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Ask HN: Best online strategy board game?
26 points by elamje on April 18, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 16 comments
I am a huge fan of Stratego, which is similar to chess, except you do not know a pieces rank until you strike it (all pieces are identical). Unfortunately, the online game seems to be breaking more and more as the company who built it is no longer maintaining it. Any recommendations? Not looking for an online game like LoL where there is constant input and output, but one where there is time to consider what is the best move.



This game is orders of magnitude more complex than Stratego and it isn't free, but Twilight Struggle is a great asymmetric two-person game that can last for weeks.

It models the Cold War. One player is the US, while the other is USSR. The main conceit is what if you could re-order the sequence of historical events, which drives the overall mechanic, which is vying for influence country by country with the assumption that the domino theory was correct.

The game is available on Steam, iOS and Android (though, you'll probably need a tablet for mobile).

This is probably the best resource for learning the game: https://twilightstrategy.com/


Ever play Go?

http://www.usgo.org/go-internet


Yes, on KGS[0]. I found it to be too addictive and had to play tenuki[1].

  [0] https://gokgs.com
  [1] http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo7ry5YAUX1qkt3l6.jpg


If you're willing to loosen your definition of "strategy board game", games like Die2Nite, Supremacy 1914, and Neptune's Pride have a similar, turn based gameplay where you have hours to think between moves.


Many classical full information board game at PlayOK[1] and free, but not so many players.

I believe there are more board game sites where you can find people to play with, like board game garena[2].

[1] https://www.playok.com/ [2] https://boardgamearena.com/


I used to play quite alot of Atwar (https://atwar-game.com/) It's a Risk like game with nice unit mechanics and mods. Unfortunately last time I signed in (about year ago) it seemed that there wasn't that much players anymore so it was pretty hard to find a game.


I recommend the Steam or mobile version of Through the Ages. https://store.steampowered.com/app/758370/Through_the_Ages/


Boardgamearena.com and yucata.de have a load of free-to-play strategic board games implemented online. Caylus and Innovation are two that I've rediscovered. Also Castles of Burgundy. You can browse boardgamegeek.com to find new ones.


My friend is obsessed with this game. Can take weeks to finish a game: https://np.ironhelmet.com/#landing


Fun for a work LAN board game

http://jcloisterzone.com/en/


Hearthstone is a great strategic online card game. A new set of cards just came out so its a great time to start it.


Europa Universalis 4. Its basically Risk if risk took every steriod in the entire world.


Civilization IV/V or maybe even VI is good strategy game and can be played online.


lichess.org


polytopia.


katan.io




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