Strategy Games
November 15, 2009 :: Posted by - VaL :: Category - Strategy
Strategy games have been around for a long time. No doubt people in times of antiquity played games using figurines on elaborately modelled battlefields on table tops as they plotted invasions or defensive positions.
The elements of a strategy game are the game players, the territory, the objective, the rules. This is the same with almost every other game. What distinguishes game genres is how these elements are implemented.
The word Strategy is said to derive from the Classical Greek word “Strategos” this translates into General in today’s languages. Its therefore fitting that a Majority of Strategy games model military conflict. Read more…