Love the Civ series, Galactic Civilization, Master of Orion... Stellaris is a bit more complicated than I feel like learning right now, but willing to play with it. Sins of a Solar Empire, Tropico series, recently got Anno 1800... also like Railroad Tycoon/Corporation/Empire. Never played multiplayer on any of these for the same reason - plus coordination of schedules and time, blah blah. Oh, MechWarrior/BattleTech Games also. Would love to try multiplayer on any of these.
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