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I spent most of my vacation jumping from one RTS game to another: a They Are Billions botched run here, a Command & Conquer: Red Alert skirmish there. I even dug up my physical copies of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth and its sequels from my parents' basement. The liminal space between 2023's late releases and 2024's January rush was the perfect opportunity to zoom out (literally and figuratively) and enjoy the act of telling tiny little people where to go and what to do.
