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 Birth Of A Genre
From Board Games to Computer
The 3 Brothers (Civilization, Svea Rike, and Total War)
Civilization’s influence on the Genre.
The Birth of Defcon
The Rise of Paradox
The 4 Sagas
The New Generation
The Era of Endless DLC
Simplification
The New Revolution
Predictions for the future
The Direction of Grand Strategy
Accessibility, good or bad?
Conclusions

Games

Risk
Civilization
Svea Rike
Europa Univeralis
Hearts of Iron
Victoria
Crusader Kings
Defcon
Atwar
Real Politik
Superpower 2
Call of War
Masters of the World

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