Best game ever made. Grand Strategy lets you create the ultimate Rebel or Imperial Fleets, custom name each ship, and put the iconic heroes and villains in charge of them. Then simulate galactic conquest in this alternate timeline starting after the Battle of Yavin that you control. Basic economic system allows you to create mines and refineries which create raw and refined aggregated resources so that you can build up your production infrastructure as well as units and machines to fight in the civil war. Planning production infrastructure to build up planetary defensive structures, as well as troop training and starship production. Special missions to spy, sabotage, scout, kidnap, assassinate, initiate diplomacy, incite uprisings, Jedi train, or recruit more heroic characters. Guide Luke on his path to learning the force, or ensure Vader can capture him before Skywalker can become a Jedi. A popular support system that encourages players to think of the sentients of the galaxy, either to harbor their ill will to oppose the enemy, or to keep enough troops to crush their rebellious tendencies. Blast troops, or production facilities from orbit with planetary bombardments. Build the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Death Stars and Obliterate entire worlds. Or command the starfighter runs to stop them. This game really has it all for a Star Wars nerd like me. Despite it's age, it holds up if you know where to look, and the Rebellion Editor has allowed me to breathe new life into the game by modifying the ship stats , character skills, and even which troops are possible to build to make the game better reflect the galaxy I know and love so well. I hope you'll give this one a try and give yourself some time to overcome the learning curve because I have found the reward is worth it.
