Turn-based tactics, the Glossary

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1. 56 relations: Apple II, Battle Isle, Board game, Bomber, Combat Mission, Commodore 64, Company (military unit), Darkwind: War on Wheels, Dofus, Famicom Wars, Fighter aircraft, Final Fantasy Tactics, Gary Grigsby, Gold Box, Helicopter, Hex map, Incubation: Time Is Running Out, Infantry, Jagged Alliance 2, Japan, Line of sight (video games), Logistics, Man-to-man wargame, Matrix Games, Microcomputer, Military Madness, Military tactics, Miniature model (gaming), Miniature wargaming, Nintendo Entertainment System, Operational level of war, Panzer Strike, PC Gamer, Persistent world, Platoon, PoxNora, Real-time tactics, Role-playing game, Role-playing video game, Shining Force, Squad, Steel Panthers, Strategic Simulations, Strategy, Strategy video game, Tactical wargame, Tank, The Temple of Elemental Evil (video game), Timekeeping in games, Turn-based strategy, ... Expand index (6 more) »

Apple II

The Apple II series of microcomputers was initially designed by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), and launched in 1977 with the Apple II model that gave the series its name.

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Battle Isle

Battle Isle is a series of turn-based strategy/tactics video games developed in the 1990s by Blue Byte and released for Amiga and MS-DOS and later for Microsoft Windows.

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Board game

Board games are tabletop games that typically use.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Combat Mission

Combat Mission is the name of a series of computer wargames simulating tactical battles.

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas).

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Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.

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Darkwind: War on Wheels

Darkwind: War on Wheels is a turn-based racing and vehicle combat massively multiplayer online game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X by Irish developer Sam Redfern. Turn-based tactics and Darkwind: War on Wheels are turn-based tactics video games.

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Dofus

Dofus is a tactical turn-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French video game manufacturer. Turn-based tactics and Dofus are turn-based tactics video games.

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Famicom Wars

is a wargame developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer. Turn-based tactics and Famicom Wars are turn-based tactics video games.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Final Fantasy Tactics

is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console.

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Gary Grigsby

Gary Grigsby is a designer and programmer of computer wargames.

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Gold Box

Gold Box is a series of role-playing video games produced by Strategic Simulations from 1988 to 1992.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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Hex map

A hex map, hex board, or hex grid is a game board design commonly used in simulation games of all scales, including wargames, role-playing games, and strategy games in both board games and video games.

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Incubation: Time Is Running Out

Incubation: Time Is Running Out (known in Europe as Incubation: Battle Isle Phase Four) is a turn-based tactics computer game from Blue Byte released in 1997. Turn-based tactics and Incubation: Time Is Running Out are turn-based tactics video games.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Jagged Alliance 2

Jagged Alliance 2 is a tactical role-playing game released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows and later ported to Linux by Tribsoft. Turn-based tactics and Jagged Alliance 2 are turn-based tactics video games.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Line of sight (video games)

Line of sight, sometimes written line-of-sight or abbreviated to LoS, is the visibility (that is, who can see what) on the playing field in wargames and some role-playing games (RPGs).

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Logistics

Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

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Man-to-man wargame

A man-to-man wargame (also known as a skirmish wargame) is a wargame in which units generally represent single individuals or weapons systems, and are rated not only on weaponry but may also be rated on such facets as morale, perception, skill-at-arms, etc.

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Matrix Games

Matrix Games is a publisher of PC games, specifically strategy games and wargames.

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Microcomputer

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor.

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Military Madness

Military Madness is a 1989 turn-based strategy video game originally developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan and NEC in North America for the TurboGrafx-16.

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Military tactics

Military tactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield.

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Miniature model (gaming)

In miniature wargaming, players enact simulated battles using scale models called miniature models, which can be anywhere from 2 to 54 mm in height, to represent warriors, vehicles, artillery, buildings, and terrain.

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Miniature wargaming

Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo.

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Operational level of war

In the field of military theory, the operational level of war (also called operational art, as derived from оперативное искусство, or operational warfare) represents the level of command that connects the details of tactics with the goals of strategy.

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Panzer Strike

Panzer Strike is a 1988 tactical wargame that simulates small unit actions during World War II. Turn-based tactics and Panzer Strike are turn-based tactics video games.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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Persistent world

A persistent world or persistent state world (PSW) is a virtual world which, by the definition by Richard Bartle, "continues to exist and develop internally even when there are no people interacting with it".

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Platoon

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four squads, sections, or patrols.

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PoxNora

PoxNora: Battlefield of the Immortals is a multiplayer online game that combines a digital collectible card game with a turn-based strategy game in a fantasy setting.

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Real-time tactics

Real-time tactics (RTT)(Article at IGN discussing their perception of RTS and related genres as of 2006. RTT is discussed as a new and not yet established genre from the publisher's perspective, so currently all RTT possible titles are still considered RTS.) is a subgenre of tactical wargames played in real-time, simulating the considerations and circumstances of operational warfare and military tactics. Turn-based tactics and real-time tactics are video game genres.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Role-playing video game

A role-playing video game, a role-playing game (RPG) or computer role-playing game (CRPG), is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world, usually involving some form of character development by way of recording statistics. Turn-based tactics and role-playing video game are video game genres.

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Shining Force

Shining Force is a 1992 turn-based tactical role-playing game for the Sega Genesis console.

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Squad

In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer.

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Steel Panthers

Steel Panthers is a series of computer wargames, developed and published by several different companies, with various games simulating war battles from 1930 to 2025.

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Strategic Simulations

Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) was a video game developer and publisher with over 100 titles to its credit from its founding in 1979 to its dissolution in 1994 (though the brand was in use until around 2002).

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Strategy

Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία stratēgia, "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty.

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Strategy video game

Strategy is a major video game genre that emphasizes thinking and planning over direct instant action in order to achieve victory. Turn-based tactics and Strategy video game are video game genres.

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Tactical wargame

Tactical wargames are a type of wargame that models military conflict at a tactical level, i.e. units range from individual vehicles and squads to platoons or companies.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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The Temple of Elemental Evil (video game)

The Temple of Elemental Evil is a 2003 role-playing video game by Troika Games. Turn-based tactics and The Temple of Elemental Evil (video game) are turn-based tactics video games.

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Timekeeping in games

In video games and other games, the passage of time must be handled in a way that players find fair and easy to understand.

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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. Turn-based tactics and turn-based strategy are video game genres.

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Typhoon of Steel (video game)

Typhoon of Steel is a 1988 computer wargame designed by Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, and IBM PC.

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Ubisoft Blue Byte

Ubisoft Blue Byte GmbH (Blue Byte until 2017) is a German video game holding company owned by Ubisoft.

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Vehicle

A vehicle is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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Video game genre

A video game genre is an informal classification of a video game based on how it is played rather than visual or narrative elements. Turn-based tactics and video game genre are video game genres.

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Wargame

A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn-based_tactics

Also known as Tactical Turn Based, Tactical turn-based, Tactical turn-based combat, Turn Based Tactics, Turn-based combat, Turn-based tactical, Turn-based tactical combat, Turn-based tactical combat game, Turn-based tactical combat games, Turn-based tactics video game, Turnbased tactics.

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