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4X is a genre of strategy-based games in which players control an empire and "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate". Emphasis is placed upon economic and technological development, as well as a range of non-military routes to supremacy. Games can take a long time to complete since the amount of micromanagement needed to sustain an empire increases as the empire grows.

A game where you have to start over from the beginning when you die. Often goes together with procedural generation, so it doesn't get boring!

Strategy game where players have to wait for their turn to do something allowing for more time for strategic thinking.