2. 2300 B.C.- Go, China

3. 1400 B.C. – Alquerque, Egypt

4. 600 A.D. – Chess, Northern India, or Afghanistan

5. 1100 A.D.- Fierges, France

6. 1756 A.D. -Draughts, England

7. 1952 A.D.-Checkers computer game

8. 1953 A.D.- Risk, France

9. 1960 A.D. – Stratego

10. 1972- Pong

11. 1976 – Breakout

12. 1977 – Space War

13. 1978- Space Invaders

14. 1979- Asteroids

16. Go 2300 B.C.- Oldest strategy game in the world still played in its original form. The rules of Go can be learned in minutes, but it can take a lifetime to master the game. “While the Baroque rules of chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, they almost certainly play go.” - Edward Lasker

17. 600 A.D. 600 A.D.- Chess, India and Afghanistan. Chess is a history of medieval times in miniature. The six different chess pieces represent a cross section of medieval life with its many ceremonies, grandeur, and wars.

18. Two of the most popular strategy board games from the 1950’s were Risk and Stratego.

20. 1984 – The Ancient Art of War

21. 1987 – Nether Earth

23. The Ancient Art of War Release Date: 1984 Developed by: Evryware Debuted on: Apple IIe, Macintosh, TRS-80, Dos, Amstrad CPC Genre: Real Time Strategy

24. Nether Earth Release Date: 1987 Developed By: Argus Press Software Debuted on: Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum Genre: Strategy Game

25. Herzog Zwei Release Date: 1989 Developed by: TechnoSoft Debuted on: The Sega Genesis Genre: Real Time Strategy

27. 1993 Masters of Orion

28. 1995 Warcraft 2

30. Publisher: Virgin Interactive

31. Developer: Westwood Studios

32. Genre: Real Time Strategy

33. Platforms: PC, Amiga

35. Real Time Combat

36. Upgradable Units and Buildings

37. Defensive Structures

38. Mouse Interface

40. User Friendly

41. Depth

43. Fire Emblem

45. Quick Play

47. Economy

50. Publisher : Microsoft

51. Developer : Ensemble Studios

52. Genre : Real Time Strategy

53. Platforms : XBOX360

55. Publisher : Ubisoft Entertainment

56. Developer : Ubisoft Shanghai

57. Genre : Real Time Strategy

59. Publisher : Aspyr

60. Developer : Hellbent Games

61. Genre : Real Time Strategy

62. Platforms : XBOX360

63. Players : Offline 1-2 Multi. 1-4 Cooperative 2-4

64. NIS America Company NIS America is a company known for a lot of heavy hitter games in the Real Time Strategy genre. The company is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. of Japan, which was established on December 24, 2003 for its North America operations. The facility is located in Santa Ana, California which handles all localization, marketing, and publishing of Nippon Ichir titles. Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. was founded in 1994 in Gifu, Japan and it has grown internationally. They are known for creating innovating video game products. The “Disgea” series is one of their best known products.

66. 2000-Present: Civilization Series

67. 2009: Evony

68. 2002: Magic: the Gathering Online

69. 2008: Spore

71. Publisher: Activision (Total War) and 2K Games (Civilization

72. Style: RTS (Total War) and TBS (Civilization)

74. Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

75. Designer: Leaping Lizard

76. Style: Strategic Card Battle

78. Publisher: THQ

79. Designer: Relic

80. Style: Historic Real-Time Strategy

82. Publisher: EA Games

83. Designer: Maxis

84. Style: Strategy

86. Publisher: Independent

87. Designer: Independent

88. Style: Free Web-Based Strategy

89. Objective: Players build their own civilization, make friends, and either cooperate or compete against one another in an interactive, growing community.