Which strategy game should you start with?
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Strategy games here reward planning over reflexes: board duels, turn-based tactics, tower defense and farming. All are free to play in your browser. Start with 
Boxwood Chess for the classic duel, or with 
Bastide Tactics if you prefer a campaign where every enemy shows where it will strike.
Which strategy suits a calm duel?
Boxwood Chess, 
Rosewood Xiangqi and 
Hinoki Go each have five computer levels, and Rosewood and Hinoki add mating or life-and-death problems to practise on. 
Onyx Reversi, 
Cowrie Mancala and 
Sedef Checkers are quicker to learn. 
Fathom Sea Battle hides both fleets, so it plays differently again.
Which strategy has a campaign you build as you go?
Bastide Tactics gives you one of three upgrades after every win, and 
Oxbow Deckbuilder gives you a new card. Furrow Farm has six farms, 24 maps and soil that remembers what you grew. 
Folio Paper Heist folds a paper city to slip past patrols, and 
Tuft Rescue hands you eight roles to guide walkers home.
Crater Tanks is a turn-based artillery campaign of 40 battles with ten weapons, on ground that breaks.
Do you prefer defending, or doing the maths?
Vallum Tower Defense, 
Wickfen Castle Defense, 
Latch Maze Defense and Merlon Merge Defense each hold a line against waves in a different way: pads, a walking builder, a maze you draw, or towers you merge into higher levels so one merge can set off the next. 
Morello Blackjack turns odds into a drill, with a coach that marks the best move and explains why.
Frequently asked questions
Which strategy games can I play with a friend?
Most of the board games have online rooms: press Play with a friend and send the link. 
Crater Tanks seats two to four, 
Furrow Farm has co-op, and 
Merlon Merge Defense has a Cascade Duel for two.
Do I need to know the rules already?
No. Hinoki Go has Capture Go for beginners, Rosewood Xiangqi has piece lessons, and Morello Blackjack's coach explains each move in one line.
Do the strategy games have a daily challenge?
Almost all of them do. Vallum Tower Defense is the exception. Each daily is the same for every player and resets at 00:00 UTC.