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It was the only Strategic Command game taking place on a hex map, with one hexagon representing 50 miles of terrain.

The first game in the series, Strategic Command: European Theater, was released in 2002.

Using diplomatic pressure, the player may eventually persuade a neutral country to either join the war on his side, or to prevent it from becoming his enemy. Since Strategic Command 2, weather and diplomatic pressure are modeled in the games. Neutral states may join the war in certain circumstances (for example, in European Theater, Spain may become an Axis state, if other Axis powers first manage to defeat the United Kingdom), or when one side directly declares a war against them.Īpart from campaigns – in which the game takes place on a whole theatre of war – Strategic Command series also feature scenarios taking place on smaller maps, and portraying only single events, such as Operation Market Garden or the 1974 war on Cyprus. The most important part of the game is commanding the military units, but the player also controls the research of technologies and diplomatic relations. In campaigns, the player controls all of either Axis or Allied states. Strategic Command games are all turn-based strategies, set in World War II (except for the Patton Drives East expansion pack of Strategic Command 2, which also features post-war campaigns and scenarios). Įxcept for the first title (which featured a hex map), the games are played on maps divided into squares ("tiles"), with the player assuming control over either Axis or Allied states of World War II. The fourth game takes place on a map of the whole world. The first two games took place in the European Theatre of World War II, while the third one focused on the Pacific Theatre. Strategic Command games are turn-based strategies set in World War II (except of the Patton Drives East expansion pack and "Strategic Command WWI").

Since the premiere of Strategic Command: European Theater in 2002, five titles and two expansion packs were released, with the fifth game, The Great War, debuting in 2011. Strategic Command is a series of computer video games developed by Fury Software and, and published by Excalibur Publishing.