software and video game subsidiary of Hasbro founded in 1995, and was sold to Infogrames in 2001.

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List of Linux games

The following is a list of games released on the Linux operating system.

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List of Microïds games

This article is a list of video games produced or published by the company MC2 France, under their various brands including Microïds, Cryo, Index+ and Wanadoo Edition.

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List of Nvidia 3D Vision Ready games

Nvidia 3D Vision is a technology developed by Nvidia, a multinational corporation which specializes in the development of graphics processing units and chipset technologies for workstations, personal computers and mobile devices.

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List of open-source video games

This is a selected list of free/libre and open-source (FOSS) video games.

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List of PC games (E)

The following page is an alphabetical section from the list of PC games.

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List of PC games (F)

The following page is an alphabetical section from the list of PC games.

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List of PC games (S)

The following page is an alphabetical section from the list of PC games.

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List of real-time tactics video games

This is a comprehensive index of commercial real-time tactics games for all platforms, sorted chronologically.

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List of Star Trek games

The enduring popularity of the Star Trek science fiction franchise has led to numerous games in many different formats, beginning in 1967 with a board game based on The Original Series and continuing through the present with online and DVD games.

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List of Strategic Simulations games

This is a list of games by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI), the former video game developer and publisher that existed from 1979 to approximately 2001.

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List of video game crowdfunding projects

The following is a list of notable video game projects (in hardware, software, and related media) that have embarked upon crowdfunding campaigns.

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List of video game genres

A video game genre is a specific category of games related by similar gameplay characteristics.

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Lords of the Black Sun

Lords of the Black Sun (previously titled Star Lords) is a 4X turn-based strategy computer game developed by Arkavi Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive.

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Lost Empire

Lost Empire is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in June 2007.

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Malfador Machinations

Malfador Machinations is a small game company based in Santa Rosa, California.

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Master of Magic

Master of Magic is a single-player, fantasy turn-based strategy 4X genre developed by Simtex and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS in.

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Master of Orion

Master of Orion (MoO or MOO) is a turn-based, 4X science fiction computer strategy game released in 1993 by MicroProse on the MS-DOS and Mac OS operating systems.

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Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares

Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares (MOO2) is a 4X turn-based strategy game set in space, designed by Steve Barcia and Ken Burd, and developed by Simtex, who developed its predecessor Master of Orion.

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Master of Orion III

Master of Orion III (MoO3) is a 4X turn-based strategy game and the third in the Master of Orion series.

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Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars

Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars (also called simply Master of Orion) is a science fiction turn-based strategy 4X game.

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MC2 France

MC2 France is a French software company that develops and publishes video games focusing on adventure games.

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MegaWars III

MegaWars III was a massively multiplayer empire building game written by Kesmai and run continuously on CompuServe between 1984 and 1999.

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Merchant Prince

Merchant Prince is a turn-based 4X strategy video game franchise set in the Republic of Venice during the Renaissance.

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Micromanagement (gameplay)

Micromanagement in gaming is the handling of detailed gameplay elements by the player.

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Morgawr (folklore)

In Cornish folklore, the Morgawr (meaning sea giant in Cornish) is a sea serpent that purportedly inhabits the sea near Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, England.

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MUD

A MUD (originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based.

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Nuclear weapons in popular culture

Since their public debut in August 1945, nuclear weapons and their potential effects have been a recurring motif in popular culture, to the extent that the decades of the Cold War are often referred to as the "atomic age".

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Open world

An open world in video games is a virtual world in which the player can explore and approach objectives freely, as opposed to a world with more linear gameplay.

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Outline of video games

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to video games: Video game – an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.

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Paradox Interactive

Paradox Interactive is a Swedish video game publisher based in Stockholm.

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Pax Imperia

Pax Imperia is a 4X game for the Apple Macintosh, released in 1992.

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Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain is a real-time strategy computer game.

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Phoenix Point

Phoenix Point is an upcoming strategy video game with turn-based tactical combat that is being developed by Snapshot Games for release in June 2019.

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Player character

A player character (also known as PC and playable character) is a fictional character in a role-playing game or video game whose actions are directly controlled by a player of the game rather than the rules of the game.

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Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang (18 February 25910 September 210) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China.

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Reach for the Stars (video game)

Reach for the Stars is a science fiction strategy video game.

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Rhye's and Fall of Civilization

Rhye's and Fall of Civilization (RFC) is a "fan scenario" (mod) for the 2005 computer game Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

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Ringworld

Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature.

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SeaFall

SeaFall is a board game designed by Rob Daviau and published in 2016 by Plaid Hat Games.

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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a video game in the 4X genre which is considered a spiritual sequel to the ''Civilization'' series.

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Sins of a Solar Empire

Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy computer game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Space Empires

Space Empires is a series of 4X turn-based strategy games by Malfador Machinations that allow the player to assume the role of the leader of a space-faring civilization.

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Space Empires IV

Space Empires IV is a turn-based 4X strategy computer game developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Strategy First as part of the Space Empires series in which players control an alien race in an attempt at galactic conquest.

