[Termious]

Recently I've been playing Warhammer Gladius, which is the bare essentials with a heavy focus on combat. With the right settings, matches will last 1-3 hours, which I think is perfect. I no longer have the time or the patience for 10-20 hour Civ matches, and honestly, I feel more drained and empty when a long match ends than satisfied. Whereas a finished match in Gladius is satisfying and leaves me wanting to start a new match (maybe not today, but the next day).

The combat design coupled with the relatively short matches also means that it's nowhere as micro-heavy as any Civ game past the early game, which I generally would find very tiring.