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Strategy games which encourage users to eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.
A philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is also the largest religion in the world.
If not certain demands or conditions are met, demanding workers/citizens may revolt, demonstrate, switch sides, saboteur or stop working altogether. Does mostly occur in real-time strategy games and business simulators.
An Expansion brings new missions, modes & new story elements to a full product title. Expansions typically require a full version game to function, but there are also stand-alone packs as well.
GamersGate is a client-free digital distribution service.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
A six sided geometrical shape sometimes used in strategy, puzzle, and board games.
A religion of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing many different traditions. It is the largest third religion in the world, and also one of the world's oldest religions still in practice.
Hotseat multiplayer mode allows multiple people to play the same game on one system. This generally only applies to turn based games such as Civilization IV or Advanced Wars.
Islam is a monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur'an. A text considered by its adherents to be the word of God given to Muhammad, considered by the Muslims to be the last prophet of God.
Monotheistic religion practiced by the Hebrew, or Jewish, people. Its major scripture is the Tanakh, which is referred to as the Old Testament by Christians.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
Games in which, instead of playing on "Easy" or "Hard", players play on "Marine" or "Way of the Samurai".
Games related to this concept can be run and played from within a Linux-environment with little to no problems, using the Wine compatibility layer.
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
The native, polytheistic religion of Japan. It encompasses a number of local belief systems from different Japanese regions and has been used for political gain in several key moments in Japan's history.
Spies are the masters of espionage. They're also (usually) quite adept at the art of stealth, disguise, and assassination.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
A philosophical and religious tradition which originated in pre-historic China
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
Monotheistic religion of ancient Persia, founded by the prophet Zarathustra, also known as Zoroaster. Its basic tenet is a system of ethical dualism between the god of Truth, Ahura Mazda, and the demon of Falsehood, Ahriman.
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