Iron Tide Command

Iron Tide Command trims strategy down to its essentials. You defend a chain of islands, deciding each turn where to build, where to move troops, and what to sacrifice. Every choice has a real cost.

I liked that the maps are hand-designed rather than randomly generated. Each one is a small puzzle with a right approach you slowly figure out. Losing usually meant I'd misjudged a supply line, not bad luck.

It's happy to run offline and the battles are short enough for a coffee break. A campaign mission rarely took me more than fifteen minutes.

What we liked

• Hand-crafted tactical maps
• Short, focused missions
• No connection required