Strategy game for a 15-year-old?

Question

My little cousin's b-day is in a week, and he loves strategy games. I need like a war game where you command armies and stuff like that. He has a sick mind and he loves killin games. Whats a good game that I can order over the internet and get it in like 1 or 2 days?

Answer 1

I recommend that you visit http://www.reflexive.com. There you can find quite a number of strategy games available for download. However, I think there are no wars games there, and I haven't seen any good war games over the internet.

If you have a Gameboy Advance, however, you can just purchase the game "Advanced Wars" or "Advanced Wars 2: Black Hole Rising." These two games are war games (as the name suggests) and they are not just any kind of war game. They are the best war games ever made. It's a turn-based strategy game where you control the different units in your army from infantries to neotanks. You can also choose a Commanding Officer with different abilities during battle.

Good luck in finding a strategy game.

Answer 2

Civilization 2/3/4 (in that order) By Sid Meyer, Some of the best turn based strategy games ever made :)

Answer 3

Depends on your budget... most of the better wargames out there are rather pricey. I'd suggest Battleground: Fantasy Warfare. You control fantasy armies using cards. It's a lot like Warhammer except you don't paint and it doesn't cost too much (about $25-30 USD). I know you can find them at paizo.com and funagain.com... just pick out two starter decks that he'll like (and it's not a collectible game either).

Answer 4

Depends on if you want computer or board games. For the computer totally go with either Civilization IV or Age of Empires 3. For board games go with Risk or Axis and Allies. You could also go for Magic the Gathering, it requires some real tough thinking.

Answer 5

Tigris & Euphrates is a great strategy game. There aren't "armies" per se, but you do have battles. I have a strategy boardgame group that meets weekly and it's one of our favorites (ranked #2 by strategy boardgamers on boardgamegeek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser.php?itemtype=game&sortby=rank. ) It's available at Funagain Games and they do have expedited shipping: http://www.funagain.com/control/product/~product_id=014637. While you're there you can check out other strategy and war games by clicking on the categories at the top of their page.

Answer 6

Command And Conquer Generals is an awesome game

Answer 7

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Answer 8

For board games I would go with Risk or Stratego. Chess is the oldest war game sure its not bloody or anything but it takes great stategy and thinking.

Answer 9

Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne (Stragedy version of World of Warcraft)

Answer 10

A really good strategy game would be "Company of Heroes by THQ" or "Dawn of War" or "Dark Crusade"
All three are great!