The best abandonware strategy games
Games based on strategy allow for reasoning and planning of one’s moves and actions. The gameplay may be based on player’s turns (Turn-based Strategy) or it may be in real time (Real-Time Strategy, RTS). These games focus on strategy and tactics rather than action, sometimes with the addition of financial or logistic features.
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Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 cards
Trivial Pursuit
DOS1989 trivia / quiz, board game
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
Oligopoly
DOS1987 board game
Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.
Panzer Battles
DOS1990 wargame, turn-based tactics
Vegas Gambler
DOS1987 cards
Scrabble
DOS1992 board game
Bridge 7.0
DOS1992 cards
Capture the Flag
DOS1993 turn-based tactics
Crazy Nick's Leisure Suit Larry Casino
DOS1992 cards
House of Cards
DOS1989 cards
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
Strip Poker Professional: REV B
DOS1995NSFW cards
Super Battleship
DOS1988 board game
Trump Castle 2
DOS1991 cards
Death by Backgammon
DOS1990 board game
Theatre of War
DOS1992protected board game
The Civil War
DOS1987 wargame, turn-based tactics
Armada 2525
DOS1991 4x
Redhook's Revenge
DOS1993 board game
Warlords 2 Deluxe
DOS1995 4x
Knight Exchange
DOS1988 board game
4 Queens Computer Casino
DOS1992 cards
Backgammon
DOS1984 board game
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 board game
Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected board game
Chaos Overlords is a cyberpunk-themed strategy game developed by Stick Man Games and published by New World Computing in 1996. Set in a dystopian future, the game focuses on controlling the underworld of a city dominated by corrupt corporations and oppressive government forces. The player assumes the role of a crime lord, leading a gang with the go...
Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor
DOS1992
Accordion
DOS1990 cards
Day of the Pharaoh
DOS1989
The computer edition of Scrabble
DOS1989 board game
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
DOS1988 turn-based tactics, wargame