Playing Lord Monarch on SEGA Genesis right now.
Its apparently come out for everything
Its an RTS game with a pretty simple premise. You, build bases. Bases spawn units every day based on a hidden number, you have a variable tax rate that funds construction of things like fences and bridges and that tax takes from that 'maybe spawn a unit" number of each base. Each unit has a sort of energy number and each action they take (including walking) depletes it, it also stands in for HP. Units occupying the same square combine and their energy is added together. Units can build things like more bases, bridges over water etc or they can tear down said same things.
The commander / you can also leave the castle and destroy things way faster than units can but you cant collect taxes if you leave the castle and every second not spent on a a base or a road between your bases costs you energy you can only restore by going back to the castle.
Campaigns but not individual battles are time limited.
There are of course other features and hazards as time goes on.
You win by either killing the enemy commander or destroying all their bases.
The game has nice art, cute characters and 3 zoom levels.
Difficulty ramp is pretty gradual and pleasant and Ive def defeated a few foes in ways that felt unintended.
Time will tell if the difficulty ramping runs the game off a cliff and ruins the fun but for now I love it.
