Great Little War Game 2
From: Rubicon Development
For: Android 4.0.3+
Turn-based strategy is one genre of game that I've always wanted to like, but never had the patience. I've tried to enjoy them, but apart from brief flings, I've never found something I kept coming back to. Everything seemed either too complicated, took too long to play or required intimate knowledge of some obscure historic battle. I just wanted to be able to pick it up and put it down at will.
Great Little War Game 2 has got me. I'm playing it on a Galaxy Tab 3, and using a touch screen to move your units around has made it so much more enjoyable than having to scroll around with a game pad. In addition, this is not a free-to-play/pay-to-advance game: you pay a few dollars and that's it.
This is a classic turn-based strategy game, but stripped of some of the annoying elements found in other titles. Yes, I have to send engineers to go and grab oil wells to earn me money, but I don't have to keep an eye on production numbers -- the more wells I own the more money I earn, which lets me buy more troops and vehicles. Simple.