Strategy games cast a wide net. There can be chess, checkers, card, and word games; plus many other types of games that can be considered games of strategy. By their very nature all chess and checkers games are strategic, but only some card and word games fall under the strategy category. It is not the difficulty level that determines if a game is strategic or not. In fact, some of the chess and checkers games that I have here on Richard's Game Reviews can be rather easy to beat, while others can be difficult. So what makes one game strategic, while another game is not? To me, it is the requirement that you must think ahead. The move that you make now will affect the next move, or the next several moves, that either you or your opponent will make. Before I assign any game to the strategy category, I always take the time to ask myself this question: "Does this game really require that you must think ahead?" If the answer to that question is yes, then the game gets placed in the strategy category. If the answer is no, then it does not. Now that we have defined what a strategy game is, let's take a look at a few of the strategy games you will find on this page. Castle Wars 2 is a brilliant turned based card playing game. Speaking of cards, you will also want to try Pyramid Solitaire Ancient Egypt, Forty Thieves Solitaire, and Hearts Card Game. All three are highly strategic, and very fun too. Two other games you will surely want to try are Fruits Vegetables Picture Matching and Marine Life Picture Matching. I also must recommend DropSum, Age of War 2, and The Queen's Jewels. (If you play The Queen's Jewels make sure you play it in full screen mode). And finally, I would be remiss if I failed to mention Ring Pass Not II. It is such a wonderfully brilliant, and beautifully animated game of strategy.

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Hearts Card Game	Hexa Connect	Forty Thieves Solitaire
Play the card game of hearts against 3 computer opponents.	Turn all hexagons the same color before you run out of moves!	Try to build the eight foundation piles from Ace to King in this challenging solitaire game.


Fort	ZnemChess	IncaBall
Destroy all of the pirate ships before they destroy your fort!	Play chess against the computer. Can you defeat ZnemChess?	Destroy all balls before they reach the skull!


The Queen's Jewels	Sultan Solitaire	Flash Checkers 3
Power up the center jewel, by lining up 3 or more gems of the same color, before time runs out.	Try to surround the Sultan (the King of Hearts) with his eight Queens.	Play a game of checkers against the computer. Standard checkers rules apply.


Marble Lines	Castle Wars 2	Pyramid Solitaire Ancient Egypt
Destroy all of the marbles before they reach the hole.	Destroy your enemy's castle, or be the first to build a 100 storey castle. Crush, or be crushed!	Clear all cards from the pyramid by making combinations adding up to the number 13.


Youda Farmer	DropSum	Magic Towers Solitaire
Run your farm, and grow your crops in this time management game.	Drop tiles to make groups of tiles that add up to the required number.	A fun and more skillful version of the classic game of tripeaks solitaire.


Jewel Puzzle	Chess Master 2	Ring Pass Not II
Make enough matches quickly enough to get to the next level before time runs out.	Play chess against the computer.	Match 8 tiles by either color or symbol to complete a magic circle.


Ice Breakers	TriPeakz	Word Drop
Help the penguins build their city by making enough matches for each color.	Meet the first multiplayer solitaire game on the web... TriPeakz!	Spell words from 3 to 10 letters. The longest words score the most points!


Fruits Vegetables Picture Matching	Bloons Tower Defense 4	Battlegemz
Try to clear the entire board before time runs out by matching identical pictures.	Try to stop all the bloons before they escape!	Play an exciting match 3 game against a human opponent in real-time!


Ghost	Crystal Golf Solitaire	Turn Maze
Match wits with a ghost in a hilarious word game.	Move all cards unto the Home pile before the deck runs out.	Get the smiley face to drop into the hole by turning the maze left or right.


Pathians	Marine Life Picture Matching	Age Of War 2
Create chains to remove all cards from the board.	Click on a picture. Then, click on its pair. Try to clear the entire board before time runs out.	Battle the computer's army. Destroy its home base before it destroys yours!