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Turn-Based Gaming Never Gets Old - "Just One More Turn" (Ep.72)

It's Turnbased Thursday Fest week, and Al, Sid, and Jack are leaning in hard. This episode is a full deep dive into the turn-based genre: what makes it so compelling, why "just one more turn" became gaming's most universal phrase, and whether turn-based has quietly replaced RTS as the dominant strategy genre in 2026. The conversation covers Football Manager as a closet tactics game, Worms as a gateway to strategy, the surge of roguelikes and deck builders, why indie developers keep choosing turn-based over real time, and the debate that will never die: is Total War turn-based or RTS? Come for the strategy chat, stay for Sid trying to wiggle out of naming his favourite turn-based game. Join the Discord and tell us your favourite turn-based game. Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and Turnbased Thursday Fest 01:04 - "Just one more turn" - what game do you think of? 02:03 - Football Manager as a turn-based game 03:55 - Why turn-based appeals: time to think, complexity without pressure 06:04 - Mechanics that only work in turn-based 09:04 - Turn-based as an umbrella: grand strategy, 4X, tactics, RPG 10:24 - Endless Legend and borrowing from Paradox 11:14 - Menace and the tactics subgenre 12:14 - Sid's favourites: Endless Space and Galactic Civilizations 14:06 - The roguelike and deck builder surge (Slay the Spire 2) 17:23 - Jack's favourite: Worms W&D 19:12 - Worms as an introduction to strategy 20:18 - The puzzle element in turn-based games 23:52 - Procedural maps and replayability 24:02 - History: turn-based predates RTS by nearly a decade 26:29 - Why turn-based has outlasted RTS 33:33 - If you lose in turn-based, it's your fault 34:08 - The Total War debate: turn-based or RTS? 37:38 - Sid's controversial verdict on Total War 39:14 - Total War Warhammer 40K speculation 40:34 - Outro and community CTA More from Critical Moves Podcast: Web: https://criticalmovespodcast.com Forum: https://criticalmovesforum.com Newsletter: https://criticalmoves.beehiiv.com Spotify: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/spotify Apple: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/apple Amazon: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/amazon Discord: https://criticalmovespodcast.com/discord Facebook:   / criticalmovespodcast   Twitter:   / criticalmoves_   Instagram:   / criticalmovespodcast   Reddit:   / criticalmoves   Critical Moves examines strategy games through weekly Friday episodes and Monday news updates. Six hosts across multiple continents analyze recent releases, forgotten classics, and industry developments without the typical podcast theatrics. We cover real-time strategy, 4X civilization builders, turn-based tactics, and hybrid games that blur genre boundaries.