
Also allows you to play with/against friends. Shogun 2 - Unsurprisingly, this is about becoming Shogun of Japan. Also allows you to fight age of sail naval battles. Indian Wars etc) while Napoleon is focussed on Europe and allows you to fight with/against friends. Napoleon/Empire Total War - muskets and all that from ~1800. Medieval 2 - awesome medieval warfare from 1100-1400. Your commanders have a RPG aspect to them, as they gain skills and attributes (sometimes randomly, sometimes as a result of their actions in battle).

These amazing games have two levels - a strategic turn-based level where you can build castles, raise units and travel to foreign locals (and then kill them).

The Total War series are not only good strategy games, but some of the best PC games ever made.
