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The Evolution of Grand Strategy

The Following is a list of the Essays I will write over the next month to explain the history of Grand Strategy games.










The Evolution of Grand Strategy
  1. The Birth Of A Genre
  2. From Board Games to Computer
  3. The 3 Brothers (Civilization, Svea Rike, and Total War)
  4. Civilization’s influence on the Genre.
  5. The Birth of Defcon
  6. The Rise of Paradox
  7. The 4 Sagas
  8. The New Generation
  9. The Era of Endless DLC
  10. Simplification
  11. The New Revolution
  12. Predictions for the future
  13. The Direction of Grand Strategy
  14. Accessibility, good or bad?
  15. Conclusions  






Games
  1. Risk
  2. Civilization
  3. Svea Rike
  4. Europa Univeralis
  5. Hearts of Iron
  6. Victoria
  7. Crusader Kings
  8. Defcon
  9. Atwar
  10. Real Politik
  11. Superpower 2
  12. Call of War
  13. Masters of the World
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