Abandonware DOS title

The best turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.
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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a f...
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Mychess

DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Color Lines

DOS1992 Gamos
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Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
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NetHack - Falcon's Eye

Windows XP/98/952001freeware
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Armchair Quarterback

DOS1985
Armchair Quarterback lets you live the dream of yelling at your TV — but on your DOS machine, and with even less control. It’s part simulator, part quiz show, and all weird. You make play calls, analyze stats, and pray...
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Epic Baseball

DOS1995 MicroLeague Multimedia
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Global Domination

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)

DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
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Mini Putt

DOS1988 Artech Studios
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Sargon V: World Class Chess

DOS1991 Activision
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Uninvited

DOSMac OS1987 ICOM Simulations
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WitchavenRL

Windows 10/11Linux2013
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Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
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SimHealth

DOS1994 Thinking Tools Inc.
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware
No, not that Battlestar. Battlestar (1996) is more obscure than a reboot that never happened. Set in deep space with a top-down view and UI only a Windows 3.x user could love, it mixes tactical combat and sci-fi storytelling like ...
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Jeopardy!

DOS1987 Sharedata
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Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware Spiderweb Software
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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Ishido: The Way of the Stones

DOSMac OS1990 Publishing International
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Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
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Reach for the Stars

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group