Other suggestions Agricola, Through the Ages, Brass, Eclipse, Puerto Rico, Carcassone, Catan, Flash Point and Axis & Allies.

Nice! This really piqued my interest in this series which I've never tried yet. As for the "ninety bucks" the after market for games is so strong that it would sell for close to the initial price (perhaps more with this series) should one not enjoy it.

Reminds me of the vintage board game from Avalon Hill, Patton's Best.

Sounds like a solid idea, the theme can be anything as long as the squad based side of it is fun like Xcom and the others. Just hope that this is not mission based where you must succeed mission #9 in order to reach #10, etc

Youtube has some actual in-game videos such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nBk2405ihQ

Thank you for the well written story, I had not heard of this game or Mutant and they are right up my alley!

Master of Orion 1-3 + new Master of Orion, Endless Space 1-2, Freelancer/Rebel Galaxy, Stelleris, Starfleet command 1-3 and the vintage Freespace 2 are my suggestions.

Matrix games also has many strategic Civil War games, Forge of Freedom, War between the states, etc.

Nice article, makes me want to purchase this pc game. I couldn't find this at Matrix or on Steam, who makes this and where would someone find this game?

Been a PC wargamer for twenty five years and I have yet to play a human online in anything. I wonder if I am in the minority on this one? I suspect I am, however once I read in the article no single player I stopped and just glossed through the rest (well written article though).