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Space Empires V

Space Empires V (SEV) is a 4X turn based strategy game that was released in 2006.

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Space Empires: Starfury

Space Empires: Starfury is an action video game developed by Malfador Machinations and published by Shrapnel Games on September 22, 2003.

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Space Odyssey: The Video Game

Space Odyssey: The Video Game is an upcoming sandbox video game with 4X elements being developed by Space Media Ventures for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android systems, including virtual reality devices, anticipated for release in December 2018.

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Spaceward Ho!

Spaceward Ho! is a turn-based science fiction computer strategy game that was written by Peter Commons, designed by Joe Williams (Joedelta) and published by Delta Tao Software.

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Star Ruler

Star Ruler is a space 4X / RTS hybrid developed and published by Blind Mind Studios.

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Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation (also known as Star Trek: The Next Generation: Birth of the Federation and Birth of the Federation) is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by MicroProse and published by Hasbro Interactive.

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Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)

Star Wars Rebellion (known as Supremacy in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a real-time strategy game released in 1998 by LucasArts and set in the fictional ''Star Wars'' expanded universe.

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StarDrive

StarDrive is a 4X real-time strategy video game by Zero Sum Games, it was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2013.

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Starfire (board wargame)

Starfire is a board wargame (a "4X", eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate) simulating space warfare and empire building in the 23rd century, created by Stephen V. Cole in 1979.

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Starforce: Alpha Centauri

StarForce: Alpha Centauri is a board game published in 1974 by Simulations Publications Inc..

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Starpoint Gemini Warlords

Starpoint Gemini Warlords is a blend of space trading and combat simulator, role-playing and 4X video game developed by Croatian-based Little Green Men Games and published by Iceberg Interactive.

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Stars Beyond Reach

Stars Beyond Reach is an upcoming 4X city-building video game in development by Arcen Games.

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Stars in Shadow

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based, 4X science-fiction computer strategy game developed by Ashdar Games and published by Iceberg Interactive for Windows PC in 2017.

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Stars!

Stars! is a turn-based strategy, science fiction 4X game.

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Starships Unlimited

Starships Unlimited is a 4X real-time strategy game series.

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Stellar Conquest

Stellar Conquest is a science fiction board game designed by Howard M. Thompson that was published in 1974.

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Stellaris (video game)

Stellaris is a 4X grand strategy video game developed and published by Paradox Interactive.

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Strategic Studies Group

Strategic Studies Group, commonly known as SSG, is an Australian software development company that makes primarily strategy wargames.

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Strategy First

Strategy First Inc. is a video game publisher based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Strategy video game

Strategy video game is a video game that focuses on skillful thinking and planning to achieve victory.

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Sword of Aragon

Sword of Aragon is a turn-based strategy and role-playing game developed and published by Strategic Simulations in 1989.

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Sword of the Stars

Sword of the Stars is a space 4X game developed by Kerberos Productions.

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Technology tree

In strategy computer games, a technology, tech, or research tree is a hierarchical visual representation of the possible sequences of upgrades a player can take (most often through the act of research).

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Terraforming in popular culture

Terraforming is well represented in popular culture, usually in the form of science fiction.

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The Battle of Polytopia

The Battle of Polytopia, formerly known as Super Tribes, is a 4X turn-based world-building strategy game developed by Midjiwan AB.

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The Tone Rebellion

The Tone Rebellion is a science fiction real-time strategy game created by The Logic Factory.

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Thousand Parsec

Thousand Parsec (TP) is a free and open source project with the goal of creating a framework for turn-based space empire building games.

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Tomyris

Tomyris (from Eastern Iranian: تهم‌رییش Tahm-Rayiš),For the etymology see: F. Altheim und R. Stiehl, Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum (Berlin, 1970), pp.

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Turn-based strategy

A turn-based strategy (TBS) game is a strategy game (usually some type of wargame, especially a strategic-level wargame) where players take turns when playing.

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UFO: Enemy Unknown

UFO: Enemy Unknown (marketed as X-COM: UFO Defense in North America) is a science fiction strategy video game developed by Mythos Games and MicroProse.

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VGA Planets

VGA Planets is a graphical, multi-player, space strategy war game.

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Warlock II: The Exiled

Warlock II: The Exiled is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by 1C:Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Interactive.

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Warlock: Master of the Arcane

Warlock: Master of the Arcane is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by 1C:Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Interactive.

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Will to power

The will to power (der Wille zur Macht) is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Xconq

Xconq is an open source computer strategy game and game engine.

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1996 in video gaming

1996 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Blazing Heroes, Super Mario 64, NiGHTS into Dreams..., Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil, Dead or Alive, Duke Nukem 3D and Tomb Raider.

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2016 in science fiction

The year 2016 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

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2018 in video gaming

Numerous video games are scheduled to be released in the year 2018.

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4X (disambiguation)

4X is a genre of computer strategy games.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4X

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