Ask HN: Best online strategy board game?

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Post by elamje » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 3:49 AM UTC

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.

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Post by iends » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 4:50 AM UTC

lichess.org

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Post by muzani » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 4:55 AM UTC

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.

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Post by nocubicles » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 4:59 AM UTC

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

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Post by qlk1123 » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 5:15 AM UTC

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/

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Post by throw_away » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 6:10 AM UTC

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/

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Post by zachguo » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 6:11 AM UTC

katan.io

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Post by raptorraver » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 6:18 AM UTC

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.

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Post by droidist2 » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 6:52 AM UTC

Ever play Go?

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

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Post by hopranch » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 8:19 AM UTC

polytopia.