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I was one of the few people that actually spent time on Heroclix online before it died - what else is out that that has some elements of collecting and/or tactical gameplay?

Fenicks wrote:
I was one of the few people that actually spent time on Heroclix online before it died - what else is out that that has some elements of collecting and/or tactical gameplay?

The old "general" games for the PC should keep you occupied for a while, it came in fantasy, historic, and sci fi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_General
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_General
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_General

Heroes of might and magic is a nice fantasy game. has some nice campaigns and skirmish games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic

Don't know of any that have collecting as a focus but there are several games I play to scratch my tabletop itch, most being turn based strategy, with a few RTS that allow pausing mid battle to issue orders

Turn based: X-Com, XCOM, XCOM 2. If you have an emulator, the advanced wars and fire emblem games are excellent as well and you can even put those on your phone

RTS with pause: Napoleon Total Warfare, codename panzer phase I, Blitzkrieg,