This is a family of games with very similar mechanics which deal with grand strategy including economic and political considerations as well as military ones. Most of the games were primarily published in [i]Strategy & Tactics[/i] magazine. The first game in the series was [i]The Successors[/i] and later games included [i]The 30 Years' War, Hundred Years' War[/i], and [i]Byzantium[/i].