Conquest of Elysium 4

Looks like an Excel spreadsheet, but a blast to play. One of my all-time favorite games. The fifth game is out, making this one obsolete, so if you are interested, just grab that one. Some things you can do: -Overwhelm the enemy with a massive army of seemingly harmless woodland creatures -Summon GOD -Turn enemies into trees -Create a sun and scorch the map -Summon OP monsters that will kill half your army with friendly fire because they just do not give a fook Pros: -Many different factions and units. (warlock, witch, and druid were my favorites I think) -The factions have quite different play styles, including some interesting ones that will lead to self-destruction if you don't progress fast enough. -Easily moddable, but you are limited with what you can change. I made some tweaks to my own files to balance factions to my preferences. -Emergent gameplay resulting in some very interesting outcomes. I feel like every session could be turned into an epic novel. -For however many hundreds or thousands of units you have, every single one has their own inventory, stats, spells, and characteristics. Some units can be upgraded or transformed, and most casters can acquire more skills. Cons: -The graphics, I guess, but I don't mind them. -The UI could use some QOL upgrades. -It's a roguelike, and sometimes the RNG will just screw you, especially in the beginning. The neutral units are more dangerous than the AI, but it's so hilarious getting annihilated by a moose early on that I can't even get mad. -This game has a huge assortment of awesome OP summons for the end game, but depending on the faction, there is a chance that the summon will fail (wasting a ton of resources) or the summon will arrive hostile (wasting a ton of resources and also potentially wiping out a chunk of your army). Neutral: -AI isn't very smart, but I mostly play this game to chill, so I'm fine with that. In the harder difficulties, the AI just ends up with larger stacks, but it plays the same way. -This is intended to be a fun, casual strategy game, so I don't think it is really an issue, but factions are not balanced against each other, and this is further compounded by the fact that factions rely on certain resources, and those resources may not be easily available in certain eras, so choosing an era that works for all players is something you have to keep in mind for multiplayer. -Combat is automated. Mostly only an annoyance when weak flying units blaze past your front line only to be killed instantly.